NOW I AM THREE MONTHS OLD!

GREAT GRANDMA GENEVIEVES TEDDY BEAR WATCHING OVER ME

So since Grammy is trying to keep a real record of my first years progress , it is time for her to write another little note on all that I am doing now, and it is a lot! I am having more and more fun every day! 
    So i'm not sure exactly how much I weigh, but it is around 12 lbs. Growing so much and i am really enjoying my breast feeding, and  mommy laughs and says she is just like a cow, making plenty of milk for me. We do enjoy our breast feeding time together, and when mommy has to go to work, she makes sure that I have plenty of frozen milk for grandma to feed me when I am over at grammy's house when mommy and daddy go to work.
     I am sleeping now all night, and everyone is so happy about that!  I am doing very well sleeping in my own crib in my own room which is so pretty and just my style. Mommy and daddy recently bought me my own changing table, and wow! Now i even have heated wipes. HOW TO SPOIL A GIRL!
     I am also really smiling a lot when I see the faces of people that I love, and who  love me.  My little smile just BEAMS OUT! and of course i am as cute as can be.  When I smile, EVERYONE ELSE SMILES TOO.   I am also learning to talk a little bit with carefully dispensed "coos", and babbling sounds.  I have got some really cute expressions when I am talking and AUNTY HEATHER says that she could just sit all day and look at my face with these expressions.  Something  that everyone wants to remember forever.

     I am also beginning to enjoy going on little outings.  Last week, mommy and grammy took me over to the Dallas Arboretum for a little stroller outing. Mommy made sure that I got to sit up and look around, and especially to see the water pond.  I really enjoyed seeing all that is around me, and am paying more and more attention to all that I see.

    In addition to starting to talk to my friends, I am also beginning to learn to blow some tiny raspberries with my lips, and as soon as I do it, I am very pleased with my self, and then let a big smile out at whoever is around to see me practicing this.  That is a  lot of fun Grammy is pretty sure that I am going  to get better and better at  doing this stuff, especially as soon as I start eating foods, and especially spinach. That will be fun to spit out  with my raspberries.  Grammy remembers some times when my mommy practiced t hat. Especially fun when the person helping me is wearing something white.. So far though, I am very happy just having my breast milk that mommy makes especially for me, and will not be starting any new foods for awhile. All I really need now is my mommy's milk, and that is giving me all of the vitamins and stuff that I need to grow healthy and strong.

I am loving my colorful toys, and am trying my best to find out how to open my hands up so I can grab ahold of  all of those beautiful colorful butterflies and other toys. Grammy and mommy have both gotten me a floor play mat, and what fun t hat is to lay on the floor with all of those fun toys around me. I think my favorite thing to do though is to look at the baby I see in little mirrors.  She is like a little playmate to talk to.
     I am liking my swing more and more every day too, and really like seeing the hippos going around in circles around me and hear the music playing. Grammy and mommy have both put some special "me music" on their phones for me to listen to, and I do like those songs and take a good nap when they are playing.
     I love being in a place where I know I am a very loved little girl, and everyone is telling me that I am going to have blue eyes like my Daddy! Right now , I also even have his hair style, but I don't think that will stay the same. Definitely  looking a lot like daddy though, with a big dimple in my chin, and a very cute LITTLE ME DADDY FACE".  It is fun going on weekends to Grammy and Grampy's house too, where they both try to pamper me a lot!   They are having a lot of fun having me around as they have never had a baby living so close to them before.  So really, it is a lot of fun being THREE MONTHS OLD

CHILLIN OUT ON AUNTY HEATHERS BED

ME IN MY BIRTHDAY PARTY OUTFIT THAT GRAMMY GOT ME. ALL DRESSED UP FOR AUNTY HEATHERS BIRTHDAY PARTY

MOMMY AND ME HAVING A GIGGLE

GRAMMY WORKING ON ME TO ENJOY TRAVELS AND EXPLORING

OUT AT THE DALLAS ARBORETUM WITH GRAMMY AND MOMMY LOOKING AT THE POND. I WAS TOTALLY WORN OUT AFTER BEING OUT IN THIS FRESH FEBRUARY AIR.

RIDING AROUND IN MY STROLLER

With AUNTY HEATHER ON HER BIRTHDAY, GETTING SOME HERBERTS... THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AND I LIKED IT.

ME MAKING SOME RASPBERRIES

DO YOU LIKE THIS SOUND???

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

 Dear little Genevieve Grace! You are now 11 weeks old. Today you got to spend the day at Grammy's house while your mommy and daddy were at work. We had so much fun and your were so busy smiling and cooing at everyone and every thing. You are just the sweetest little girl ever!  I got  to give you a bath in my kitchen sink, and you had so much fun.  We have also been playing lots of lullabyes and you do like music. Grammy got you a new little floor mat where you can lay and look at all of your toys, and you do like it. You also spent a little bit of time watching the ice show on the TV, which you seemed to be enthralled with.  My favorite time of the day though was a little bit of time when your mommy got to stop at home in between her patients. You had a nice mommy time and got to eat and also you and mommy spent a little time together with mommy singing you a special song just for you..... YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE. You just loved it, and smiled and cooed at your mommy. Grammy just loves how much fun the two of you are having together.  It is a great big JOY to grandma.  I love you both so much!  Hard to believe that you are almost 3 months old now.

GENEVIEVE IS TWO MONTHS OLD

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BATHING BEAUTY!

 Dear Little Genevieve! It is very hard to believe that you are already TWO MONTHS OLD! You are so cute and all of us just love you to bits!  You are really starting to enjoy TALKING TO US, and spend a lot of time looking at your toys, and all around you. It is pretty amazing to wonder what your eyes are seeing. You also really are starting to like some of your toys. You like your little aquarium that has the fishes going around and around. You also are enjoying some of your toys that have mirrors on them.  I think you are amazed by the reflection that you are seeing of this beautiful little girl.  Grammy got to baby sit for you when mommy and daddy went to work, and we got to visit Aunty Heather, and also Uncle Steve and cousin Sam. Aunty Heather really had fun holding you while she was in bed with her broken ankle.  Grandpa is also enjoying those sweet little butterfly kisses.  Cousin Sam thinks you are very cute too, and is enjoying giving you little kisses.
Another thing that you  really enjoy is your bath, and you already have your own little rubber ducky! This is something that I know you will be enjoying more and more as you get older.  You are a very special little girl and very loved by all of us!

MY FIRST CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

Well Genevieve Grace! Grandma and Grandpa planned a very special cabin christmas this year, and were so excited to have you come. You were just 5 weeks old when we had this christmas event at our mountain cabin! We had lots of fun and everyone who was there was dying to have a turn to hold you! We had alot of fun family activities.

Here you are with your mommy and daddy at our bonfire Christmas carol event. Sang lots of songs for you whole you slelpt!

Here are you and your mommy and daddy on our hayride. Mommy was very good at singing the Twelve Days of christmas. and kept you warm in your blanket and your Christmas hat.

Grandma's friend, Nancy, made a very special little hat for you. You looked absolutely adorable in this hat! She knitted this hat especially for you.

You and mommy in front of our Christmas tree which we got right out of the woods. You are looking so cute and are busy looking around.

Visiting with your big sister, Monica. Looks as if you will be friends! What a fun time we had with you and you were such a good little girl while you were there! Your first Christmas, and your first trip away from your home.

GENEVIEVE IS ONE MONTH OLD!

 Today I am one month old, and mommy and daddy both think that I am a very special little girl.  My mommy does wish though that I might like to sleep at night a little bit more, but I know that will happen before long. I am as cute as can be, and getting cuter more every day! I am a very good little girl and am spending more and more time looking around and like people to talk to me. Grandma gave me a new aquarium for my crib on my first overnight with her, and I REALLY like looking at it and the music that it plays. Mommy and Daddy love me very much and love holding me. Well, I have to say that I like being held quite a lot too! I have gone on several little outings including Starbucks ( grandma thinks that is very important ), and also  to the grocery and to Barnes and Noble ( another place grandma thinks I should get acquainted with.  My biggest outing though  was going to Aunt Heather and Uncle Steve's house for my very first thanksgiving. I spent plenty of time getting acquainted with all of t he people there, and they passed me around like I was a rock star.  Welllllll...... I was very good when I went out!  Everyone is looking forward to when I start smiling, and that will be pretty soon.  I already smile sometimes, but mostly by accident. I will learn that very soon though... . so keep posted for photos!  I am a very loved little girl.

A DADDY'S HEART

 From the very first moment that your daddy saw you , Genevieve Grace, you had his heart. From his first tentative touch he loved you, and will always have a hand there for you!

MEETING YOUR AUNT HEATHER AND UNCLE STEVE AND COUSIN SAM

 On Sunday, November 16th, when you were just 5 days old, Aunt Heather, Uncle Steve and your cousin Sam hurried over to Arlington for their first chance to hold and cuddle you.  They brought you some really cute presents, some new outfits, Some very special Hiney paste, to keep you from getting diaper rash, and also some very nice baby soap. The were excited to see you and snuggle with you, and they were already asking your mommy how soon you could come to visit them at their house. I know they are already looking forward to you coming to see them, but I think it will be awhile before your mommy and daddy let you go anywhere!  They also brought your mommy and daddy a really nice dinner because they know that your mommy is a little bit tired after you were  born. Having a new baby is quite alot of work, but lots of fun. You are going to have alot of fun with your aunt  Heather, and uncle Steve, and with Sam too. He is your cousin, and will really enjoy playing with you when you get just a little bit older.