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.

GROWING MORE EVERY DAY

Dear little Gen! This is a note form your mommy not too long before your were born. Grandma is a little bit slow getting this in to your first year blog, but here it is NOW.  I know that your mommy is very happy to have you now in her arms instead of her tummy!
These photos of your mommy were taken in October, just a few weeks before you were born. It was a beautiful fall day outside and we wanted to be sure to get some photos of you before you were born. Your mommy has been going to the DR every single week as they are making sure that you are growing just like they want you to do, and that everything is going well. You sure do alot of kicking, and also have the hiccups all of the time. That is such a funny thing to feel when you are going to have a new baby.

My Sweet Girl, Sitting here and waiting the last weeks for you, there are no words to tell you adequately what a gift your are to us! A gift we never truly believed we would have given to us!There were  a couple of scares early on, but you must truly be meant to be here. from the moment we could we listened every day to  your little heart beating strongly reassuring us that you were on the  way, and real, then feeling your movements inside of me, for all the discomfort it sometimes caused, gave gives me such a sense of peace, knowing you are strong and healthy and ready to come and meet us. I cannot tell you how much i look forward to looking in to your eyes, seeing you smile, and being able to rock and comfort you when you cry. I am sure I will not always be the most perfect mother, or the most patient person I would like to be, but I do promise to strive every day to make sure you know how very loved and treasured you are, and will never lose site of how very lucky we are to have you and to be a family.    All my love, Your mommy