A Two-Celebration Day!

UPDATE: I updated this post to add more pictures at the bottom - 11/6 @ 4:15pm.

First of all, Happy Anniversary to us! Today marks 5 years that we've been married. How on earth has it been that long already?! We have a date tonight - Grandma & Grandpa Remillard are going to babysit for a few hours while we go to dinner. With the exception of a few hours overnight at the hospital, it'll be my first time away from Natalie.

But, she's a big girl now - 4 weeks old today! I can't believe so much time has already passed. Our days are pretty quiet; Natalie wakes up around 9am to eat and then again every 2.5 hours or so. Sometimes she'll fall asleep afterwards, and sometimes she stays nice and alert for a while. Occasionally she makes it all the way to the next feeding! I put her down around 11pm and she wakes around 3 and again around 7 to eat before starting another day...

No real "schedule" so far, but she's getting more and more consistent with the nighttime.

She doesn't have another check-up until she's 2 months old, so I'm taking a guess at her weight. She's somewhere between 8.5 and 9 lbs. I got on the scale and then picked her up..our scale rounds to the nearest pound and says she's at 9 lbs.

After her bath on Tuesday night, David & I noticed that her hair seems more wavy than it has been. I haven't noticed any of it falling out, but the texture seems different. Kind of fuzzy and has a bit of a wave through it. We're still hoping the curls will come! Ironic, because I've always wanted straight hair, but it's nice to be able to style it both ways.

And, the verdict on the eyes is still out. According to the books it can take 6 - 12 months before their final color appears. But, for now, her eyes are a bluish color. When she's looking towards the light or the sun, you can really see it. We'll try to get a picture, but it's not easy!! A lot of the Remillards have blue eyes, so there is hope!

Natalie has been a good walking partner so far. We've gone around the neighborhood a bunch and on Monday we walked around downtown SLO. I learned a lesson though - before you take the jumbo stroller out for a walk, you should know how to make it collapse! I realized that David had always been the one to close it and I had never tried. It took me the better part of 10 minutes to get it to fold! :) I thought maybe I was forgetting to release a safety or something, but turns out I was just not pulling the handle hard enough (It's definitely NOT a one-handed operation as advertised!).

Natalie wearing her cross - a gift from Great Grandma Remillard:

(Karin - do you recognize her outfit?! It was one of Autumn's)

Curls?



Sitting in her swing:


Blue Eyes?


Fell asleep in the Boppy while I was getting ready: