First, if you haven't already heard me brag about it, Adele has grown FOUR inches in the six weeks she's been alive. This is very unusual. Now she is 24 inches, which is as tall as I was when I was born (also on the unusual side). Second, I've noticed a significant decrease in the karate chops to the head. Third, she's getting closer and closer to figuring out sucking her thumb. Although lately, I've been thinking maybe that's not even the goal. Maybe she just likes sucking on her hands. I know that that is a sign that she's ready to eat, but it is so cute sometimes I just have to watch it for a bit before I feed her.
Yesterday, she started social smiling. It's a hit-and-miss thing that only happens when she's making steady eye contact with someone. Dad hasn't seen it yet, but I have several times. It's precious! She'll do a series of different types of smiles and you can see that she is so pleased with herself! But since breaking eye contact ends it, and since it normally happens when she's snuggled super close to me and when I'm not wearing any clothes, I don't have a photo of it. Hopefully soon!
Also, yesterday she started paying attending to (and being delighted by) her mobile. She never paid any attention to it before, but like a light switch, yesterday something clicked with her and now she loves it. I did take a photo of that, but since the swing was moving, it's quite blurry.
So now we'll start a photo documentary about her first six weeks of life.
Day 2 Dad had to go to class and since I wasn't supposed to be alone at that point, my mother-in-law came to stay with me. I also decided to invite my two sisters, three nieces, and two nephews to come visit and meeting the new baby. Since I was up anyway, I also did an hour of work for my former boss to finish up a project that my replacement wasn't trained on. (I didn't realize until just recently how unusual it was for me to be feeling so good on the second day. But don't worry, I took it easy for several weeks anyway.)
The baby was a big hit with the nieces and nephews!
And here's a close-up on Day 2.
Here's when I realized why some people choose a decorating/clothing theme instead of just choosing random patterns that you like.
Here's where I realized that color coordinating can be a good thing.
Day 6 of Adele's life was our 2nd wedding anniversary. Yay for us!! We got to spend the whole day together as a family. Since I wasn't really suppose to be out and about yet, but was cleared for a car ride, we decided to go to In-n-Out. It was super yummy. I'm glad we didn't go any further than that because my tailbone was killing me! It was my first time wearing shoes in almost a week and it was Adele's first time in her carseat and in a car. I think it also might have been her first time leaving the house.
Day 7 while Dad was in class, Adele and I ventured outside for a bit. I'd been instructed to put her in the sun to help with the jaundice, but I wasn't sure if it should be direct sunlight, since she might burn really easily. So, we sat in the shade for awhile.
Sometime in there, she had her first bath. You can't tell from the picture, but she really liked it.
Day 13 my mom came to help!! Yay!! Unfortunately, this is the only photo I got of the two of them.
This picture illustrates her Houdini-like ability to get some sort of limb out of her swaddle at night. (This is less likely to happen when Dad swaddles her.) In this picture, you can also see how long and elegant her fingers are.
Day 21 we went to see the ear, nose, and throat doctor to fix her tongue tie (which had been diagnosed by the lactation consultant the day before). My mom was with a different sister that day and Matt was in class, so my mother-in-law came for moral support. This was the last picture of Adele as a tongue-tied baby (I forgot to take an after shot, but obviously she didn't look any different anyway.) We are so so thankful for the awesome lactation consultant who diagnosed the problem and the really awesome doctor who did such a great job fixing it. Nursing has been going much better since then and she started gaining weight right away. I love this picture because she looks so darling in those little pants.
I love the adorable way that Adele often clasps her hands. I've never quite caught it on film, but here's one right afterwards.
Here's a cute, cute quasi smile on her 3 week birthday
And a cute pose during the same photo shoot.
Random cute morning photo
Ready to go sit in the sun with Nana.
A stretching sequence that I really like.
Between getting a very small amount of sleep the night before, and being super tired during the very overwhelming follow-up visit with the lactation expert, Day 27 was really a struggle for me. As a result, my super sweet sweetie brought me roses on Day 28.
Hanging out with Dad.
Random, cute photos (I don't know why, but I really love the plain rose-colored outfit)
It's hard to tell from this photo, but I took it to show that she is almost too long for her bassinet. And she has grown another inch since I took this picture! Luckily, she doesn't stretch all the way out very often while sleeping.
And to end our photo documentary, here's a photo I took today (Day 44, which FYI is a today later than the "today" mentioned in the first paragraph) to document that she is gaining weight and her cheeks are getting nice and chunky.
Such a cutie! We are so, so, so thankful that she came to our family!
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