5 Weeks

The family adventures continue. On Wednesday, we had a visit with Aria's doctor, who told us that she weighs 9 pounds, 5 ounces. That means that she gained 26 ounces in 22 days. Go Aria, go! She is seeming pretty huge to her Mommy, although everyone else still comments on how itty-bitty she is. It makes us very happy and proud to know that she's eating and growing like a champ.

To celebrate Aria's 4 week birthday, we began working on establishing good bottle habits. It's a bit of a struggle. Aria seems to think that there ain't nothin' like the real thing (baby). But we persist and she cooperates sometimes. Mommy looks forward to the freedom that the bottle (in close cooperation with Daddy) will offer. Here's a relatively successful bottle moment:


Aria's been enjoying a visit from her Uncle Ivan, all the way from Las Vegas. Sadly, he leaves today.



Uncle Ivan has discovered how bendy babies are. She looks so uncomfortable, but she's happy as can be.


Aria is sad to see her Uncle Ivan leave and she hopes that he will come back soon, as do the rest of us.


Uncle Ethan joined us for a few visits as well.


Aria has such handsome uncles!


And Nana came back again, after an absence of over a week. Aria forgave her quickly for being away so long. She can also see where the uncles get their good looks.




That's the news for now. We look forward to a visit from Mommy's father starting on Wednesday. (We have yet to figure out if he will be "Grandpa" or "PoPo" or "PaPa" or "Hey You.") He's coming all the way from Chicago! We can't wait.