Nina’s Six Weeks Old!
Nina is now six weeks old. Here is a picture of her with her grandmother Geri during the Fourth of July weekend visit. Shortly after this photo was taken, Nina slept through the night for the first time, from 10 PM to 6:30 AM. I was shocked when I got up and looked at the clock. Yay, Nina!
She seems to get cuter and chubbier by the day. I’m not sure how much she weights (we’ll go to the doctor on July 22 and find out) but I can tell she’s getting bigger and longer. She’s graduated from Newborn to Size 1 Huggies, and her arms look like little stacks of marshmallows. She’s increasingly alert, and when she’s not sleeping or nursing, she likes to gaze at people’s faces. She also enjoyed walking around Grandma’s backyard, looking at the bushes and taking in the fresh air. I don’t mean that she herself was walking, of course (that’s not for another week or so). Rather, she took her stroll held belly down in the crook of someone’s arm (mine or Aunt Colleen’s), facing out. This soothes her tummy and also gives her a good view of the world.
She got to meet lots of relatives and friends during her weekend on Long Island. Below is a photo of her meeting her Great Aunt Nina. She also met Great Uncle Nick, Great Aunt Pat and many others. Aunt Liz and Uncle Jim also came by for a visit.
