Nina’s doing great at almost 3 months. We’ve had a busy several days - hence the lack of a blog post. We visited Atlanta and Athens, GA, stopping to see friends and family, including Nina’s grandparents. Nina had no problems on the plane, sleeping most of the way, nor did she mind the hours we spent in the airport due to weather-related delays. We also discovered that she sleeps really well in hotels with blackout shades.

Grandmama and Grandaddy are smitten with little Nina. Grandmama gave Nina a few baths during our stay, which Nina loved. Grandpop put Nina to sleep by bouncing her in his arms. In Athens, Nina got to meet baby Jack Luken, who is just a few weeks older than she is. Plenty of photos are up on our Flickr site.

Since returning home we’ve lost one nanny (she decided she didn’t want to work the hours we’d agreed upon) and hired another. The new nanny starts on Monday. The next challenge is the bottle — Nina has suddenly decided that she doesn’t like it. I guess she’s wised up. We won’t be fooling her with any plastic nipple! Well, she’s going to have to learn to take it. We tried it yesterday and today, and I finally got her to drink from it both times after a long bout of hard crying. For some reason she seems to take it more easily from me than John.

Nina’s become increasingly curious about the world around her. She follows all kinds of things with her eyes, but is particularly fond of faces. Smile at her, and she smiles back. Today she also really enjoyed watching her Daddy cook a fritata.

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