Three Weeks

Our sweet princess is three weeks old today! She's such a joy in our lives. She's been a very good baby for us so far. She's still waking up every three to four hours and has several long periods of being awake and alert throughout the day. We just love how she opens her eyes so wide and looks around at everything. She loves to stare up into our eyes. She's not big on crying, but prefers to grunt and squeak to make her needs known. Once in a while she will let loose with a few minutes of frantic crying if we take too long to get a bottle ready, but she's very easily consoled and usually stops as soon as we pick her up or once the bottle hits her lips.

Yesterday was Lillie's first doctor appointment. She's up to 7 lbs 10 oz already and still measuring at 20 1/2 inches. That puts her right in the fiftieth percentile for height, weight, and head circumference. So she's right on average for her age. The doctor says she is perfectly healthy and growing well. We had been a little concerned that she's still hanging on to her umbilical cord stump, but it's very quickly gotten much looser and is currently only hanging on by a tiny thread. We anticipate that we'll have a cordless baby by the end of the day and be able to give her a real bath for the very first time tonight or tomorrow.