there are so many wonderful things about you! i can not even begin to express how much i have enjoyed spending everyday with you the last 7 weeks and 3 days. they are definitely the best days i have spent on this earth so far.
you have the prettiest brown eyes...i love when you open them and just look up at me. in the middle of the night or early morning when it's still dark out and you are nursing or drinking your bottle...I can still make out your sweet little face & see you stare up at me and it just melts my heart. you make me smile because as you are nursing you raise your tiny legs & feet in the air and curl your toes. you drink so intently and put your whole little body into it. it's the cutest. your eyelashes are growing in and i do believe your are on your way to having your daddy's long thick eyelashes...lucky lucky you!
one of the other things you do that just tickles my heart is when you start drifting off to sleep...what I like to call a milk coma...you smile giant huge gummy smiles and then start chuckling. it's like you are dreaming of something so sweet and funny....makes me wonder who is visiting you in your dreams. it's just so precious to see and i can not wait until you smile and laugh while you are awake and at me and your daddy. we are looking forward to seeing you grow more and more into your own delightful personality. (even as i type this you just chuckled in your sleep sweet girl)
we took you to your pediatrician for a weight check the other day. you are in the 15th percentile for your weight which is 8.95 lbs right now and in the 74th percentile for your height. you are petite and long! we just increased your feedings from 3 oz's to 4 oz's b/c lately when you would finish a bottle you would cry like you were upset it was gone...you have been going to town drinking up the extra oz each feeding. i think we are going to start seeing you pack on some chub soon if you keep going at this rate. you enjoy eating like your mama ;)
every day has been exciting...even though we stay home most days i am just so enjoying taking care of you. i know these moments of me rocking you, feeding you, dressing you, bathing you, these days will fly by...and even though i am looking forward to watching you grow into a toddler I just don't want it to go by too fast. most days it's just me and you and my day is centered around taking care of you. i am relishing in all the ways i get to be your mommy. sweet days for me little livie. i will always look back on this time as one of my most cherished memories.
the weather has started to get a lot warmer. we have been out strolling our little neighborhood pretty much every day this week. you fall asleep almost as soon as we get started but one day in the not so distant future i know you will be so curious to look out and see where we are going. :) we have lots of fun times ahead.
yesterday you had your first audition. lol. daddy was asked to have the 3 of us audition for a PSA for a pertuccis vaccine. they are looking for a family with a small baby just to be in the back ground of a commercial for this PSA. we will see if you get the part. ;) it was fun for us to do with you though. after your audition we took you to visit daddy's work and also my work place...you had a lot of admirers commenting on how pretty you are. you were so good and just snuggled up to everyone who held you. i was so proud of you livie and i know i always will be. daddy too.
we love you more than words can say xoxo
