Seven weeks!

Our little girl is seven weeks already!  It might be cliche to say this, but kids change so fast and I feel like it was just yesterday that I was meeting her in the labor and delivery room.  This week it seems she has changed in many ways just over night!  All of a sudden she is smiling at us intentionally and looks at you when you're talking and actually pays attention.  When you talk to her she will sometimes coo back at you, and she is constantly moving her mouth while you are talking, almost trying to "mimic" what she sees.

A smile!

She is starting to enjoy playtime a little more these days.  It seems the thing that interests her the most is just looking at your face while you're talking to her. She will tolerate any activity for at least 5 minutes, after that if she's bored with it, boy will she let you know.  Tummy time doesn't last too long either, but I can't believe how well she is holding her head up, so strong!  Sophie is doing better while in her swing, because she is noticing more things, I think she is interested in the music and the mobile moving above her.

Lucy and Sophie are getting along just fine.  Lucy really likes to lick Sophie's feet, but gets an occasional go at her hands and mouth when we least expect it.  Sometimes Sophie is in her crib looking at her mobile while I do something for 5 seconds.  She will start kicking her legs like crazy in excitement, and she ends up kicking the bumper pad on the crib.  When Lucy is on the outside of this, she sees the bumper moving and starts sniffing it and getting excited to see what's on the other side.  Most of the time I lift the bumper up so she can see the tiny feet.  But in the picture below, Lucy had to see for herself what was making all that commotion.

Reminds me of a scene from Lady and the Tramp...

Playtime with Lu Lu

I've learned how to do almost any task around the house with one hand, while wearing her in the sling, or sometimes even while breastfeeding (now that's talent!).  Of course she loves to be in the sling while I'm vacuuming, she will fall asleep in a minute!

Her full head of dark hair is even changing.  It almost looks like she has gotten highlights, the roots are getting lighter.  She has light eyebrows and light eyelashes, so I'm wondering if her hair will follow suit.  At seven weeks she was 10 lbs 5 oz, this girl is getting so big!  Her dark blue eyes have even seemed to lighten up a little, I could only hope that she keeps those pretty baby blues!



7 weeks!

I'll end this post with some cute bath photos!  Who doesn't love bath photos!?

Yikes!

bath hair

curly bath hair



Love

Dan, Jess, Sophie, and Lucy

PS-Don't forget to check previous posts, I was catching up for the last month, there are 4 new posts total!