The First Sick

Freda got her first cold. Little runny nose and fussy sleeper so far.

Dear Freda,

I could stare at you all day.

I remember:

The first time I saw her heart beating

The first time I felt her kick inside Mandy

The first time I saw her kick inside Mandy

Almost passing out in the delivery room

Like Mandy, falling in love with someone I just met

Learning to swaddle

Sleeping with my eyes open

Merconium

The colic

Her floppy neck

Her fisrt cognative "dada"

Missing yesterday every morning

Being immature

Peek-a-boo

We play peek-a-boo alot with Freda, but we do all the 'work'. She just enjoys it. Yesterday, Mandy called and told me Freda grabbed a shirt and held it over her own face then dropped it and laughed. Over. And. Over. When i got home for work we played some peek-a-boo before going over to great grandma and grandpa Sherwin's for dinner.

A not so subtle reminder that she is taking in everything we do.

little naps

i can only imagine what she dreams of...

7 months ago today

Seems like so long ago already.
Happy birthday baby girl, life without you would be unbearable.

Happy Halloween

Freda the giggler

She thinks the animals are so funny.

it's been a while...

It's been almost 2 months since my last entry. Freda is so incredibly amazing and adorable.

She can sit up on her own now and is almost crawling. As much as we are not looking forward to her becoming mobile, it's definately an advancement that will be very exciting. she says "dada" for dad and calls the doggies "gees". She loves to play pattycake and waves at people when they wave at her. She is very talkative and loves to look around and examine everything, especially animals. She is so happy when she wakes up she sings songs in her funny little language. It's a big world and there is a lot to take in. She is afraid of the dark, especially riding in the car at night.

She is eating alot of food now and her favorites have to be winter squash and cheerios. She also knows that she can get the dogs attention with a few dropped pieces of cereal. We can take her anywhere as she is very well behaved.

She still only has two teeth, but the top two are poised and ready to drop into place anytime. She was off the chart for her height percentile and in the 75th percentile for her weight.