Corinna Rolls Over

Last month Corinna rolled over for the first time. Took a stab at an all-digital scrapbook layout. What fun!

Corinna Turns 2-Months

Corinna turned 2 months today! What a big girl she's turned into. At her last check up she was 12.35 pounds and 22.75 inches long. She's in the 97 percentile for height and weight. That means that only 3 percentile of children her age are bigger than her! But she's over her cold now and feeling much better.

Aside from several trips to the pediatrician with her brothers, Corinna travelled to the aquarium with us and did well. She also took her first bottle from Spike, "played" outside for the first time, and visited Jake's classroom for family day. She also really started smiling and gave us her first giggles.

She's 1 month old today

Wow-- 1 month! Cliches like 'whirlwind' and 'roller coaster' are how I think to describe the past month. My baby brain is blocking my mental thesaurus. Corinna's first month has been incredible. Overall she's a good baby and she's growing by leaps and bounds. She's outgrown her 'newborn' sized clothes and diapers. At last count she was up to 9.6 pounds, but that was a good 2 weeks ago. She just started to really smile (we think). We are learning from who she's inherited little parts of her personality as they emerge. For example, sleeping with her mouth wide open...from grandma, to m0m, now Corinna. HUGE body shaking sneezes, from her dad...her love of being wrapped and uber-warm for sleeping--from mom, her ability to not startle at every single loud noise--definitley dad and not mom! She also makes lots of cute noises all the time, even while sleeping and especially while nursing.

Her brothers love her. Constant kisses and hugs. They always say they love her and how cute she is. Jake especially asks to hold her all the time and asks about her as soon as he gets off the bus.

Aside from having a newborn and all that excitement, the month has been far from dull...snow days, playdates, Little Gym, Jake sick, Aidan sick, Spike hit a deer, valentine's day. Can't imagine what next month will bring.

Welcome Corinna

Welcome to the world Corinna Elaine! Our little princess finally arrived (on her due date no less) on January 15, 2009. She weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces, 21 inches long. After a rather rough delivery, (let's just say back labor and an epidural that didn't work!) we were so happy to meet her! Her brothers are captivated by her and love to know what she's up to. Aunt Lainie babysat the boys while mom and dad were at the hospital. She had her hands full as both boys were sick. As soon as we got home from the hospital Spike turned around and brought Jake to urgent care for what turned out to be an advanced case of double pink eye! Aidan is really congested and we are hoping his eyes remain un-pink. Maybe Jake was just trying hard to get in the spirit of all the pink in the house now. We're so happy to be home and getting settled back in. Corinna seems like a good sleeper (hopefully it will stay that way!) and she is nursing well. She is so tiny, her clothes just float on her, which is just a world of difference from her brothers! She also runs a little cold and has to be super-bundled up--a HUGE difference from her brothers who can walk around barefoot and in t-shirts on a day like today and be fine!