Alert and awake

Nina continues to get bigger! We'll know her precise weight this Friday when we visit the doctor, but Mommy and Daddy have a bet about how much over 7 pounds she is now.

Regardless, there is no doubt that the girl is growing! She continues to be an eating (and pooping) machine.

Lately she has longer 'awake and alert' spells. Her new favorite thing is to stare at things in her environment. Below we have a little video of her doing just that.

Nina gets plenty of stimulation. She has great music to listen to, books that Mommy and Daddy read to her, daily walks in the neighborhood, and more and more visitors coming by to meet her.

She's a busy girl, but she still spends most of her time eating or napping.

Daddy's Day!

Today is Daddy's first Father's day! Yay!

It started with homemade blueberry pancakes with raspberry jam (yum!), and continued with reading the Sunday NY Times, cuddling with little Boo Boo (see an index of all of her nicknames below), and watching the World Cup.

Around mid-day, we gave Nina a bath. In this video, you can see how chubby she's getting!

Nina's nicknames (currently) include:

Ninaz, Little Sweetie, Sweetiekins, Boo Boo, Stinky, Hungry, Monkey, and Love Bug

The Many Faces of Nina

Nina got to meet her Nana yesterday! Nana held her for a long time, and they got to know each other.

Nina is getting bigger and stronger by the day. She nursed yesterday in the evening for almost two and a half hours straight!

Mommy and Daddy are still unpacking (it ain't easy!), and we REALLY appreciate the help we've gotten from friends who have come by to bring us groceries, cook us meals, help put up shelves and unpack boxes. WE LOVE YOU!

Finally, we leave you with a hilarious video perhaps best titled, "The Many Faces of Nina." She's just waking up from a nap, and has a minor case of the hiccups. Enjoy!

This girl likes to eat

Nina saw her pediatrician on Friday. He said she's doing great!

Today she saw the opthamologist. He says her eyes are fully mature, and show no sign of retinopathy.

Yay!

This afternoon the visiting nurse stopped by.

She wrapped Nina up in a blanket to weigh her (she used a scale with a hook that went through the knot).

Cute, huh?

Turns out Nina is about 6 pounds, 10 ounces!

She gained almost a pound in one week!

Actually, it's not surprising given how much this little girl likes to eat!

Settling in...

Blog readers!

Nina, Mommy, and Daddy are settling into their new digs.

We're receiving the occasional visitor (see little Q there kissing Nina's foot), and working on getting some sleep.

You can see the boxes piled up in the background... it's gonna be a while before we're able to completely unpack.

But we love the new apartment! It's MUCH cleaner and nicer than our old place. We have brand new bamboo floors, lots more sunlight, and access to the roof!

Nina is an eating machine. In this video, she's doing her pre-eating squirm routine.

Home!

After 11 hours (!) of driving and stopping, driving and stopping,
Dawning and Nina finally made it home to NYC.

THANK YOU ASHLEY for driving them safely home!

Nina wanted to eat all night long, so Mommy and Daddy didn't get much
sleep.

She's ready for a nap now, though... and so are we!

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO'VE HELPED US BRING NINA HOME TO OUR NEW, SUNNY
APARTMENT!