First Words??

So Isabelle has said "mama" and "dada" for a long time. Though she said Mama first---for the record!

I have thought for the past 2 weeks she has been saying hi when she waves and today she did this.

So what counts as her first words?? Isn't she the cutest!

P.S.

Soon I will blog about our wonderful trip to Maui WITH a baby. I know we are crazy but I am telling you it was like a dream even with the 9 hr flight with an infant in our lap :)

Day 68: There Were Ten in the bed and the little one said ROLL OVER!!!

My little darling decided today was the day she would roll over at 2 months and 1 week old!! I am so proud of her :)

She has been lifting up one side of her body since she was 2 weeks old but hadn't done much else during her tummy time. I was so surprised she did that so early but then got impatient and decided maybe she wouldn't roll over early. She was just working hard on her head control, however, and has made great progress there. I put her in the bumbo at 7 weeks and she held her head up and sat mesmerized at the new world of sitting up!


Isabelle at 7 weeks old and quite groggy in the early morning!

She has been getting more adept at holding her head up on my chest as she rests her little elbows and looks at me with pride!!! I guess she was working on her rolling over muscles during her tummy times and our little exercise sessions because today I put her down to play for 10 minutes or so then switched her to her tummy and she immediately lifted her left side and then rolled over!!! Luckily I quickly grabbed my phone and yelled for Dylan so we got to see our Angel perform! I think she was going for the kitty I put in front of her....she kept staring at it and rolling over all day!


I took this at 7 am after about 4.5 hours of sleep combined...so that is the reason I say it is December 29....For the record it is November 29 and I am seriously sleep deprived. Who knows what other goofy things I say and do and don't realize!

Gender Reveal Day Part I

As you can imagine, Gender Reveal Day was full of excitement from start to finish. I think it will take several posts to express all the joy.


We decided to have a Gender Reveal Party and find out with Baby D's Gender by cutting into a cake, that was either pink or blue, so our loved ones could be part of the big reveal! The excitement was building all day long as we anticipated the gender and contemplated whether there was....well...something there or a void!

It was so amazing to get to see our sweet little baby's arms and legs moving about. The tech said again you have a VERY ACTIVE baby! She kept putting her little hands against her face and forehead. The most profound thing about our little girls is not so little. She has the LARGEST FEET I have ever seen on an ultrasound (US). I am afraid we might have a 6'4" "little" girl!

We were even lucky enough to have an impromptu 4 D US!!!! The tech was teaching the nurse at our birth center how to use the 4D function. A 4D US is different from a 3D US, in the 3D US they take 3 dimensional still images of the baby. In 4D you get to see the baby in 3 dimensions while in motion. It was so cool to see little girl's face, although it was really distorted and covered by her umbilical cord! Girlfriend was snuggling up with the placenta. The placenta, by the way was reaaaaaaally cool to see in 4D! I will post the video we took of the 4D US as soon as I can figure out how to edit it!

After our appointment, Dylan and I went to lunch and studied our US pictures discussing the hints we got about the gender.

For now here is the Post-ultrasound reaction.

(For the record I don't know why I did this while driving....I was so excited after the US and I just didn't think!)