Grabbie grabbie

Short post today, sans pictures.  Sorry.

Gwen appears to have hit a bit of a milestone.  For the past several days she's be actively trying to grab things (rather than trash around and accidentally getting something in-hand).  My beard is the most common casualty, but last night we found the best toy ever.

I was eating potato chips while Jenn was holding Gwen.  As soon as she saw the bag, Gwen became very intent on it and wouldn't look away.  I brought it closer and she grabbed the edge and started pumping her arms up and down maniacally.  The crinkling of the bag seemed to fascinate her tremendously.  We finally had to pry it away from her.  It was quite entertaining to watch.

That's it.  I warned you it was short.

New noises

I'm watching Gwen today.  This hasn't happened recently because of my project at work - Grammers has been watching her on Saturdays, Jenni on Sundays, and Davina during the week.  As such, I can't say for sure that these are new new sounds, or just sounds that are new to me...

...

OK, 30 minutes later, I've gotten her to go to sleep.  I couldn't decide if these were happy or unhappy sounds; I'm guessing she couldn't either.  However, at this point I think they were some variant of "I'm sleepy, but keep entertaining me you goofball". 

Not much going on here

It's time for yet another boring post.  Nothing much is changing on the homefront.  Gwen's over her cold and her appetite has increased - she's taking almost 6 ounces fairly regularly.  She's also slept the longest we've seen so far last week - over 6 hours.  We're hoping that maybe, just maybe, she'll sleep through the night.  Maybe by the time she's 12 or so.

Just a few pics today:

Gwen and Jenn at Jack Stack.
Gwen's had a long day and is getting sleepy.

Jack Stack again.
This child will grow up liking Kansas City barbecue.
Whether she wants to or not...

Gwen at a friends first birthday party.
Grandmas everywhere like to steal Gwen from me.

Gwen's first valentine from Davina.

Gwen's first valentines from her cousins and Grandma McCallum.

4 month doctor visit

So to catch up:

Gwen went to her retina specialist a bit ago, and everything continues to heal well. We don't need to see them again. We'll head to the pediatric ophtho in a few months for another recheck.

We had our first appointment with our new doctor for Gwen--an actual pediatrician that came recommended by a friend. We liked her very much and the office was close. Has nice walk-in hours every morning and on Saturdays. Yay for finally having a doctor!

At the doctor we learned the following stats about Gwen:
She's now 10lbs and 4oz -- 3rd %
She's 22.25 inches long -- >3rd%, but not by much
Head circumfrence -- 25% ... Apparently she has a big head. Ha!

Adjusted for the possibility she might be closer to 3 months, rather than 4 due to a premature birth, she's closer but not quite to 25% in weight and height.

She still is suffering pretty badly from her cold, poor thing. Really hacking and hard cough, lots of mucus and phlegm.

She has also given it to me now. So looks like trip to Wichita to see family will have to be post-poned. :(