Max & I have been married for 3 years! We've had a pretty low-key anniversary. We took the baby to her first movie and got ourselves some Thrifty's ice cream and otherwise just hung out at home and enjoyed each other's company. Yesterday, though, we continued our tradition of going to Buca di Beppo the night BEFORE our anniversary.
This tradition started because Max spent our first anniversary flying to Mexico so we decided to celebrate the night before by driving to one of our favorite restaurants. We realized that we also had dinner at a Buca di Beppo at our rehearsal dinner one year previous, and a tradition was born!
But enough about us, right?
Sylvia is now 7 weeks (and 2 days) old! On Monday we estimated her weight to be 9 pounds, 7 ounces (after adjusting for the blanket & diaper).
And several days earlier we used Sylvia's great-grandmother Sylvia's measuring tape and estimated her length to be 22 inches (a full 3 inches longer than at birth).
And if our crude measuring techniques are not sufficient to convince you that she is growing, I can attest to the fact that certain outfits that used to be fairly roomy are now too snug and are ready to be boxed away. She feels and seems like a bigger and older baby.
She still rolls over whenever we try to put her on her tummy, but she occasionally stays on her tummy for a while and does some impressive commando crawling first. She's also been smiling a lot more for at least a week or so, which is pretty much the best thing ever!
There seemed to be a bit of a trend where she was spending more and more time being fussy, so we started more seriously putting the "5 S's" from The Happiest Baby on the Block into effect. When she starts getting worked up for no apparent reason, she gets wrapped up (swaddling) and gets her pacifier (sucking), and if that's not enough than we bring out the noise-making Sleep Sheep (sshh'ing) and bounce (or swing) while holding her on her side (stomach or side), and it works great!
So, things are going really well! I do miss sleeping for more than 2-4 hours at a time. A lot. But we're all doing well! I'll post again in about a week and a half when we have our next pediatrician's appointment (if not before).
Here are a few more pictures to tide you over!
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There is a rocking baby seat that Sarah, Emma and Danielle loved before they were big enough to enjoy the mechanical swing or the jolly jumper. The baby sits in the seat at a 45 degree angle and swings gently up and down while she observes what is going on. Check it out. It settles them down.
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