Doctor's appointment

Grace had her 2 week check up today (a few days late due to the holiday). She has proven that she is a healthy eater weighing in at 8 lb 0.8 oz! She is still 20 1/2 inches long so that weight has all gone into filling her out. Doctor's appointments certainly wear her out!

Snuggle Time

Sleep Over

Grace had her first sleep over last night. We stayed the night at Mark's parents house. Grace did great only waking up once during the night. She did go through three pairs of pajamas but that's okay :) The following video was taken this morning. Grace was still a bit sleepy so she took a little nap in the Moses' Basket that her cousin Gabe loaned her--Thank you Gabe!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this holiday season. We have a healthy baby girl who in just two weeks has already brought us so much joy! And we have an amazing family and group of friends who have showed us so much love and support as we have welcomed little Grace. A big thank you to all of you!!!

Our little family

Grace's best buddy--we are so thankful that she has adjusted well to having a little sister!

This is how Grace spent Thanksgiving dinner. A big thank you to Aunt Susie, Uncle Bob and Katie for the adorable Thanksgiving outfit and to Anni and Joe for the bib!

We spent the day at Mark's parents and were joined by my mom & Mike and Amy & Greg. We typically spend Thanksgiving at Mark's grandparents in Sac City, Iowa but it is a little too early to make such a long trip with Grace and with me still healing from the c-section. It was hard not being out there with the Williams' clan but we had a great day with lots of good food and great company! We truly missed all the family that weren't with us today and hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving :-)

Too much turkey!

Hanging out at home

It's been one week since we brought Grace home from the hospital and what a great week it has been. Mark and I love hanging out with our little girl. Grace's typical day is eat, sleep, eat, sleep, eat some more, sleep some more, eat, maybe some awake time, and then repeat. Of course there is also the intermittent diaper changes which she absolutely hates and leads to lots of screaming and crying. It's quite the life and Mark and I feel so blessed to be able to share it. Here are some of my favorite pics of Grace hanging out at home. You'll notice that she's really taken to nap time with Daddy!

Post eating--full belly makes baby sleepy!

Trying on a new outfit

First time in swing on Saturday

All worn out after a trip to Target--shopping is hard work!

Missing Grandma!

We have been very fortunate to have my mom here since Grace was born. She has been such a huge help with everything from housework to making meals for us and spending time with Grace so we could get a bit of sleep.


She left this morning and Grace was not very excited to say goodbye! Luckily she'll be back in a few days for Thanksgiving--Hurry back Grandma!!!

Meeting new friends

Grace has had several visitors since coming home. We haven't got pics of everyone but here are a few of her new friends.

There are sure to be many family vacations/camping trips with Grace's friend Noah and Noah's parents--Ryan and Jill.

Grace's friend Porter and his Mommy, Jenn. Jenn and I do lots of research projects together so Grace and Porter will get to spend lots of time in meetings with the two of us!

Andy, Abigail and Kristi

Raven thought I was so tiny!

Tummy Time

On Thursday we started doing daily tummy time with Grace. She really seems to like it. The video doesn't show her doing too much but she has started pushing her butt up when we put her on her belly. Overall I think she enjoys the tummy time!