First Swim

June 28, 2007: Today Casey went for her first swim in La La and Eddie's pool. James and I thought she would only last about 10 seconds before crying, but she seemed to be relaxed and enjoy it. We're off shortly on our first real trip. Heading to Delaware to introduce Casey to her great grandmother.

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

June 25, 2007: Almost since birth Casey has been sleeping very well. On most nights I feed her around 10:30 or 11pm and she goes to sleep until about 5 am. This week however, she has regressed. She woke up at 4:30, then 4:00, then 3:00, then 2:50am. It stinks. She has also been a lot crankier during the days, with more bouts of crying. People keep saying, 'maybe it's a growth spurt'. Maybe. Anyway, she is still a wonderful baby all in all. We took her for her first hike today. We drove to Waterville and did a 4.5 mile loop which takes you to two peaks, Mt. Welch and Mt. Dickey. Both peaks are around 2700 feet with beautiful views of the White Mountains. I carried Casey up in the baby bjorn. Getting back into shape is challenging and keeping her little white body out of the sun is too- but we managed.

First Day of Summer

June 21, 2007: Just a cute picture for today...

7 Weeks Old

June 18, 2007: Here are a few shots from today. The outfit Casey is wearing was mine 29 summers ago. Casey continues to change and develop every day. She is smiling at us more and more and makes lots of little cooing noises. It is so fun to play little games and sing songs to her and have her react to us with big smiles and laughs. Her baby acne has cleared up, she is not constipated anymore, and she is no longer throwing up. Her hair has started to fall out slowly so we'll see if she is going to be blond like I was or not. We are all getting used to eachother and it is getting easier day by day. I know Casey's signals and what she needs most of the time so thats helps alot. We put her feet in Newfound Lake yesterday and she did not like it because it was so cold.

6 Weeks Old

June 13, 2007: Casey turned 6 weeks old on Monday. She has still been sleeping really well. Most nights she goes to sleep by 11:30pm and wakes up around 5:30am. Her baby acne seems to be going away slowly. Last week we spent a few days in CT and Boston visiting grandparents. Casey also attended Harvard Graduate School of Education's graduation to cheer on Claudia. It has been an exciting week for her. Casey's first passport came in the mail. She will need it for our trip to Italy in mid July. It is so funny and cute to see her picture in the passport. Also, last night she had her first meal from a bottle that James fed to her. She took it without any problems. We were practicing as I will probably have to miss one of her feedings on Friday night to attend Angie's batchelorette party at the Red Sox game. It has been so great having James home to share in all the fun. We love watching Casey change little by little each day. She is really starting to interact with us as she smiles and makes cute little noises now. She has discovered her own hands and stares at them intently.