Weekend Fun

Cecily visited with her Great Aunties Jennifer and Shelly this weekend.

Jennifer knit her a darling peacock colored sweater.

We went for a walk in the park and took some pictures by the cherry blossom tree.

Cecily and Shelly

Cecily and Mommy

Five Months Old

Cecily turned five months last Friday (March 9). At last Tuesday's doctors appointment she weighed 15 #, 11 oz. She was very active at the appointment, smiling and laughing and tearing apart the tissue paper which lines the table. Smiles turned to tears when she got her shots, but she seemed to like the catapillar sticker the nurse gave her. She is in the 68% for weight, 38% for height (shorty like me!) and 80% for head circumference (big brain!).

She is starting to sit up a bit now, with Mommy right there to catch her as she starts to tip over. She is VERY interested in everything and will grab things and then throw them. She is fascinated with Luca and her toys and watching us eating. The Dr. says we can start introducing foods now (starting with rice cereal) and I plan to do this soon.

We moved back into our house last weekend and the newly painted walls and new hardwood floors look fabulous. The best is being back with our pup, and now we can take walks in Golden Gate park again with our two girls.

Other news: Our friends Scott and Cara gave birth to their little girl Addison Lynne Newman on Wed, March 7. She came a little bit too early (7 1/2 weeks early) but is doing great. We can't wait for her to come home and for all the great times ahead with the two girls.

More Photo Shoot Pictures

Family Photo Shoot

We had great fun getting some pictures taken a couple of weekends ago by our photographer friend Mike Wang, who had rented a studio for the day. Cecily could have been a little more cooperative (she was being very stingy with the smiles) but I think the darkness of the studio and the brightness of the flash were a little overwhelming for her. I think she looks like a little doll in these pictures.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'...

Our baby girl has figured out how to roll! She can only do it from belly to back, and it seems from only right to left. She has learned what to do if she is not enjoying her tummy time. What a great birthday present for Mommy!

The roll in action

Hanging Out with Cecily

We have just been having so much fun with our baby girl lately. Returning to work has made me appreciate even more all the moments with her. Work has renergized me in one sense, but is also exhausting. (And pumping leaves alot to be desired...) But coming home from work and seeing my little girl and my husband brings me back to life.





Fun in the Tub

With her Auntie Kathleen and her boyfriend Charlie

Outside our temp. apartment on Howard St.
With Great Aunties Jennifer and Shelley

Happy Valentines Day!

Want a Hug?

Little smiley-4 months old

Cecily turned 4 months old on Friday. She is a happy smiley baby who giggles and plays and snuggles. She is our love, our heart, our little princess.

We both got through my first week back at work fairly well. She is taking the bottle much better now (when there is no other option she adapted quickly) and is napping better too. A few nights last week she didnt sleep through the night but for the most part she is still managing to give Mommy lots of sleep. Leaving in the morning is hard, I always want to run back and give her one more kiss. But I know she has fun with her Nana during the day. The biggest challenge for me back at work is the pumping. My office has a great set up for a "Mother's Room" with a comfy chair, a fridge, a sink. But I am at clients right now. My client found a place for me to pump which was a storage closet. I felt odd and awkward in their so I have been pumping in my car instead. I just have to keep thinking that it is the best for my baby. I will keep it up as long as I can.


We hung out with some of her cousins this Saturday.












With Kaitlyn (4 yrs) and Lauren (almost 17 months)








With Kaitlyn, Lauren, Kyle (2 weeks), Vincent (3 years), and Tony (almost 6 months)

Cecily-3 months

Cecily is almost four months old now. The last month has been pretty busy. Cecily and I traveled down to L.A. and Santa Barbara to visit family and friends. We had a great time in SB with my girlfriends (Suzanne, Becky and Erin) and their children (9 month old Aiden and 19 month old Nate). The family visit was nice and my father was finally able to spend sometime with his granddaughter which was wonderful. Cecily was very very good on her first plane trip, she basically just ate and slept the whole time. But traveling alone with a baby is quite difficult with all the gear that goes with it (stroller, car seat, etc.)

Unfortunately while we were gone, a hot water pipe in our house burst and did alot of flood damage. As such, Greg, Cecily and I have had to move temporarily into an apartment downtown. (Luca is staying with Nana and Nonno in Petaluma) Hopefully we will be able to move back in 6 weeks or so. This has been my last week of maternity leave and we have been spending it playing and taking walks and meeting Greg for lunch downtown. On Monday I start back at work and I am feeling awful about being away from Ceci. She will be in good hands however, as Nana (Greg's mom) will be taking care of her during the day for the next couple of months.







View from our apartment (on Spear and Howard)..









Cecily has gone through a growth spurt (she weighed in at 13 pounds, 7 oz. last week) and I have had to pack up alot of her baby clothes which was sad. She is making lots of verbalizations and laughing out loud now (when I tickle her sides). She sits in her Bumbo seat and I am getting her to do more "tummy time" though she only tolerates it for short times. She is really showing interest in her toys now and looks around and flirts with strangers when we go on walks. I think she may be starting to teethe as she chews on her fingers alot. She has survived her first cold (she hates getting the snot suctioned out of her nose) and a rashy case of echzema (it helps to use Aquaphor to treat it) She is taking the bottle now, though still breast feeds so much better. She will be getting pumped milk in the bottle during the day and I'll still breast feed her at night and in the morning.

So we have lots of new challenges ahead, with my return to work etc., but I can just hope it all works smoothly.

Santa Barbara Trip

Tummy Time

In the Bumbo Seat

Happy New Year 2007!

About a year ago this little angel was just making her appearance as an embryo in my womb. What a difference a year makes! Cecily is growing more and more each day, becoming stronger and more alert. She laughs out loud now and makes all sorts of other "verbalizations" such as "ahhing" and "gooing" and grunting and, her favorite, blowing drooly raspberries. She is still eating very frequently during the day (every 2-3 hours) but is sleeping through the night most nights. She has been doing this since right before Thanksgiving, and I have been giving much thanks for this! But I do know that it may not last. And sometimes she is hard to get to sleep, and we dont turn in until midnight after some dozing on the couch. We are still working hard to try to get her to take the bottle. We went out and bought a bunch of nipples (every variety in the store) and she seems to like the Dr. Brown bottle and nipple. But it is more times that not that she refuses the bottle and cries for mommy and the breast. Its very hard to be tough, but I know we must as a month from now I have to return to work and she will have no choice. And so we continue...