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Happy Valentine's Day

Rowan just wanted all the lovely ladies out there to know that he was thinking about them today. He doesn't know how to put this but he's kind of a big deal. People know him. Um...he's very important. Rowan has many leather-bound Elmo books and his crib smells of rich mahogany...Rowan is...friends with DJ Lance, too, he comes over...on occasion. You stay classy, Dayton.

Who's Holding Lydia Today?

This is the first in a series of posts that I've decided to call "Who's Holding Lydia Today?". We have a lot of photos (and will probably have more as the days go by) of friends and family holding Lydia and I think it would be nice to post them on our blog. So if you don't want your picture on the blog, make sure you let me know.

Above is Lola's mom, Emilee. She came to visit us in the hospital. And below is Sam's mom, Melissa, who stopped by last week with her family to meet the new addition.



And to continue with the "pretty lady" theme, here is our friend Joy, who we had lunch with this week. She was able to match Jeff Diet Coke for Diet Coke, which is a pretty impressive feat.

Starting the Hat Collection

Lydia was barely a week old when she received this adorable hat in the mail from Jeff's Aunt Gail. It has a pink flower on the top - the perfect adornment for our little Rose. Our friend Aaron came over to visit (along with the Becks. Oh and his wife, Emilee and daughter Lola). He is pictured above admiring Lydia in all her pink and flowered glory. Lola is in the background, keeping a watchful eye on her Daddy.

Bulking Up

Lydia was pretty sleepy today, but whenever she was awake, she wanted to be eating constantly. I think this might be a sign that she's in the middle of a growth spurt. I weighed her this evening and she is up to 8 lbs. 12 oz. (with her diaper and nightgown). This is an improvement over her 7 lbs. 4 oz. weigh-in last week at the doctor's. It won't be long now and she'll be good and "solid", just like Rowan was.

In other baby tummy news, her umbilical stump fell off yesterday, and it looks like she might have an "outie"! Aaack! Dr. Doucette, what were you thinking?

Bathtime Lydia

One piece of advice we were provided was giving Lydia nighttime baths to keep her awake and extend her nighttime sleeping intervals. Other things that will prevent her naps are diaper changing, impending bowel movements, and feedings. We've found so far that this regimen is working as our earlier Twitter showed that Lydia slept for 7 hours straight last night! While this is probably an aberration, she has been sleeping quite well for us so far (knock knock). As many readers know, one of the primary stressors of a newborn is the potential ungodly sleeping schedule. I'm also guessing that we're supposed to get her up from her sleep to giver her another feeding, but she should be getting plenty during the day. Anybody who recommends otherwise is a heartless bastard. Hopefully she keeps this pattern up and Mommy and Daddy will be quite cheery with her the remainder of the day.