Week of many firsts

I can't believe Sophia is almost one week old tomorrow! She has had quite a week with so many new experiences and firsts it's staggering to try and keep up with them all. Maybe if I go in reverse chronological order, it will be easier to remember amidst the sleep-deprived haze Jim and I are in over here...

Yesterday Sophia's cord fell off to reveal the cutest little belly button in the world! It's nice we don't have to worry about the diaper irritating it anymore. And, it's just so much cuter to see the little innie on our baby girl. Of course, this also means that she's growing up too fast. First she loses her cord, next thing you know she'll be graduating from college... Sigh.




Also a big first was that Sophia got her first bath on Sunday. We were sort of hoping that she might be a water baby and love it but alas she did not. We sort of knew that she wouldn't because she absolutely hates being naked for diaper changes so that was a pretty big tip-off that being naked and wet was not going to be her style (yet). Plus, what did we expect since she's an Aries (not an Aquarius).



On Sunday night, she actually slept in her co-sleeper all night long and either woke up on her own or I had to wake her up about every two hours to feed her. This lasted all night long. We couldn't believe what a big girl she was to sleep in the co-sleeper and not have us up all night already. Granted it didn't last as last night she had a monstrous feeding from about 11:30-5am that felt like it pretty much lasted all night. But, it's still great progress from the previous nights which were spent with Jim and I wandering room to room with her trying to calm her because she didn't like the co-sleeper.





Also on Sunday, Jim made pancakes and bacon and he made a special little Sophie-sized pancake for his little girl. Imagine all the Sunday pancakes to come for this little angel!!

All in all it's been an incredibly happy and wonderful couple of days. Sophia changes by the minute it seems and she is really getting stronger (her grip, her legs, how she holds her neck up already), she is tracking voices with her eyes more and seems to spend a lot more time in the "active alert" state which is so cool to see her just taking in the world.

We're so grateful to our family and friends for all your help and support. We have not had to cook dinner yet since we've all been home because DeeRee and other sweet friends are so kind and keep bringing us dinner! Thank you everyone!!