BabyAlbum6

Here I am with my mommy again. This is my first day
home. You can tell because mommy is still
smiling....and awake. I like to hang out on the couch
with my mom. She feeds me and holds me on her chest
like she did in the hospital and we get to watch
something called "TV" while daddy brings us stuff. My
mom says dad is really special because he loves us
enough to stay home with us for 3 whole weeks before
he goes back to work. Mommy says we will have lots of
fun with daddy...but she will cry a lot when he starts
going back to work. (There is that "cry" word again. I
really need to work on figuring out what that means.)
Anyway, we both really like it when my daddy is with
us. He loves us both a lot.

Here are some of my really cute faces. Sometimes
after I eat my snack, I like to play with my mommy
before I go to sleep. My mom makes me really happy
when she plays with my tummy and holds my hand. I
can't tell her yet how much I love her...so I make silly
faces for her. I know she must be able to understand
what I am trying to tell her because she laughs and
tells me how cute I am.
My dad tried to lay me down on my back in something
called a bassinet and I did not like it. I tried to tell
him how much I didn't like it. I tried really loud and
he used that strange word "cry" again. He asked me to
please not cry...does that mean that I am learning?! (I
did not stop, by the way, until he picked me up and put
me back on my mommy's chest where it is warm and
soft.) I don't know why I can't just stay with my
mommy all of the time. She is a lot softer to sleep on
than that icky old bassinet.

Well....I learned that "crying" thing and it turns out it is a pretty
useful skill to have!!! All I have to do is "cry" and my mommy or
daddy will give me whatever I want. It really works great. I wish I
had discovered this sooner!!! The only side-effect is that mommy
does not look as happy as she did before. Her eyes close a lot when I
am done eating and daddy says he wishes he could feed me so mommy
could get some sleep. I don't really know what that means, and I
guess I really don't care just as long as SOMEONE is feeding me.
Today, daddy said we needed to go shopping because my clothes and
my diapers do not fit me very well. He said I am such a peanut (again,
I prefer "petite"!), that all of the "newborn" clothes and diapers he
has for me are WAY too big. That must be why my arms and legs keep
getting tangled in my clothes.
So...mommy and daddy bundled me back up in this contraption and
we drove to the baby store. They bought me some stuff for a
"premie". I am not sure what a premie is...but at least these new
clothes and diapers fit me better. They are still a little big...but at
least I don't get so tangled anymore!

Here I am with some of my new clothes on. I think
daddy is going to try to put a new diaper on me. I hate
it when he does that. It makes my butt cold. I do love
it when he rubs my legs and gives me a "massage", but it
just does not change the fact that my butt is cold.

This is when I got to meet my Great-Grandma Mary. Daddy says she
is who I am named after. She came over to my house to meet me
today. Daddy says she is 98 years old and she is going to be 99 soon.
I am not really sure what that means, but it sounds pretty
impressive. My mom and dad really love her. Mommy says she is so
glad that she is able to know great-grandma Mary and that she really
loves her a lot even though she has only known her for 4 years.
They tell me all of the time what a special woman great-grandma is
and that is why they gave me the same name as her. I like having her
name...I think it is really pretty and I hope it means I will grow up
some day to be as special as she is!!
Daddy says we are going to go visit Great-Grandma at her house
next week so i can see her again. That is great news...I love her
already too!!

Here I am all bundled up in that contraption again. I wish daddy
would realize that I am just too small to fit in this thing. It is not
very comfortable at all...so I will just close my eyes and pretend it is
not happening!! My mommy said my tiny arms sticking out from the
straps with my sleeves too big reminded her of a little "chicken
wing"...So now, for some reason, she calls me her little chicken wing.
I think "Mary Grace" is a lot prettier than "Chicken Wing". I will
have to use that new 'crying' thing to make my opinion known.
Anyway, after I was all strapped in, Dad announced it was time to go
somewhere called the "pediatrician". I was a little scared, but it
was not too bad. The worst part was when the doctor took all of
my clothes off. My butt was cold...again.
I heard the doctor guy tell mommy and daddy that I was very healthy
and everything was great, except that I lost a little too much weight
or something and he said mommy needs to bring me back in a couple
of days to be "weighed" again. I don't mind, as long as it does not
make my butt cold.

Here I am sleeping with my daddy. I am 6 days old today and I still
don't like to sleep anywhere but with my mommy or daddy. Every
time they try to lay me down somewhere I do that "crying" thing and
tell them what I think about the situation. Mommy says she is very
tired and is really sick of sleeping sitting up on the couch. Daddy
says he is just plain tired and wishes I would sleep somewhere other
than on their chests. I don't know why it is such a big deal. I
thought they would love holding me 24 hours a day. That's why they
created me in the first place, right? So they could love me and hold
me all of the time.
Daddy says he just wants me to sleep on my own some time so that
he can "cuddle" again with mommy. He said he misses sleeping in the
same bed with mommy because he can not hold her. I am not sure
what this "cuddling" thing is. I will have to figure it out for next
week. I will let you know what I find out. Hopefully it is something
good that I will enjoy doing with them too!