Measure Up Monday - Week 7

Adriana continues to interact with us more and more.  She is "talking" a lot...if only we could understand what "n-guy ah ah nye" means.  :-)  She is smiling a lot.  Sometimes she babbles while she smiles, and it sounds a little like laughing.  For the most part, she sleeps 4 - 5 hours at a time at night, but she wakes up anywhere from 6:00 - 7:30, no matter how long it's been since her last wake up.

Adriana has a special message for someone this week.  Since she's kind of hard to understand, I wrote out what she would like to say.

Enjoy planning for your big day!

Measure Up Monday - Week 6

This dress looks a LOT cuter in person, but it looks pretty cute in the picture, too.

"Polly Want a Cracker"

Okay, so she's not advanced enough to say all that, but Adriana is starting to mimic.  Check it out:

For the record, this is a skill that she is supposed to develop by the end of month 2.  She started it at 5 weeks, 4 days old.  I'm so proud of my smart girl!

My Smiley Girl

Yesterday afternoon, Adriana couldn't quit smiling at me, and I thought quickly enough to grab the camera.

Measure Up Monday - Week 5

Why this is a day late:

I planned to have Adriana wear the same outfit each week until she outgrows it so we would be able to see just how much she is growing/changing.  Yesterday when she woke up, I put her in her pink-and-black-polka-dot outfit.  When we got downstairs, she ate, and then I put her in the chair for her picture.  She spit up all over the outfit.  This upset her, and she started to cry.  Even after I changed her, she was still crying, and I didn't want to take her picture like that.  Once she got calmed down, she fell asleep.  Then we ran errands.  And it just never worked out to get her picture again.  So, here she is...in a different outfit.

And even though she's not looking at the camera, I had to include this next one to show off her new skill:

She's smiling!!!!

And, by the way...she's outgrown her newborn clothes.  :-(

The "Shoes" Make the Outfit

Don't you think?

Thanks McConnells!

Adriana is One Month Old!

I skipped a Measure Up Monday because it fell so close to the day Adriana turned one month old.  I put her in the same outfit as last week so it would be easy to compare.  Honestly, I don't see much of a difference.  I think she changed a lot from week 2 to week 3, but not as much from week 3 to week 4.  You can judge for yourself:

At one month old, Adriana has already accomplished a lot.  She can do all of the following:

• moves her head from side to side
• blinks at bright lights
• lifts her head when placed on her stomach
• stares at faces
• responds to human voices
• "scoots" by digging her heels into a surface
• likes to look at lights
• rolls partway from side to back
• holds head in line with her back when pulled to a sitting position
• grasps some objects, especially when eating (lately, she has started grabbing her own hair when eating)

• says "n-guy" and some other babbling sounds
• makes throaty sounds
• "stands" with little support for several seconds
• takes a bottle (at 3 weeks, 1 day...without any hesitation)
• moved to her own room (at 3 weeks, 2 days...she LOVES it!

 Happy one month, Adriana!  We're so lucky to have you in our family.  We love you!

Measure Up Monday - Week Three

Look how big she's getting!!