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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Merry Christmas




Gigi has now officially experienced her first Christmas. We spent it in Oklahoma City while Rodolfo was in Guatemala visiting his family. It was an enjoyable, low-key day that involved a cozy morning opening packages and drinking apple cider followed by an afternoon visit to Granny & Grampy's house.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Yum, Rice Cereal!




Gigi had her first gulp of rice cereal last week. This is what I wrote about the occasion: Gigi was beautiful eating, so cute and very open to trying this new experience. She did not swallow much of it. Most made it onto her bib, but I think it was a good start. I tasted it afterward and have to say that it is absolutely disgusting. I don't know how she took it so well. I think I'm going to try a different brand of formula... Enfamil just is icky. I have some Similac so I'll try that tomorrow.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Gigi a 3.5 meses de edad





Elle est si mignonne, n'est pas? J'adore mon petit ange. Elle continue, chaque jour, de devenir plus et plus jolie. Hier nous avons celebre mon anniversaire de trente ans a un restaurant brazilian. Gigi etait la avec tout de mes amis. Elle se comportait comme une demoiselle parfaite. Je suis si fier d'elle.

La semaine prochaine je vais introduire, pour la premiere fois, les solides. Je commencerai avec le cereal de riz. Elle est prete pour cette introduction. Je ne peux pas attendre de le faire.

Como veran, Gigi esta creciendo a pasos agigantados. La beba es muy sonriente pero tambien tiene su caracter fino cuando algo no le gusta. Estas fotos son bastante recientes y fueron tomadas por nada mas y nada menos que JoDee. Gigi por lo general es una beba bastante contenta y solo sonrisas es ahora. Sus momentos favoritos son despues de comer y cuando le estan cambiando el pannal. Por lo genral en estas actividades se la pasa sonriendo todo el tiempo. Ya ha crecido bastante y ahora cuesta un poquito mas el tenerla cargada por mucho tiempo.

Tambien le gusta estar enterada de que esta pasando a su alrededor y quiere estar parada mas tiempo. Wally ha sentido un poco el cambio, no tanta atencion a el como a la beba, pero por lo general ha reaccionado bastante bien. Gigi esta bajo regimiento militar, lo que ha ayudado a que tengamos un horario mas etablecido y especialmente por las noches ya que ahora duerme desde las 10pm hasta las 7:30 am por lo general.

Es increible como le cambian la vida a uno los bebes, son una bendicion pero tambien los primeros 3 meses son duros! Ahora ya finalmente estamos viendo la luz al final del tunel (especialmente JoDee) y ahora la disfrutamos a la beba mas que al principio. Vieran ahora como ya descubrio sus manos, solo se las pasa metiendo en la boca y cuando se sorprende o esta contenta, las pone juntas y se rie un monton. Eso es por ahora lo que puedo decir de Gigi, la queremos un monton y nos ha llenado de felicidad.

Monday, December 04, 2006

Smiles







Whew! Long time no write. I am just sitting here in my skinny jeans, wishing I didn't spill out the top and thinking about my little beauty. The G-ster is growing by leaps and bounds. She has moved up to Pampers #3. Perhaps she still is too small for these diapers, but her legs are so chubby that the others just don't fit well. I made the executive decision to move up and I'm sure her little toosh thanks me for it. She is all smiles these days. I love just watching her and seeing what new expressions or noises she might make. After the "G" sounds Georgia moved on to "M" sounds. There were about 3 or 4 days where she would suck on her bottom lip and hum "Mmmmmmm". I encouraged her to say "Mmmommy" but had no luck in getthing anything close. This Thursday we have an appointment with a photographer for her 3 month pictures. They have a website with some wonderful examples. I hope she is able to capture at least one of the gazillion cute expressions that Gigi makes. I'm a little worried about her wild hair though. I have been experimenting with different products to try and persuade those pesky hairs to lay down. However, I have had no luck. Georgia may just have to continue with the punk-rock-princess look.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Standing Tall

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Georgia has met a new milestone! She rolled over from her tummy onto her back November 20th. When on her tummy she can lift herself up to a 90 degree angle. She looooves standing (of course with parental assitance). And she has been making lots of sounds. Recently her favorite is "gggggggg" and "gaaa".

Tomorrow we will celebrate Thanksgiving at Granny & Grampy's house. I'm hoping that Gigi will not get too overstimulated. We went to the cook-off this evening at Grandmommy & Grandpapa's and she definitely had too much excitement. I can always tell by looking into her eyes. They get red, puffy and watery. But it is the holiday season and so I suppose it is rather an initation rite. Don't we all get a bit overstimulated this time of year anyway? What with the turkey, the shopping, the Christmas lights and all it is difficult to keep a stable equilibrium.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Ready and roll 'em!



Georgia has reached new levels of achievment this past week. She is basically sleeping through the night (10:30ish PM - 7:00ish AM) and she is rolling from side to side. Now, I must admit that one time during her 8th week of life she rolled over from her back to her tummy, but she hasn't done it since until this week. She is so cute! She is also using her hands quite a bit, she likes me to prop her up on her legs so she can semi-stand and she thoroughly enjoys patty-cake and peek-a-boo. Here are some more pictures. I am especially putting these on here for Abuelita Orie, Abueltio Ofo and Abuelita Tenchi. Rodolfo tells me you are checking the blog now. Yea!! Georgia says "hola y besos"!!

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Gap Baby





Being the proud parent that I am, of course, I couldn't resist submitting Gigi's photos for the Kodak / Baby Gap model search. She seems so perfect for the role, plus, the benefits of winning ($5000 college fund and 1 year supply of Gap clothes) are so enticing. I've day-dreamed about the fun we will have if she wins. Maybe it will include a trip to NYC. We will be lodged in a swank room at the Waldorf Astoria, where we will lay around in plush beds and order Belgian Waffles from room service. During the day we will have the photo shoot and at night we will swing by La Grenouille on our way to a Broadway show. Then on our return home we will swing by Baby Gap to pick up our first load of baby clothes... ah the fun! :)Here are the photos that we submitted. Isn't she so cute???

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Tigress



Georgia was a tigress for Halloween. These pictures were taken at the Halloween party we attended. Unfortunately, my little tigress was a wee bit too big for her costume and so she ended up sitting around in her diaper for most of the event.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Ouch!

Today Gigi received her first round of shots. Worry was my middle name as I entered the doctor's office. I remember taking Wally for his first round and it broke my heart to see him squirm and scream. Luckily, Gigi had a slightly different reaction. She didn't even notice the first shot. The second, third and fourth, however, she met with a healthy roar. Then it was over and she easily settled down. The nurse put two sesame street band-aids over the spots and handed her to me to nurse. This moment was one of the rare occasions when I felt completely happy to be a nursing mother. It was wonderful to be able to comfort my daughter this way. She ate for a good 30 minutes and then we headed home. She is now snuggly napping in her car seat. She will eat again at 1:30PM and then it is back to snooze land. Hopefully all will be calm and relaxing for her the rest of the day.

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Hello world


Georgia Grace is our first, beautiful daughter. Here is her birth annoncement. GrandPapa Jim snapped the main photograph the day after Georgia arrived home at Villa Hermosa. The panel photographs were taken by yours truly after a good feeding and a diaper change. Georgia was around 3 weeks old in those photographs. She looks so happy doesn't she?