Adelina's 6 week Birthday

Today Adelina is 6 weeks old! I am not sure how time went by so quickly, but already our little baby is no longer the little newborn. She is now a ten pound girl who smiles, can sit up with support and who can just about crawl (she tries so hard whenever she is on her stomach).

To celebrate the day, we drove to Philadelphia and visited a few of our favorite places. We stopped and got lunch at Tommy Guns BBQ (best we have tasted this side of the Mason Dixon) and took our BBQ and fixins' to Wissahickon Park for a picnic. It was not quite as leisurely as in the past; coordinating two adults eating with two curious dogs and one hungry and curious baby is no easy task. After eating, we walked along the trail. The girls obviously loved it and Adelina took the whole thing in before eventually falling asleep. On our way home we stopped by Marcianos (an Italian bakery by our old house) and picked up some breads and a tomato pie.

All in all it was a great day. It was nice to be outside and to be out as a family.

Here is a quick video taken from our walk:

Adelina's Trick

Today Mike was holding Adelina and trying to keep her entertained during her waking hours. He was sticking his tongue out at her and after a couple of times doing this Adelina starting sticking her tongue out back at him. They did this a couple of times before we got the good idea to try to catch it on camera.

Here is our best attempt to capture it. Unfortunately our girl was beginning to tire and so the trick is not as good as it was in the beginning, but it is a cute video nonetheless.

At least someone is using it

One of my colleagues from work gave Adelina a vibrating bouncy chair as a shower gift. Adelina has probably spent a total of 15 minutes in this chair (not consecutively), she just is not a fan of it yet. Yesterday, I happened to look over at the chair and found that unlike Adelina, Sam is a fan of the chair.

A Quick Comparison

Daddy

Mommy

Baby

Adelina's First "Real" Bath

Since she came home from the hospital, I have been giving Adelina sponge baths. When she was around 2 weeks old, Mike bought her a baby tub so we could give her a real bath (her umbilical cord fell off around 2 weeks). Although we had this tub, I continued to give her sponge baths; always having an excuse for not using the tub (time, her attitude, Mike not being home).

This morning Mike and I were both home and since we didn't have anywhere to be and Adelina was in a very awake mood, we decided to give the new tub a try. She fussed a bit when we first placed her in the water, but she quickly quieted down and was very content through the whole process. She seemed to like the warm water and didn't even mind getting her hair wet.

Now that I see how easy this whole process is, I will be bringing the tub out more often.

Here are some pictures from the morning:

Adelina Lorraine Bianco

I am delayed in officially announcing her birth here on our blog, but better late than never, right?

Adelina Lorraine Bianco was born on July 14, 2010 at 2:28pm. She weighed 7 lbs, 7 oz and was 19.5 inches long. I was in labor with her for over 30 hours. She was very stubborn about making her appearance and even though my contractions began at 5:30am on July 13, she decided to wait and therefore be born on her paternal grandmother's birthday. She gave us a little scare when she was born; she had a mucous plug in her lungs and temporarily stopped breathing. Because of this, she spent her first 24 hours in the neonatal intensive care unit. She improved and was able to join us on the maternity floor by the next afternoon.

Adelina is now 5 weeks old. She is getting better about sleeping and can go for 3 hour stretches overnight (this makes her mommy and daddy very happy). She is starting to smile more and makes more noises than just crying and grunting. She is very strong; she has been able to hold her head up since birth. She currently weighs 9 lbs, 12 oz and is 21 1/4 inches long. She continues to amaze us and we are so blessed to have her in our lives!

Here are some pictures of the baby girl so far:

Picture update

I have seriously been lagging behind in updates on this pregnancy. Here is a picture from 32 weeks. I am now 35 weeks and I cannot believe I am already at this point. I have started having contractions, so I am trying to take it easy. As much as I want to meet this little girl, I do not want her to get here earlier than she needs to be. I am hoping to get at least 2 more weeks out of her. I still have things to do in the nursery and stuff to buy! I will try to get a more recent picture up this weekend, but don't hold your breath :)