In some ways we’re aware of every single “first”.  First time at the park.  First farmers market.  First Mary Tebbs concert.  And in other ways it just feels so normal that we almost forget how new she is.  10 days today.  10.

The baby is still sleeping most of every day.  She’s literally awake for a total of 45 minutes a day.  But then, as the moon rises, she’s alert and ready to chat away.  She wakes up around 1am for about 1 1/2 hours.  And then again around 5 but quickly falls back to sleep.  We’re tired but I think we’re dealing with it well.  To tell you just how tired we are, we woke up early yesterday morning to watch the last hour or so of the Wimbl*don final.  Nadal won.  LAST year.  We watched the end of last year’s match because this years match wasn’t on until TODAY.  We got a good laugh out of it.  It’s funny how we were each rooting for a different player … Anyway, we’re tired.  The chair in the nursery has been amazing and I am now the biggest fan Ever of gliders.  I didn’t have one with Gracie and I imagine it would have worked wonders with her collic.  Who knows… 

So, happy 4th!  We spent last night at a new favorite restaurant with our best girls.  If you’re local, you must try Pago.  It’s in the 9th & 9th district and seriously delicious!  After dinner we skipped the fire works for good conversation and a couple of cocktails.  Perfection.  We bought some excitement (fountains, flowers, etc.) for later tonight and Yeager is dancing in his chair just waiting for the sun to land.  It’ll be G’s first show and hopefully just the first of many, many more.

I go back to work tomorrow – officially.  I feels very soon but it’s not like I have any healing to do. We don’t have maternity benefits where I work but, instead, they’ll let me bring her for a whole year.  That’s an amazing good trade on my part.  I can’t imagine dropping her off to strangers tomorrow morning.  Ugh.

Her first pediatrician appt is Tuesday morning and I’m so looking foward to it. I want our doctor to tell us she’s healthy.  I want to hear how much she weighs and how tall she is.  You always hope you’re doing everything right but I want to be sure.  It’s been a long time since either of us has had an infant.  And then, that night, she’ll witness her first Indigo Girl concert at R*d Butte.  I can hardly wait!  You know I’ll have plenty of photo’s to share!

Here are some photos from the weekend:

This is the baby of our family meeting the new baby of our family.  (& Yeager pulling faces…) 

Gazing at her uncle Matty.

Still napping sideways in her upstairs swing.  Probably not much longer…

Sweet dreams!