One Week Old

Rosalie was born on Friday September 3.  Now, a week later, how is she doing?  Well, she’s doing great.  Some milestones and firsts we’ve already accomplished:

• Surviving the first hour (tough times for a newborn, out in the cold hard world — but she did it)
• Making it through the first night (all of of us!)
• First time outside
• First visitors (including all the grandparents and great-grandma)
• First time in a car, and an initial visit to the doctor
• First time wrapped up in the baby-carrying device known as the Moby Wrap
• First visit to Il Bambino (and Darren gave us a brownie)
• First work-related phone call
• The cord stump fell off (gross, but a good thing – now she has a belly button)
• Feeding escalating to every hour during the night — and mama taking it in stride
• A couple of minutes ago, her first real poo — many more of those to come, I’m told
• And finally, figuring out how great it is to sleep on daddy’s chest.