Five Months of Firsts

Grace has experienced a lot of "firsts" over the last five months .... I'll just mention a few


First Day at Home: We brought Grace home on December 16. I was so happy to get out of the hospital, sleep in my own bed, and start getting used to our new life as a family of three.

        

First Christmas: Grace's first Christmas was also the first time we hosted Christmas dinner at our house. Since Grace was still so new, we figured it would be easier to stay at home and have everyone come to us (Granzilla still ended up doing most of the cooking!) Gracie had a great day hanging out with her grandparents, aunts and uncles.

First Playdate: I met a mom who has a daughter a week older than Grace. We've gotten together a few times and it's nice hanging out with another mom whose baby is the same age. And the babies like it too :)


First Trip to Cape Breton: We went to Cape Breton at the end of February to visit B's side of the family. Gracie is a great little traveler and slept the whole car ride, there and back.  

First Sleepover: Grace spent the night with Granzilla and Grampers. She decided that her first night away from Mommy and Daddy would be a good time to sleep through the night for the first time!

First Easter: We spent Easter weekend with both sides of the family - we were with B's side Friday and Saturday and at my parents house on Sunday. Gracie had her picture taken with the Easter Bunny!

First Swim: We went swimming at the end of April and she loved it! She did not, however, like being dunked. Oops. 

And most recently - 


Starting Solids: We had been talking about starting solid food for the last couple weeks. Last week G woke up around 3:30am to eat two nights in a row, so we figured she was telling us she needed more food. We started giving her rice cereal last Saturday and she's been back to sleeping 11-12 hours a night again since that night. She's liking it more each day, it seems. She had eaten prunes the week before to help get things moving, so I suppose that was actually her first encounter with solid food. She liked the prunes and they worked very well ;)

New High Chair!