Recent pics

Here are some recent pictures of Greta. She becomes more entertaining every day and has grown so much. She had her 4-month check up last week and the doctor praised what he called her "robust growth curve." Nice way of putting it.

Staying warm in her new PJs


Hanging out after a long soak


We (hesitantly) acquired our first large toy-like plastic contraption last weekend from a neighbor. Greta loves it, of course.

Thanksgiving

We had a great time celebrating Thanksgiving both Thursday and Friday with family. Needless to say, we have a lot to be thankful for this year.

I thought we had taken a lot of good pictures, but after throwing out the bad ones these are all we came up with. There is no shortage of Greta closeups these days.

Around the house

It was a rainy day today so we stayed inside and made the most of it.

Greta woke up with a cute case of bed-head


So we gave her a bath, which she always loves


And she showed us how she can sit up in her bumbo

Savannah and Tybee Island

We took our first family road trip this weekend to the Georgia coast to visit family, attend cousin Henry's 6th birthday party, and get a little R&R. The weather was beautiful, the seafood was delicious, and it was fun to spend time at the beach. A perfect weekend!


Greta & Brooke sharing a moment in the park outside Julie & Drew's house



Etta being sweet with her younger cousin


First steps in the ocean



Greta and her Dad

Halloween Parade

The annual Lake Claire neighborhood Halloween parade was yesterday (complete with police escort!). It was Lake Claire wholesomeness at its best.

The parade en route to the park


The family


Extended family


An unrelated cute chicken

JDRF Walk

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation walk was last Saturday so we bundled up Greta and headed downtown for a fun (and chilly) morning.

Greta getting ready to brave the cold


During the walk


And the big finish

Visit from Grandma

Chris's mom visited last week and took care of Greta while we worked. Greta loved getting to know her Grandma and we were so thankful to have help during a busy week.

Grandma reading to Greta


Greta making her bird face for Grandma


Hanging out

Pictures

We've been bad about keeping up with the blog, so here's a batch of pictures from today.

Here's Greta sleeping in her swing. She did a faceplant in the tray, so we shifted her head and made a nice little pillow for her.

Happy girl


Talking


More talking


Another good coo


And she's done

Say cheese

Greta is all smiles now! She is cooing up a storm and just melts our hearts when she gives us these sweet smiles. She is also sleeping like a champ, which started literally when the clock struck midnight on her 2 month birthday. Life is good.

Just Being Cute

Heavyweight champion

Greta had her first weigh in yesterday since she was a measly 6 lb 7 oz at 6 days of age. She is now a robust 12 pounds. Not to be set back by her early arrival, she's now in the 90th percentile for weight and 75th for height. Here are some recent pics of our big girl.

Squeaky clean


With all of the recent rain we've had lots of time to play dress up. Here's a picture of Greta wearing one of Mama's old dresses.


Stretching her long limbs


Sleeping with Daddy


Hanging out with Allison

Cousins!

Greta was able to meet some of her extended family last weekend when my Dennison relatives visited Atlanta. We had a great time catching up with everyone.

Etta, Riley, and Greta


Greta and cousins...not easy to get so many babies sitting on the couch at once. Greta was not too thrilled to have her feeding interrupted for this.


Greta's closeup

1 Month Down

We made it through the first month and Greta is thriving. Her ability to consume large quantities of milk at once may be an early sign that competitive eating is in her future. We're still working on a sleeping schedule, but she did once sleep for 3.5 hours straight during the night (woohoo!). Here are some recent pictures of the little one.

She has lots of good awake time now. We had just returned from a walk so she's a little rashy from the heat.


I caught a small smile while she was lying in her favorite spot on the changing table.


Her daily nap spot

Aunt Cara

Today Greta's Aunt Cara came all the way down from New York to meet her. We had a great day hanging around the neighborhood and Greta just loved being in Cara's arms. Thanks so much to Cara for making the trek down to GA!

She has a mother's touch

Family portrait in the park

Picnic in the Park

It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood on Sunday so we decided to stroll down to the park.

Brooke & I ate Greta's weight in sandwich...



A pre-picnic picture of Greta lounging with Pop