2 weeks old

Eliana had her 2 week check up last Thursday. She is doing great! She weighed in at 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long. They told me the percentiles that she falls into and I think they were 18% and 35%.

The past 2 almost 3 weeks have been wonderful. I was very lucky to have my mom and Dave home with me and Eliana for most of that time. Mom went home on Fri and Dave went back to work yesterday. We haven't really done much exciting, just spent a lot of time loving our little girl.

She is such an amazing baby. She hardly ever cries (only when she is hungry or cold) and stops crying just as soon as that problem is fixed. She is also sleeping pretty well. She seems to know night and day. Last night she actually slept for 5 1/2 hours straight, ate for awhile and went back to sleep for another 4 hours. During the day she takes shorter naps and enjoys spending her awake time cuddling or eating. She is starting to get used to her swing and her tummy time play mat, but usually won't stay in either for too long.

Today her umbilical cord stump fell off and she has a beautiful little belly button. To "celebrate" the fact that Eliana doesn't have to take sponge baths anymore, she took her first shower with me. She really likes the warm water running over her and I think it relaxed her because right after we got out, I nursed her and she fell right to sleep. Looks like making bath time part of our bedtime routine will only help our wonderful sleeper sleep even better.

And now for some pictures!

This is Eliana's milky face, right after eating

Napping in the swing

Napping in her bassinet

Eliana Loves having her hair brushed

Eli was waking up, but I set her down on the couch
for a moment and she went back to sleep

Holding on to Daddy

Holding on to Daddy's finger

She put both of Daddy's fingers into her mouth to suck on

Sunday afternoon naptime

Laying on her play-mat and holding in her binkie

Stretched out on the couch

And finally... Eliana's brand new belly button
Our little Eli Button!