Many Firsts

This has been a week of many firsts. It started with Ashlynn sleeping on her tummy one night. She had been a bit gassy and continued to wake up through the night. So I rolled her on her tummy and she zonked right out. She didn't wake again until the morning. Yeah. Now when I put her down for her nap, I don't have to rock her until she is asleep and oh so carefully place her in her crib. I feed her, rock her and sing for a few minutes and then place her on her belly and she sooths herself to sleep. However she has been waking up at 4 in the morning for the past 2 weeks for a feeding. So, we had our first taste of rice cereal. The first time of course we didn't get any in our tummy, the second time maybe just a little bit. But last night she ate a lot and guess what....no 4 oclock wake up. She slept from 8 to 7. It was very refreshing.


She had her first breastmilk popsicle after a nice long walk outside in the hot and muggy Florida weather. I started freezing ice cubes of breastmilk to help her practice using her mesh feeders. She loves it but it is messy. I guess we have entered the bath everynight faze.



We went to the teddy bear picnic at Four Freedoms Park and she had her first ride in the big girl stroller. She loved it. She had more room to move around and I don't think it was as hot as the carseat. Daddy suggested freezing some washclothes so she chomped away at one of those and then we wore it for a hat. We had a great time and she napped for a long time when we got home.



And the most excited first for Steve and I was...her first LAUGH!!! Last night on the bed during her nightly baby massage, I lift her arms up to stretch and I was running my hands down her armpits and sides. About the 3rd time I did it she let out the cutest little laugh ever. How exciting.
We also started Music Together classes at Four Freedoms with Mrs. LouAnne. Ashlynn loves to watch the other boys and girls and she loves the hello song. We have a lot of fun.

Grandpa is coming in town tomorrow and we are super excited to see him.

I just can't believe how much she is growing and changing. We are so blessed to be her parents. It hit me the other day that we have the oppurtunity to spend the rest of our life with this amazing little girl. God has truely blessed us. Please continue to keep Ashlynn in your prayers. We go for are next EKG in October and we need a shortened QT wave.