Ten weeks old

We are in double digit weeks!

We're going to the zoo today to see the animals laugh and play

Finley had her very first trip to the Houston Zoo today. We got a membership so that we could enjoy the zoo often this year. She slept through the majority of the afternoon, but I am sure she smelled all the animals we saw. We met Patrick, his wife Shannon and his three daughters (plus one of their friends). It was quite a fun day and Finley cannot wait to go back to see all her animal friends. She is especially excited to return to see the cats, since half of the exhibit was closed.


Awake and ready to see some animals:

Asleep with the elephants:

Asleep with the girls and the tiger:

Asleep at the meerkats with Clifton:

Asleep at the giraffes with Katie:

More pics of Spike

Nicknames

Finley has several nicknames....Finners, Squeakers, Bug....

But after seeing her hair this morning, she needs a new one: SPIKE

The sampler is finally hung up

After having to take it to a second place to have it framed, it is finally complete and on her wall. The delay was totally in framing, I had the date stitched in before we even left the hospital.

I wonder if she will like it or not when she grows up.

Two month appointment

Finley is one big bug! She is 90% for her height (23.75 inches) and 90% for her weight (12 pounds 4.5 ounces). Her head is 15 inches, 55%. We had her two month shots, she is seeming to do okay so far. She is very sleepy and snuggly, so I am just going to relax with her all afternoon to make sure she is okay.

Here is a before shot:


After shot:

More Cuteness

Nine weeks old today

Finley is nine weeks old and has grown SO much the past two weeks. She is loving holding her butterfly toy and batting at the giraffe she got for Christmas from Santa. She is officially out of her newborn PJs and diapers, finally her feet are fitting into things well! I need to buy new socks for her because her feet are so long and she has outgrown all her 0-3 month socks.

Here is the weekly picture:

Finley looking exactly like Baby Clifton

Baby Katie and Baby Clifton

So, my baby book arrived in the mail today. We have had Clifton's for awhile, so it was easy to compare Finley to his baby pictures. Here are four pictures of Clifton and I, I am surprised how similar we looked as babies. We both changed a lot around six months or so.

My greatest panic is that Finley's hair is looking exactly like my hair was. It has been really spiky the last week or so. And there has been more hair in her crib in the morning. I have my fingers crossed that it is just from her rubbing her head on the crib during the night. It looks like my hair really fell out around 2 1/2 months, so we just have a couple more weeks until I feel we are in the clear. I sure hope she keeps her hair

The Bumbo Lean

Eight Weeks Old

Finley is eight weeks old today. Sadly, I am sick with whatever it was Clifton had a couple weeks back. Finley still shows no sign of illness, so let's hope it stays that way. Clifton still hasn't fully recovered from his being sick. I sure hope it doesn't last as long for me, I want to enjoy my last four weeks home with her as much as possible.

We started interviewing nannies, what a challenge it has been thus far. The toughest part is just getting people to show up for their scheduled interview time. We only have a 50% sucess rate thus far, which is super frustrating.

Here are Finley's 8 week pics, she is getting so long:

Happy New Year!

We celebrated at home with Osso Bucco and Risotto Milanese (recipes courtesy of Mario Batali). Of course we were joined at the table by Finley and Wrigley, neither could be left out of the celebrations. It was a very low key evening, I cannot believe it is 2009 already! It seems like it was just yesterday that I was celebrating it being 2000, time sure flies. Finley is getting so very big as the time keeps racing by. I cannot believe how quickly she has grown, it really is amazing.

I hope everyone had a wonderful new year's eve and I hope 2009 brings everyone great happiness.

Finley's kitty cats love her very much...

Generally either Wrigley or Camden, sometimes both, will follow me into her nursery when she has a feeding or needs changing. They keep a watchful eye over her and have always been very sweet with her. Wrigley loves to sleep on her changing pad, often I have to kick her off in order to get a diaper change in. I hope Finley grows up to love her kitty cats, though I know Clifton is excited about training her to chase them around.




Here are some more pics of her adorable hair, I think she looks exactly like Bob's Big Boy.