Gabriella Is 6 Weeks Old!

It wasn't so long ago that I was posting about Gabriella being a month old, and here she is, an entire 6 weeks old already. I really can't believe how fast time is going by.

Some recent milestones include her uncanny ability to poop or pee all over whatever surface I'm changing her on once I've gotten her diaper off and forgotten to put the clean one under her and neglected to grab a changing pad. Funny how she only does this when I'm least prepared.

Her cries are becoming very different and I'm starting to be able to tell them apart. There's the; "I'm hungry hear me roar" cry which is definitely ear shattering. Then she has the; "Mommy, I'm lonely and just want to be cuddled" cry which in turn makes me cry and hesitant to ever put her down again and I'm sure will make Gareth go out and buy this darling little creature anything her heart desires. She is also perfecting her. "I don't know why I'm crying but it just seems like a good thing to do" cry which is a cry that females the world over have been perfecting for ages.

She has also discovered her hands in a big way! She's starting to enjoy waving them in front of her face and I think she startles herself when she realizes that she's the one responsible for those chubby little digits moving back and forth in front of her face. She's batting at toys that are within arms reach now as well.

I'm also getting more and more smiles and sometimes at the oddest moments - just never when I have the camera at the ready. I can tell she inherited my "smart ass" gene as just this morning whilst changing her and having forgotten the changing pad and the clean diaper she once again peed on the bed, which was immediately followed by the most beautiful smile. It figures.

And I think she's very near being able to roll from her tummy to her back. She has almost accomplished this twice this morning. Makes for a very nervous mommy at times.

Well, Gabriella has her follow-up appointment with the adorable, cute, single (AMANDA, yes he's still very single! ) and Jewish (I threw this in there to make my mom happy! *lol*) cardiologist this morning, so I'd best be off my bum and into the shower whilst she's taking her morning nap. I think Dr. E might be sending her home with that stupid halter monitor she'll need to wear for 24 hours just so they can make sure there are indeed no more dropped beats, extra heartbeats, or bigiminy or trigiminy. I'm not looking forward to this, not at all.

They attach 6 electrodes all over her chest which are connected to this little box that's the size of a game boy. Inside the box is a mini-cd that records her heart rhythyms for the 24 hours. So that means no bath tonight and it's going to make swaddling her (she still loves being swaddled and has a hard time sleeping if she's not bundled up tight as a burrito!) a real challenge. And her bath is part of our nighttime routine and I'm really hoping the halter monitor doesn't screw things up too much as the past two nights it seems our routine is working and she's only gotten up once to eat!

Don't get me wrong, I want to make sure all is well with this precious little girl, I just wish there was a less annoying way of doing it.