Nia's Here!

Most everyone knows by now that last Tuesday night we welcomed our little one into our arms -- our sweet baby girl, Miss Nia Beju. It is hard to believe that she's already a week old! Nia had her first outing today. She went to the pediatrician just to make sure everything was good with her since she'd never seen a doctor before. Joe and I were pretty nervous about the whole thing since it meant going in the car and being out in the world for the first time. Nia was a champ -- all wide-eyed and alert. After awhile she got a little tired of being undressed at the doctor's office, but who can blame her? She retaliated, though, by peeing all over the floor. :) Nia's stats: At birth she weighed 8 lbs. Now she weighs just shy of that at 7 lbs and 15 oz. The nurse measured her at 20.5" but our midwife clocked her at 20.75" so who knows how long she is. And, for what it is worth, her head is 14" in circumference.

But none of that tells you that she the sweetest little girl. She spends a lot of time eating and sleeping, of course, but she is also rather alert a lot of the time, too. Taking everything in including us, her Grandpa George, and her Bama and Baba. Really, she's been so very patient with us as we try to learn how to diaper her, nurse her, swaddle her, etc. We have so much to learn -- and there is absolutely nothing else we'd rather do!!