On Monday, Georgia gave Daddy her first true smile. When Dad came home from work, he said hi to Georgia. She looked, recognized, and gave Daddy a big smile. It melted our hearts. It's hard to imagine how much more you love your kid each day. Some times it's hard to hold back from kissing her and playing with her. Yet mom keeps telling me that Georgia needs her rest and I have to calm down once and awhile.

On Wednesday, Georgia went for her 2 month check-up and shots. Dr. Mandy said she is doing great. Georgia's 15 inch head is on the smaller side, but no reason to be concerned. Her 23.25 inch height is in the top 75% bracket, and her weight of 10lbs 4oz is average. The doctor said she's sleeping well, eating well, and doing great. We can keep it up because anytime now Georgia may sleep the night through.

The hard part of the visit was the 5 shots Georgia received. She cried at first but settled down really fast. She did great and has been resting all day today.That's it for now. Georgia says HI to all and she wishes all the dads out there a Happy Father's Day!

Two months have come and gone, and I sometimes still cannot believe that we have a baby! I can tell that she has grown, and we'll find out how much at Georgie's two-month wellness check-up tomorrow.

We have settled into a nice evening and morning routine. Georgie gets a diaper change around 7:00 - 7:30 and giggles at herself for about 5 minutes. In the evening, Ken reads to her while I feed her. After that Georgie and I say our prayers, which takes a long time with all the family and friends we have. Finally, I put her in her bed. She holds my fingers for about 10-15 minutes and (hopefully) falls asleep.

In another month, she will graduate to her crib in her own room. If I can bear it.

Baptism Day

Thank you all for coming to the baptism. We were happy to see so many of our family and friends with us yesterday. Thank you also for your thoughtful and generous gifts. Georgia now has more money in her savings account than we do, has a great start to a beautiful jewelry collection, and will never be at a loss for prayers! Thank you all.

Georgie did a great job at church considering that she had to get naked in front of you all. I couldn't have been as graceful about it as she was. And being held up that high-- I really wouldn't have handled that well. I nearly fainted when I saw Father Cyril lift her up!

Georgie had such an exciting day. I know not everyone got to hold her (sorry Laura), but there's always next time. Sarah took some great pictures for us and we'll send them through email to you as soon as we can. I took some with Mom's camera and will have to get them from her next weekend.

A huge thank you to Mom and Dad for letting us use the house, for all of you who brought food to share, for Ben and Rachael for bringing up the chairs and taking them all down again, for Kirstie who brought the tents and set them up even though we didn't get to use them, and for Jane and Lynn for doing the dishes. But especially for each and every one of you for sharing our special day with us. A million thanks!

All Our Love,
Nancy, Ken, and Georgia