What's that?

This week consisted of two types of events for little Rori, one where we documented that she is an official human being and citizen of the United States, and the other (more exciting) was her new cognitive developments: she can now see and focus on things.

We will start with the more boring but important events. This week, we were able to get her birth certificate (social security card came in the mail a little earlier) and also get her into the Army system so we can claim her on the insurance. Good thing too, babies are expensive. This will likely be another recurring theme throughout the blogs, but she is totally worth the investment :)

We also had her one month doctors appointment on Friday. All is well, doc says she looks happy and healthy. She confirmed what we already knew: she is a long skinny baby. She measured at 22 inches long and 8 lb 13 oz, so she grew about and inch and pound in one month. Her head is also growing, from 35.5 cm to 38 cm diameter. She is apparently in the top 80% percentile for height and head size, but the 30% percentile for weight. So, we need to watch her to make sure she still gains weight, but really the doc thinks thats just her physique. If only we all had that 'problem'.

Then this weekend, Rori had her first longish car ride to the Schmalz grandparents house. She did really well, actually. This is good, because come come August/September we will be spending quite a lot of time in the car driving out to Minnesota.

While at the grandparents, Rori had her first real playtime. She was a bit fussy, and apparently putting her down and letting her look at things and kick her legs was the solution. She started making a few cooing noises, which is exciting but also confusing for new parents. Usually any noise out of her means we need to do something, but this time there was nothing to do, she was just a happy noisy baby. 

We also went on a walk around the 'block' here, and she just loved looking up at the trees and the sky through the trees. She also liked looking at the photos on the mantle, the large red painting next to it, and the little giraffe attached to the stroller. It is so neat to see her finally focusing on things and following them. She spent a good 15 minutes looking at the giraffe below, which in baby time must feel like all day.

What's that? A giraffe without a neck of course...

Needless to day, Grandma and Grandpa Schmalz loved having us visit. Aurora spent a lot of time in Grandma's arms, which allowed mom and dad to get a few good naps in and the fuzzy baby (Twizzle) to run around the yard and play with Grandpa. It has been a great weekend, which will conclude with some ribs on the grill.... who could ask for more?