11 week stats

Age: 11 weeks
Weight: 12 lbs 5 oz. and 23.5 inches (at 2 months, so a couple of weeks ago)
Size (diapers, onesies, etc.) Size 2
Eyes: Blue but a little lighter now
Sleeping: She has been sleeping through the night since week 4 (5-6 hours without waking). Now she is up to 7-8 hours without waking. Bedtime now is around 7-8 pm (in crib and swaddled), then feed her without waking her right before we go to bed (around midnight), monitor is on all night and she sleeps until 7-8:30 am.
Eating: 5-7 oz every 4-5 hours.
Milestones: She has almost full head control now and is smiling a lot, and sometimes even laughing out loud
Favorite toys/activities: Swing, bouncy chair and activity mat - Anton der Affe and Gina die Giraffe. Also likes her crib Acquarium although it doesn't put her to sleep. She also loves being carried in the Baby Bjoern and going for walks/ runs
Words/sounds: Cooing, laughing, squeeking, grunting - she is practicing different sounds every day
What we are looking forward to: Every day - more and more recognition and friendly smiles/ coos.

First post partum marathon

I ran the Nike marathon today and it was great. I felt really good and took it super easy, and still finished in 3:41 (well, running time was really 3:25 as I spent 16 minutes on the restrooms, major tummy issues). The second half went by so fast, I was hurrying to get back to Sarah as I missed her so much.

2-months appointment

Sarah had her 2-months appointment today. She is getting so big - 12 lbs 5 oz and 23.5 inches! 85th percentile for both. She is doing really well. It broke my heart to see her get her shots but it wasn't so bad after all. Now she is asleep and didn't get any reactions.

Photobook

I made a photobook of all the beautiful pictures from the pregnancy, Sarah's first weeks and the baptism. I can't wait for the actual book to get here, but in the meantime here is the online version:
http://tinyurl.com/sarah070809

House empty again

After three weeks of guests in the house (Tom's parents and my dad), it feels strange to have the house relatively empty again. It will help us establish a routine with Sarah. For the first time, she slept alone in her room on September 19. She did fine but I was very nervous, waking up at every signal from the baby monitor. She is such a good baby - she is sleeping at least 6 hours every night now.

Baptism

Sarah's baptism was on September 13, 2009, at 11 am. It was absolutely beautiful. It was a small ceremony and it was so special that Theo, Tom's dad, got to do it. We were able to get St. Matthew's church here in San Francisco. The only guests were Tom's mom, my dad, Charlie (as the godfather) and Jed, and Alessa who also doubled as videographer. Carla took the beautiful pictures. Sarah was so good - she slept through most of the ceremony, even the water. She was wearing the gown Tom wore for his baptism which was so nice.

One month old

Sarah is one month old today!!! It is Labor Day and my own labor day is a month ago. Life is good! We took some pictures with Sarah and a wine bottle (for comparison's sake, we plan to take a picture at every month's birthday). We also tried to take her footprint and handprint - footprint worked somehow but the handprint was not possible. The reflex to close the little hand as soon as we touch it inside is too strong...