Eat, sleep, poo....repeat

Miss Reese is now 5 weeks old and I think it is safe to say that we are really falling into a pretty good routine....with a newborn, any semblance of a routine is a wonderful thing! We continued to have a busy week this past week with G'ma and G'pa Spencer in town. We did some more sight-seeing and spent lots of time just visiting and allowing everyone to get to know each other. I think Reese was sad to see her grandparents drive away on Saturday for their drive back to AZ...

Reese also got to make her big debut with many of my co-workers at a team-building function we attended on Friday. She did remarkably well considering the event was held right at her cranky time of day (generally between 7-10pm each day). She was passed around the group and got lots and lots of love from all! Who doesn't love a cute baby right??

As we speak, I am sitting here listening nervously to the baby monitor as I attempt to get Reese to take a nap up in her crib in her room. Right now, she is still sleeping in her bassinet in our room at night and will likely continue to do so over the next few weeks, but we are working on attempting a smooth transition by getting her to take regular naps in her crib until she learns that her crib is a good place....one for sleeping peacefully. She took a nice 1.5 hour nap up there this morning, but this afternoon nap is not quite as easy. We shall see. Baby monitors are a wonderful invention, but they are also slightly nerve wracking (is that how you spell that?).

We have been rewarded this week with some half-smiles! And I do think that they are intentional at this point and not just passing bubbles of gas. We are eagerly awaiting getting those heart-melting little gestures on a regular basis. Reese has one VERY cute little dimple on the left side of her smile that will hopefully stick around. We are not entirely sure where that dimple came from as I know that they are genetic and we cannot figure where it would have come from on either side of the family. Oh well, it is darn cute, so I really go not have need to identify where exactly it came from!

Well, tonight it is off to dinner for my birthday (which I almost forgot about since I have been so wrapped up in mommy-hood). We will see if Reese can maintain her perfect behavior record when out in public!! Fingers crossed....