Daddy Found Some Teeth!

Here's how it went down...

Juan (sitting on the couch with Elena)- I think Elena is a little warm.
Elena (grabbing Juan's hand and putting it in her mouth)- aagghhaa
Juan- I think she has a tooth!!!

Elena cut her first tooth with a 100.2 degree fever and never made a peep! Ok maybe that's a slight exaggeration. Today's event could explain mom's sleepless nights for the past week.

We'll try to get a picture but she's not a big fan of us poking around in her mouth to see her new tooth.

A Message from Elena

70 Degrees in February?

Must take advantage of weather like this when it comes! The happy family took a walk up to Riverside park and introduced Elena to the swings for the first time. She loved it until the wind started blowing!

Bindy also enjoyed the extra time out at the park. She hasn't seen walks like that since Mom was trying to walk to induce labor and we walked laps for two days straight.

Elena the Big Girl!

Saturday, February 7th was a very big day for little Elena Grace. She had her first taste of organic rice cereal mixed with breast milk. Ok so maybe it was more like breast milk mixed with a little organic rice cereal. It took her a few bites to decide if she liked this concept but we think she decided she did. In the end she ate about a half a tablespoon of cereal.

We think it made her very happy because our super serious baby treated us to quite the giggle fest as well. We had to work very hard for the giggles and I'm sure that if any one walked in they would have thought we were insane.

Finally, this whole "sitting" thing finally clicked with her. As of Friday, she couldn't balance herself to save her life. As of Saturday, she's sitting on her own for minutes at a time.

New York, New York!

Four months old and already a NYC Veteran! Friday night we drove into the city and stayed at Hotel Caroline (thanks to C for giving us a place to stay!). Although it was way past her bedtime Elena woke up to play with Caroline for a bit before going to bed.

It's a little frightening how dead NYC is at 7 am on a Saturday morning. We took the opportunity to take Juan to Times Square (he had never been), and Elena up to FAO Schwartz and were back on the Lower East side before noon.

In case you've never had the opportunity to see it... you should hit up FAO Schwartz as it opens. All of the employees line the entrance way and clap and cheer as you walk in. I have to say even as an adult it was pretty cool... I can only imagine what it would be like for a kid.

Juan hit up the Big piano and we checked out all the toys. Elena was enthralled by all the colors and shapes.

We are excited to go back to visit in the spring and try to find Suri in Central Park.

Four Months Old!

Elena had her four month check in with Doctor Fitch today. She got rave reviews from the doctor and was a brave little girl while she got her shots. Dr. Fitch was impressed with her strength and said it was due to all the good breast milk she gets. She reacted much better this time, she took a little nap and then was all smiles all night long. Mom and Dad even let her stay up past her bed time since she was in such a good mood...after all it was her birthday.

4 Month Stats:
15 pounds 3 ounces. 75th percentile.
25 1/4 inches. 75th percentile.
Head- 41.1 centimeters. 50th percentile.

Since Elena is growing so nicely and sleeping so well we are holding off on introducing solids until closer to 6 months. Although dad is bummed he still doesn't get to feed Elena, mom is secretly (ok so maybe not so secretly) happy that she gets to keep the job all to herself a little while longer.

GOBAMA!

What a historic day for everyone! For the record, Elena isn't one of those "jump on the Obama bandwagon" babies. Oh no, she has been campaigning for our man since she was only a few hours old.

When I was getting her ready for day care today she expressed anger at the fact that we couldn't stay home as a family to watch the big day. I told her maybe when she is four we can take a trip to DC for that inauguration.