Smith Angels - AVA

Whoa, Ava gained *three* ounces today... she weighs 3 lbs. 11 oz. - wow! She is getting downright chubby (not really!), it is so nice to see this layer of baby fat on her, she really needs it for temperature regulation. We kangarooed three times today, and they were loooooong kangaroos, she was very alert yet calm, and enjoying them very much. The more we kangaroo, the quicker she'll be able to get healthy, so I might lobby for adding one more on tomorrow - this one will be the 3 am one (!) but I do not mind that, I am right across the street from her and can just brush teeth and throw hair in a ponytail and GO! :) There are other signs of her growing maturity - she is looking more and more like a "newborn"... amongst other things, her ears and not soft and "flappy" anymore (starting to grow cartilege) and she has the start of tiny nipples (she didn't have nipples a week or two ago, TMI?) - all showing that she is progressing nicely indeed. I am so proud of her, and so is her daddy, he follows her progress eagerly...

posted by Barbie (& Tad) @ 11:48 PM