Week Three Highlights

Mackey's look changes as she fills out and as we watch her in different positions in different places around the house. We have another favorite outfit--giraffe girl. Like the monkey butt onesie, this one will be one that we'll miss when she outgrow it. Thankfully, we received a 9 month size in this same style, so she'll have another version to grow into!



We still love watching her sleep, which she does a lot of (and which we're still catching up on), and we get a kick out of her lolling head when in milk-drunk state.




I have started giving her a massage about every other day, following the motions described in a book called Infant Massage. It's a morning ritual (after the first feeding) that signals "awake time" and also creates an opportunity for some bonding and touching that isn't nursing. Mackey especially likes it when I massage her feet. I see a future pedicure lover (like mother, like daughter). And after the massage, she usually is relaxed enough for a good nap, like this: