Dear Georgiana,
You are a little over a month old now! Your Mom and I continue to find out
new things about you, and it’s a delight to watch you grow into your new world.
Before we met you, everyone told us that children “grow up so fast”, and now I understand what that means. Looking at the videos that we took when you were still in the hospital, you were so small – today, you already look different. Your face is fuller, and you’ve definitely gained a healthy amount of weight. You’ve also lost some hair, which is puzzling, but we have been assured that it will grow back. I still feel like I’m not taking enough pictures.
You will never be this small again.
I see such a curiosity in your face, and it is a joy to behold. You want
to look around so badly, and your body and muscles have yet to catch up
with your intents. But these days are short, and your wish is right around
the corner – you’ve almost mastered holding your own head up, which is
something the rest of us take for granted until we see you fussing in
frustration that you cannot. Wait till you start walking – it’s quite a blast.
In the universe of newborns, you’ve taken it pretty easy on us so far. You
now sleep at night up to 5 hours at a time, meaning we only need to get up
to feed and change you once. We’ve even taken you out a few times, although you won’t remember a thing about them, and you did just fine out
in the world.
I can’t believe that, in just a few months, you’ll be crawling. Right now,
we kind of take it as a given that you will stay put wherever we set you
down. That’ll change soon enough.
Love,
Your Dad
