Week 2, check.

One paycheck.  360 hours. 21,600 minutes. Lucia. 
All total 15 days.


Happy 15th day anniversary Lucia. One of many, many more to come. Exactly 5 minutes ago my baby turned 15 days old. I will most probably look back in 15 years and ask the same question: what happened to all this time?

Belinda and I have been blessed to watch our little Lucia grow in front of our eyes. She's more awake every day, she started smiling (true smiles, not gas smiles) a few days ago. I think she recognizes our voices, especially Belinda's, which means is milk time. Yipee!

Here's one of her faces that we absolutely love: ladies and gentlemen, the milk coma face.

Even though we have had a few rough-ish nights with a little screaming and crying, it has been an amazing first two weeks. Nana Glenda has been instrumental for Belinda and I to enjoy this time as much as we have. She's been helping with Lucia at night, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, etc. I am sure we would have made it just fine without her, but I can guarantee you she has made our experience as first-time parents an amazing and unforgettable one. There are no words to thank you enough for being here with us.

So after living in Portland for almost ten years, yesterday we finally went to the Rhododendron garden in SE Portland. It was a spectacular evening and we took pictures to our hearts' content. Lucia slept all the way through as we rocked her in her stroller over the bumpy paths of the garden. As we are slowly learning, we decided not to wake her highness up just to take pictures. Otherwise we would have ended with a pretty upset screaming child. Hence, no garden pictures of her. But here's one from Ms. Lucia's entourage (they are big fans and always follow her wherever she goes):

Did I mention she seems to like music? Or at least her musical taste is so new that she even tolerates my guitar playing. I've been taking advantage of her lack of mobility and for the first time ever I found the best captive audience. I can sit down and play for her until milk thoughts hit her and then her full attention turns to Mommy. There go my 5 minutes of fame. But I will take them anytime (and yes, I always pull faces when I play the guitar, I can't help it).

Anyway, that's it for this week's post. Stay tuned for future posts. We are taking her for the first time to church tomorrow and we are hoping she allows us to stay a little while to say hi to everyone as I am sure a lot of people will be happy to meet her for the first time. I will report next week how that went. Also, she gets to meet her Abuelitos in person on Thursday. My parents are flying in the day after Glenda flies back so the spoiling of both Lucia and us will continue. Sweet!


Have a good weekend.