Daddy's Girl / Binky Princess

(Scott was headed for a business meeting and Celeste was dressed up because I was trying to get a good Christmas picture of Celeste.)

Five Weeks Old Stats

Celeste’s 5 weeks old profile Dec 7, 2008
* Her umbilical stump fell off on November 22, 2008. Yipee, we can take baths now!
* Prefers to be carried facing out so she can see more. This sometimes calms her when she’s fussy.
* Drinks an average of 27 oz of formula per day.
* Over the past few weeks has been fussy in the evenings & doesn’t go to sleep until midnight. It’s slumber party time!
* Looks at people’s faces.
* Turns her head and looks around.
* Responds to voices, bells, & other noises, usually by opening her eyes wider and sometimes turning her head.
* Has stronger neck muscles than she used to, but flops over after a few seconds.
* Makes cooing noises when happy and alert.
* Smiles occasionally when playing, especially when her parents are laughing.
* Likes clothing changes that don’t involve going over her head.
* Still loves baths and shampoos.
* Still hates getting her boogers aspirated, slow bottles, and being overly tired.
* Can sleep just about anywhere (Car seat, parents arms, crib, couch, mommy’s bed, bouncy chair)

Bethany: Mother and Wife

Bethany has been so good at keeping this blog updated, taking pictures,and being such a super mom, cleaning the house, keeping laundry going, and going, and going, and she also makes time to do a little work with me and play with our freinds. I realized as I looked at this blog that there are very few pictures of her with Celeste. Here are a couple and I hope to sneak a few more pictures. She has been doing such a wonderful, selfless, caring, and spectacular job at being both a wonderful mother to Celeste and perfect wife/business partner for me. All I can say is that both Celeste and I are two of the most lucky people alive.

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