My sweet girl is 7 weeks old...

I wish you could be here in the mornings after Libi has had a good night's sleep. Miss Libi wakes up so happy-- she coos and smiles and is such a love! I will try to get it on film, but I rarely have the camera by my side first thing in the morning. We had a great night last night-- Daddy took all of the diaper changes :) Yippee!!! We went to bed very early, so we are all feeling well-rested. Libi is eating right now. When she wakes up I'll get her dressed for her weekly trip to Nana and Pop's. We'll leave after 10 a.m. (I have to get Police tickets that go on sale at 10.)

I forgot to mention that Libi spent the whole night in her bassinet last night. We are so excited that she is getting the hang of sleeping somewhere other than our bed-- not that we don't love having her in bed with us. She will be ready for her crib in a few weeks-- I don't know if I will be.

We had a great time at Nana and Pop's house. Libi cooed and laughed and kicked for her great-grandparents.

When we got home Aunt Andrea came over to spend some time with her niece. It was nice for me to catch up with her before Ron got home. Shortly after Daddy got home Grandma Cris came over. We ate a wonderful Dream Dinner and are now watching American Idol. We will be off to bed soon.

Tired Tuesday...

Despite turning in early last night, it was a tiring night. We tried to have Libi in the bassinet to pave the way to her being in her crib in the next month or so. She did great in the early part of the night, but when she woke up and didn't see anyone she got upset. I didn't like her being upset, so I grabbed her and she spent from about midnight on in the bed. Poor Ron was so tired from our night that he didn't go walking this morning. Maybe we will do better tonight with this endeavor.

Today we have no plans except to spend time with Tobee at home. Libi has been so wonderful to her Mommy today. She is getting the hang of sleeping somewhere other than Mommy's arms. She has napped today on the couch in her Boppy and in her swing allowing me to do some scrapbooking. I have completed the title page to her baby book and am organizing photos right now. I am greatly enjoying the use of the Cricut-- thanks Grandma for letting it stay at our house right now.

When Daddy got home tonight he took Tobee and Libi for a walk. This was Libi's first outing in the Baby Bjorn-- she looked pretty cute on Daddy's chest. Tonight we had a lovely Italian dinner followed by American Idol watching. We will head to bed immediately following the show so we can be well rested for Nana and Pop's house tomorrow.

Monday, Monday...

Today we had to get out to my 6 week doctor check up. I am happy to report that I am in fine health after Miss Libi's birth! We then made some side trips-- first to the post office, then to the Signal to see Aunt Jessica, and finally to Rio Norte to see Daddy's ASB students. We then came home and spent some quality time with Tobee, who was very glad to see us! Daddy is home now and we are getting ready to fix dinner.

Lazy Sunday...

Today we had a much needed lazy Sunday. This morning we slept in until nearly 7:30-- a luxury with a 6 week old. Grandpa Ron came over at about 8:30 and Libi was fussy, so he and Daddy delayed their walk so he could calm her down. After a bottle and some quality Grandpa time, Tobee, Spunky, Daddy and Grandpa Ron went walking. The rest of the day was quiet until Grandma Cris came over and brought dinner. Libi took a bath and then spent some time with Grandma. I was lucky enough to get to scrapbook a bit while she was over:)

End of San Diego...

We made it back safely from San Diego. This morning Libi and I packed up all of our stuff while Daddy was at his last few meetings. It is amazing how much stuff you need with a six week old. We left San Diego about 11:30 this morning and encountered a ton of traffic. We arrived back in Santa Clarita about 2:30 and spent some time with Aunt Andrea and Grandma and Grandpa Ippolito. Tobee was very excited to have the whole family back-- her first order of business was to give Libi a kiss! We have spent the evening relaxing, eating pizza, and watching the best of Dog the Bounty Hunter on DVD.

San Diego Day 2

Last night we spent a little bit of time in the Coke reception, seeing old friends and making new ones (Miss Libi is a magnet-- folks of all ages want to come meet our cute baby!) We then went out to Target to grab a few things and to grab In-n-Out for dinner. We spent the evening watching American Idol and Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader and turned in early.

Today Libi and I hung around the hotel. We spent a leisurely morning laying around watching TV and relaxing. At noon we met Daddy for the CADA Camp Luncheon to see all of our summer family members. It was so neat introducing her to everyone-- the last time they saw her, she was a bump in my belly. After we left the lunch we went for a drive to mail her birth announcements. This evening we will relax with Daddy in the room before we go out to dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Our trip will end tomorrow morning as we head back to the CC.

FYI Pictures and video were posted this afternoon :)

Wednesday and Thursday...

Sorry I'm a day behind. Wednesday was a great day. We had a restful night after our frightful day on Tuesday. Libi woke up happy and stayed happy all day :) We went down to Nana and Pop's house in the morning-- our short visit stretched to four hours as Miss Libs was having so much fun hanging out with her Great-Grandparents. She is becoming more alert every day!

We then hopped into the car to head down to San Diego with Daddy. It was a long drive, especially since we didn't get on the road until almost 6 p.m. By the time we arrived, we were all tired so it was another good night-- Libi's first in a hotel room.

This morning we woke up, got dressed, and went over to the convention hall to meet some of Daddy's CADA friends. It was nice to see our summer family members.

Libi and I then traveled to Sea World for the day. We got there right at the park opening and stayed until 1:30. She was asleep for most of the trip, but when she was awake she was examining all the new sites. I posted pictures from our trip on our Picasa site for you all to take a look at (I took almost 200 pictures, so I only chose the best of the best.) We grabbed Daddy for lunch and now the family is supposed to be taking a nap-- Daddy and Libi are, but Mommy wanted to work on the blog... more later!