Our Growing Girl

It is amazing how you can literally watch your children grow right in front of you! Elisa has been doing just that. She has changed so much in her first month that she almost doesn't look like the little baby we brought home from the hospital. We went to see the pediatriatian a couple of days ago for a check-up and he had a pretty good report. The following is an excerpt from an email that Jennifer sent to family talking about the doctor visit:

Elisa had her 1 month check-up today (actually she's 1 month and 6 days old now) and everything went very well. She is now 56 cm long (she was 50 cm when she was born) and weighs 4.100 kg (she weighed 3.560 at birth). All of that translates to 9 lbs and 22 inches (7 lbs 14 oz and 19.5 inches at birth). The doctor thought she was very healthy and had a "long and lean" build (he actually said "long and lean" in English). She behaved herself today and didn't scream her head off like she did last time. I felt like this visit was a little more thorough since the doctor could actually hear her heart beat and listen to her breathing! She did wet while he was examining her, though. That's our girl!

Elisa likes to play in her crib after waking up from her nap.

It has been pretty cold (mid 40s) so Jennifer has Elisa all wrapped up at church.

Having sweet dreams!

Our little polar bear...

Isn't she so cute!

You can compare this picture to the one of her in this bear suit on the "Welcome Home" post (below). She almost fills it out now. I am glad that the weather has turned cold so that we can use it. She absolutely loves it - as you can probably tell!