Newspaper Announcement

Today's edition of The Daily News contained the announcement of Bridget's birth. We clipped it out so that we can save it in Bridget's baby book. You can click on the photo to zoom in and read it.

Big Hugs

Here's a photo of the girls relaxing at home and enjoying some snuggle time. Jillian wanted to sit up on the big chair with Mommy and Bridget (who was sleeping). She gave her little sister a big hug, and did a pretty good job of being gentle. We are always having to remind Jillian to be careful when showing the love to Bridget, since she doesn't know her own strength. But, she is always wanting to be affectionate with hugs and kisses and little conversation.

Random Sleep

Bridget doesn't have any kind of a schedule when it comes to sleeping. We just don't know what is going to happen from night to night. A lot of times, Bridget is waking up at midnight, and wanting to eat and eat for many hours. And after that, she'll wake up early in the morning wanting to eat again. We've been lucky a couple times, when Bridget has slept for 4 or 5 hours straight, but those times are rare. Mostly, it seems that she is still on a random sleep schedule.

It also didn't help last night that Jillian now has a cold, and was up throughout the night sniffling.

Pool Time in Late September

Would you believe the end of September and it was 80 degrees today so I promised Jillian that after her nap she could get her swimming suit on and we would fill her pool.  That made nap time come easy.  She had a grand time with the hose, filling the pool and everything else.  The pool was kind of cold though for any serious wading.  When it was time for Rick and Heather to pick her up she really didn't want to change out of her swimsuit. I enjoyed her new phrase as she was carrying the small stone cat to put in the pool and I cautioned her about dropping it, as it would break, she said, "Don't worry about it."

Shake Your Body

A couple days ago, Mommy sang the "Shake Your Body" song, while Jillian showed off her moves. Her final move was to gracefully throw her head into the sofa. Oooops.

I'm a Cowgirl

We went to Jason and Dany's house this evening and enjoyed a relaxing time. Bridget got to be held by everyone there, and Jillian got to ride the horsies. She had been talking about it all day, and could hardly stand to wait. Before she went out to ride, though, Lindsey helped put on this show riding outfit. Jillian was so thrilled!

When it was finally time to ride, Jillian got on Jazz with Lindsey. Then, she got to ride on Cowboy all by herself. That was fun!

1 Week & 1 Day

Daddy just missed the 1-week old photo of Bridget, so here's one a day late. It's taken in the usual spot where most of Jillian's photos were taken -- the changing table.

Bridget is spending more and more time awake and looking around, though that only amounts to an hour or two per day, still. But, it looks like she going to have blue eyes, or some kind of shade of blue.