Tavia and Cousin Dante

A fine time was had yesterday with our family. Cousin Dante is really starting to check out lil Gigi. He is a sweet boy who is very gentle with his newest cousin. My friend Tavia came to visit over the weekend and got a taste of the Humboldt life. She was so happy to finally get to know Gigi in real life! We had some snow on the peaks yesterday, but down near our house it was lovely-freezing, but beautiful as ever. The picture of the scenery was taken on a walk about 5 minutes away from our house.

Grandpa Joe

Grandpa Joe came to visit and we forgot to show the world his visit! He came the weekend of Valentines day and was of course in love with his very first grandchild. Gigi and him got along great....she gazed upon him and probably thought "hey I've got your nose". Grandpa also brought his lovely Barbara who also fell head over heels in love with her first "grandchild in-love". They brought us lovely things to help tired parents relax. One of our favorite gifts from them is a lavender eye pillow that Gigi uses as a regular pillow at night! I think the aromatherapy helps her sleep better. Its rainy and wet today so we will be going over to grandma and grandpa's house to hunker down and play with Gigi's only cousin, Dante (age 2 1/2) --- what a doll. We'll post some pictures of them together soon!

Coo's and kisses

There are so many new things going on with Miss Gigi. She will be 12 weeks on Sunday-hard to believe! We are getting ready to move into our new home by the river and we are all excited. Gigi will have her own room there which we are looking forward to and also and a bit sad about. It will be a struggle but we will be attempting to move her out of our bed and into the crib. It might not happen for a while still, but it is in our future.

We have also learned that Gigi has a condition called choanal atresia. It means that there is membrane/bone in the area where her left nostril is-its not visible to the naked eye but I noticed something was up and had it checked out. Turns out we were right and Gigi will have to have an operation when she is two or three years old. Its not an emergency situation but it is still scary because she gets really congested and isn't breathing out of her mouth yet. Through all of the tests Gigi was a trooper-she cried like crazy, and then quickly calmed down once the dr. was done.

We are of course saddened by this news, but we are also very grateful that nothing else seems to be wrong with her. Some unfortunate children are born with both of their nostrils covered and then they have to have emergency surgery right when they are born. So we are counting our blessings and keeping our heads up.

Gigi and I have just completed a baby massage class. I now know how to rub a dub dub our little girl and she really enjoys it. It is a nice way for us to connect and it seems to relax her.

Happy spring!