Josephine loves food!

Week four was another very exciting one for Josephine (or at least it was for Josephine's parents). The most exciting development may be that Josephine can now get her nourishment from a bottle. Mom is very happy about this, Dad a little less-so as it means the responsibility for the 1 and 4 am feedings can now be split more evenly (but Mom is still taking care of them for the time being). Here are a couple of pictures from the first bottle.

A visit from Grandma Jennie has added to the fun this week. This means that Josephine gets even more attention (or the same amount of attention but from more people), Mom gets some additional help, and Dad gets more homemade cookies and tasty dinners. Between sympathy weight during the pregnancy and all of the good dinners people have provided since Josephine came along, my clothes are not going to fit much longer.
Josephine is also eating quite well. A trip to the doctor's office today (just to satisfy our curiosity, no medical stuff) revealed that she weighs 9 lb. 8.5 oz. As Grandma Jennie pointed out, that's nearly what Uncle Mark weighed when he was born. She is growing up too fast.
And the final cool development is that Josephine is starting to smile, not just those smiles that come with relief of gas pain, but real happy smiles. We have not caught a good one on camera yet, but this picture came right after a beautiful smile. As you can see, she is still the cutest girl around--pretty much perfect.