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.

One more, just because I really like this picture

Just Over 3 Weeks

Hey everybody, just wanted to post a quick update and give you a few cute pictures to look at. Josephine is now just over three weeks old and still amazingly cute. Browyn's parents left last Sunday, so it has just been the four of us for four days now. Although we miss the help a little (especially when Josephine decides that 5 am is a perfectly reasonable time to start the day), we are doing fine. (The fridge full of leftovers, and the knowledge that my mom will be here soon definitely help.) Anyway, enough chatter, and on to the pictures. And yes Mom and Dad, the pictures with an arrow in the middle are videos.

This is what we spend our days watching now

So, here are some video clips so that you can see what our little girl is up to.

This first one shows that, much like her dear old dad, Josephine is not a big fan of waking up. This particular bout of grunting, face rubbing, and one eye opening went on for five to ten minutes before she decided she was awake enough to start eating.

But this video shows that, once awake, she pretty much quietly observes what is happening around her. I have elected not to record the not-so-quiet times for now as I want people to continue coming to visit, but rest assured that they are few and far between (and really not all that loud).

One Week Old

Josephine is now one week old. Sorry I have not posted new pictures every day, but I have been busy studying for tests and watching a beautiful baby girl make funny faces. (Side note: if anyone out there has used blogger and has tips on making the formatting better, any help would be much appreciated.)















Lorelei is getting used to having a little person around, but she has decided that sleeping downstairs makes for a slightly more peaceful night.

We have changed plenty of diapers. Seems that Josephine takes after a couple of her uncles. And yes, I actually change the diapers on occasion, not just watch Browyn.
















Pretty in Pink!
The gender-neutral clothes are cool and all, but sometimes a girl wants to look like a girl.











Josephine has braved the cold for a couple of walks, but thanks to her sweet, cozy bear suit, the Seattle Winter is no problem.











And here are some of those funny faces I spend several hours a day watching, and these are not the best. She does a cute thing where she only opens one eye--sort of a cross between Popeye and a pirate--that I have not been able to catch on film yet, but I will, oh yes, I will.

But quite possibly the best part of this week has been when I come home from a (not-so-)long day at class, eat a quick lunch, and then grab a quick nap with the prettiest little girl I have ever seen.

Welcome, Josephine Boggs Coyne!

Alright, after slacking through the entire pregnancy, here is a mega-photo-post.

Here is the last photo of Browyn's first pregnancy taken about 10 minutes before we left for Swedish Ballard Hospital. She is obviously quite thrilled that I took the time to take a picture.

And here is the first picture of Jospehine Boggs Coyne, the prettiest baby girl I have ever seen. (Feel free to argue, but she is.) She was born January 22, 2008 at 5:40 pm weighing in at 7 lb. 5 oz. and 19 in. long with a "normal" (according to the nurse) head circumference of 13.25 in. after 14 hours of labor (one hour of pushing). The nurse actually documented in the chart that it was a beautiful birth; the pediatrician said he had never seen a comment like that in a chart. (Sorry about the run-on sentence and all the parenthetical statements.)

Here is the happy family (except for the dog).

And here is the beautiful baby girl. (See, I was right about her being the prettiest, wasn't I?)

And we are getting ready to head home. So far Josephine sleeps through just about everything . . . except baths. We could show pictures, but she is very upset in them which makes me sad.

And here is the happy family together at home looking forward to all of the exciting changes about to take place in our lives, except maybe Lorelei who is wondering why this head in a blanket is getting so much attention.

Ready for baby

So here are a couple more pictures of Browyn, now at 9 1/2 months pregnant. (And my beard at about 3 months.) Baby should be out any time now, and we are both anxiously waiting.