FIRSTS!!
Friday the 26th was a day of "firsts" for the newly expanded Coghill family.
It was our first full day together as a family. It went very well.
It was Erin's first adventure with a stroller. She does not like to be bound up -- so she was squirmy at first. Once we started moving, she was way into the stroller thing. And there was so much to see!
Erin got her very first pair of shoes. Little, soft, white leather shoes with a pink butterfly attached. She keeps looking down at them, leaning over to them, and trying to bring them back up to her. She thinks they are new toys. But they do look smashing on her!
Erin ate some rice cearal from a spoon. Not much...as she has no concept of the spoon yet...but she is a "go for it" girl, and we managed to get a few bites in over the top of the tongue for about 4-5 small spoonfuls. Good girl.
Erin's first song was, "Pretty Balerina" by The Left Banke (the same group that did "Walk Away Renee" in the 60's). We thought that was appropriate -- and given the rest of the iPod has Zombies, Ramones, Death Cab for Cutie, Beatles, Monkees, Luna, and so on on it, we thought this was a lovely choice for our new baby girl! Her eyes lit up and her head spun around when she first heard the music!
Her first "dance" was to Louden Wainwright III's "Swimming Song." While sitting on her Daddy's lap and listening, she started to rock during that one! Good girl!
She had her first ever, real bath. We plopped her into the tub and she did a little "shimmy and shake" at first. Looked around and gave a little whine when we poured water over the top of her head. But then all was right with the world. The "texture" of the water was of real curiosity to her. She was all sweet and clean in no time!
Erin ventured out and sat in a high chair at a restaurant for the first time. She behaved very well, playing with the lid of the water bottle (it's bright green and looks like a little cup). Her other favorite toy is her tube of diaper rash ointment.
Ta-DA! Erin had her first Cheerio as well. We gave her one. She really doesn't know how to eat or chew, but she seemed interested. She sucked on it and rolled it around a lot -- we helped her keep it in her mouth. Overall, we feel the Cheerio was a success.
Since she was asleep when we got her and brought her home, she seems mostly to just "tolerate" us right now. Like we're the people, but different people, who take care of her. She is slowly learning to look at us, reach for us, and play with us. She does extrordinarily well on her own (not surprising), so we are trying to balance a mix of alone play (which she is used to) and "us" play (so she will get to know us).
She is a great grunter, raspberries a lot with her mouth, squeals when she is excited, and she licks everything. Can anyone tell us if we should be concerned about that?? She scratches everthing she can get her hands on -- like she's exploring the textures of things brand new to her. She kicks her little legs a lot which is fun to watch.
Her nickname at the orphanage is "gua-gua" so we call her that every once in awhile to get her attention. She is adventurous, curious, very sweet, well-tempered, and a sound sleeper through the night. We are working on having her crawl around and stand while we hold her so we can work some of the meat of those chunky thighs of hers!!
More to come...all is well in Cogruehill land.
xo
Sheila and Steve
Friday the 26th was a day of "firsts" for the newly expanded Coghill family.
It was our first full day together as a family. It went very well.
It was Erin's first adventure with a stroller. She does not like to be bound up -- so she was squirmy at first. Once we started moving, she was way into the stroller thing. And there was so much to see!
Erin got her very first pair of shoes. Little, soft, white leather shoes with a pink butterfly attached. She keeps looking down at them, leaning over to them, and trying to bring them back up to her. She thinks they are new toys. But they do look smashing on her!
Erin ate some rice cearal from a spoon. Not much...as she has no concept of the spoon yet...but she is a "go for it" girl, and we managed to get a few bites in over the top of the tongue for about 4-5 small spoonfuls. Good girl.
Erin's first song was, "Pretty Balerina" by The Left Banke (the same group that did "Walk Away Renee" in the 60's). We thought that was appropriate -- and given the rest of the iPod has Zombies, Ramones, Death Cab for Cutie, Beatles, Monkees, Luna, and so on on it, we thought this was a lovely choice for our new baby girl! Her eyes lit up and her head spun around when she first heard the music!
Her first "dance" was to Louden Wainwright III's "Swimming Song." While sitting on her Daddy's lap and listening, she started to rock during that one! Good girl!
She had her first ever, real bath. We plopped her into the tub and she did a little "shimmy and shake" at first. Looked around and gave a little whine when we poured water over the top of her head. But then all was right with the world. The "texture" of the water was of real curiosity to her. She was all sweet and clean in no time!
Erin ventured out and sat in a high chair at a restaurant for the first time. She behaved very well, playing with the lid of the water bottle (it's bright green and looks like a little cup). Her other favorite toy is her tube of diaper rash ointment.
Ta-DA! Erin had her first Cheerio as well. We gave her one. She really doesn't know how to eat or chew, but she seemed interested. She sucked on it and rolled it around a lot -- we helped her keep it in her mouth. Overall, we feel the Cheerio was a success.
Since she was asleep when we got her and brought her home, she seems mostly to just "tolerate" us right now. Like we're the people, but different people, who take care of her. She is slowly learning to look at us, reach for us, and play with us. She does extrordinarily well on her own (not surprising), so we are trying to balance a mix of alone play (which she is used to) and "us" play (so she will get to know us).
She is a great grunter, raspberries a lot with her mouth, squeals when she is excited, and she licks everything. Can anyone tell us if we should be concerned about that?? She scratches everthing she can get her hands on -- like she's exploring the textures of things brand new to her. She kicks her little legs a lot which is fun to watch.
Her nickname at the orphanage is "gua-gua" so we call her that every once in awhile to get her attention. She is adventurous, curious, very sweet, well-tempered, and a sound sleeper through the night. We are working on having her crawl around and stand while we hold her so we can work some of the meat of those chunky thighs of hers!!
More to come...all is well in Cogruehill land.
xo
Sheila and Steve
3 comments:
She is amazing! I just forwarded some of the pics to my Mother who agrees. Love to Erin and family from KY....Terri
She is SO BEAUTIFUL and you all look SOOOO happy, as we ALL ARE! The long journey is finally over. I can't wait to give her reaberries, hugs and kisses! ENJOY this very special time. You have all fallen in love in your hearts, now you can share it together with real hugs and kisses! I LOVE ALL THREE OF YOU SO MUCH. Love Grandma....In Florida! :)
Grandma can't spell!!! I mean RASBERRIES!!! tee hee
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