Acacia's Three-Week Birthday!

Three weeks ago today, on October 22nd at 3:50 in the morning, Acacia was born into the world. It seems like no time at all - she's still so tiny and helpless and brand new - and yet I can barely imagine what life must have been like without her. Acacia has managed, in three short weeks, to make herself an irreplaceable, indispensable, immensely important part of our lives. And she's been a busy little girl during those first three weeks! Besides the whole ordeal of being born, Acacia has:

~ entertained visitors in the hospital and at home

~ had her first sponge bath, sink bath, and big tub bath (with Mommy!)

~ been pestered constantly by the paparazzi (mostly Mommy and Grammy)

~ learned to nurse beautifully, even in her sleep

~ outgrown all her "Newborn"-sized clothes

~ been to her first doctor appointment

~ been on her first long car ride (taking Grammy to the airport in Anchorage)

~ been on her first grocery shopping trip

~ learned to follow Mommy's finger with her eyes

~ used a computer for the first time (with a little help from Daddy!)

~ learned to scare Mommy by throwing up out her nose

~ spent hours on end calmly looking around and taking in the sights

~ been completely adorable when she grins and laughs in her sleep

~ been completely lovable every minute of every day.