So Precocious

I have a feeling we're in for a very different experience with Alexa than we have had with Samantha.

Here she is at 1 week, holding her own pacifier in place.  We are trying to get some tummy time every day, and she can already lift enough to turn her head from one side to the other.  I think she may crawl on Monday.  :-)

It's very strange, because we really don't know what a "normal" new baby experience is.  Samantha spent her first 5 weeks in the NICU, and just bypassed a lot of normal steps.  I pretty much threw out all the "what to expect in the first year" documentation with her.  This will be very interesting.

Samantha is adapting to being a big sister and has delightfully decided that her best means of getting attention is to be charming and distracting.  When she wants more attention, she laughs loudly and does her best to be extra cute.  Oh, thank goodness.  Much better than the "cry when the baby cries" approach she briefly tried.