2-3 Weeks

Saturday, August 25th
2 Weeks and 1 Day
With Uncle Brian and Auntie Marie

Saturday, August 25th
2 Weeks and 1 Day
Meeting Owen

Tuesday, August 28th
Flowers for Mom from Dad

Tuesday, August 28th
2 Weeks and 4 Days
Out for my first walk with Mom 

Tuesday, August 28th
2 Weeks and 4 Days
Modeling one of Cousin Freya's outfits while asleep on Mom's lap

Wednesday, August 29th, 11:52pm
2 Weeks and 5 Days
Gemma was fast asleep until Daddy brought her up to bed at 10pm, then she was bright eyed until after midnight!

Thursday, August 30th
2 Weeks and 6 Days
First time in the Moby wrap with Mom (Mom thinks you need a degree in Engineering to put it on!).  We went out for a short walk down the road. 

Thursday, August 30th
2 Weeks and 6 Days

Thursday, August 30th
2 Weeks and 6 Days
Milk Coma!

Friday, August 31st
3 Weeks
After breakfast in bed with Mom

Friday, August 31st
3 Weeks
Another one of Cousin Freya's outfits- hand-me-downs are great!

Friday, August 31st
3 Weeks
Snuggling with Mom

Friday, August 31st
3 Weeks
More snuggling with Mom!

We had a few visitors during this past week, which has been great!  Last Friday and Saturday Auntie Marie and Uncle Brian came down for a visit, then later on Saturday, Owen and Alisha stopped by to meet Gemma.  On Sunday Mike and Amy had us over for a BBQ, so we got to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine.  Gran Bridget came to stay Monday to Wednesday and let Mom and Dad get a full night's sleep- it was great!  And, Jean stopped by to say hello earlier this evening.  

Gemma is quite a content little girl, and only really cries if she is really hungry or getting changed.  For the most part she feeds every 3-4 hours, although in the evenings she tends to eat nearly continually.  We had a few issues with spitting up, but we've switched bottles, and this has improved a lot.  The ones we were using originally were just a bit too fast for her.  She has a great appetite though- sometimes she eats 4 to 6 ounces at a time!  Earlier today she got her BCG vaccine- a vaccine for Tuberculosis that is given here.  She did great- only a little crying, but it was tough on Mom and Dad to see her in distress!  It's hard to imagine life without our little Gemma now.  Paul and I often just stare in awe at her and talk about how perfect she is!  

Tomorrow the 'Emerald Isle Classic' is being played here in Dublin at the Aviva Stadium- it's a football game between Notre Dame and Navy.  Over 35,000 Americans are in town for the game, and there are a lot of events around it- parades, pep rallies, etc.  Paul was able to get a pair of tickets for us to see the game (which has been sold out for ages), so Marie and Brian are coming down to take care of Gemma for the afternoon.  It will be great, but I'm going to miss my little girl!