Nina at 4 weeks.

P.S.

Nina is 4 weeks old today, fully chunky cheeked though still thin thighed.  Not to belabor the point of my last post, I feel guilty for not writing much about her except for the fact that she nurses a bunch--hence this post.  On second thought, that's really all she does aside from sleep, but I did want to mention the following:

She started smiling (I accidentally typed "smoking"!) some time between 2 and 3 weeks, though I still only get 1-2 smiles per day.  Today she seemed really content to have Elena sneak up during her nap and cover her with a burp cloth.  Maybe she was pleased that the cloth was the perfect size for her little body from the neck down when oriented the long way.  (Ordinarily Elena entirely covers her dolls and stuffed animals and once Nina.)

Also around 3 weeks she started being awake more during the day... and more fussy during that time.  Most of the time these periods are during the day or between 10-12 at night, so my sleep has still been decent if I can turn off the computer before then.

Her hair is super soft, but very thin in the front, kind of like a man who has just begun to go bald.  I tried to put a bow in her hair last week after she was mistaken for a boy twice in the same day, but due to the thin front and top, it just slid out.  Note to self: red onesies = general association with boys.  We went to lunch with Maya and GiGi (who looks fabulous with head bling), and our waiter said, "Oh, they'll grow up together and get married some day!"  I said, "I... uh... MAYbe, though probably not in Arizona..."  On the way home, I stopped to drop off Josh's dry cleaning and the woman there just went off about boys boys boys everyone is having boys (she is pregnant with a boy).  Since I was just dropping off and was worn out from lunch, I just went along with it.  Until she held the door open for me on the way out and asked "his" name.  "Um, Nina.  She's a girl.  Okay, bye!"

Hope that's a decent enough update for Ellen and my mom.