One Week In

Shall we start with a super cute picture?

So we're now one week in our new gig as a family of 6. Overall, I will say so far, so good. Penelope Mei is doing great. She is adjusting to her new home and family quite well so far. 

Her brothers argue over who gets to feed her. This picture is typical of Quincy so far-right in her face. She's started grunting and swatting at him, it's pretty funny. 

 Penelope amazes us each day with her progress. She really likes to play with toys.

 She can army crawl. She crawled a big circle around our family room on Wednesday.

 Loving her Mam!

Wednesday was a big day! She showed off yet another skill! She pulled up on the couch! She then proceeded to "cruise" a few steps. Mama was very impressed! 

 She had fun playing with her cousin Cooper.

 Then showing off her strong legs for Gabe.

 QQ finally got to giver her a bottle! He was more thrilled about it than she was.

 Love, love, love this picture!

 Love this one too. Quincy is the first one home in the afternoons so he has some extra time to play with Penelope.

 Or invade her personal space. Whichever.

 

 Would love to know what she's thinking. How do you say "get out of my face" in Mandarin??

 I will say, I am proud of the boys, especially Quincy. He may look huge, but he's only 4. He LOVES babies so I knew he would love Penelope, but he also loves his mama. He is quite happy to rock, suck his thumb, and be carried. At 60 pounds. And I am quite happy with it too. A few times I've been carrying Penelope and Q wanted me to carry him too. Umm, OK. I didn't make it far but I carried them both. He's needed to share me a little more than he would like. I'm proud of him for taking it so well.

 Photo credit goes to Quincy.

 Our friend Brooke Harvey loaned us some baby gear and developmental toys. Today Penelope sat in the walker for the first time. She didn't mind it too much. Her preference is to be held at all times by mama. I am happy to oblige about 99% of the time, but a girl needs a shower....

 Penelope seems to have quite the imagination! Today she got a tea party set that she loves! She pretends to stir her cup. Here she's feeding Gabe. Thanks Carr family! Come back when you can stay for a visit!

 Um Brooke, I'm sure this was not what you had in mind when you loaned us Madeline's walker. I would try to say there haven't been walker races already but I'm a really bad liar....

 Now I know this wasn't what you had in mind!!

Penelope went to the pediatrician on Thursday. As we knew, she is quite tiny. She has gained 10 oz with us, now weighs 16lbs14oz. She is no where near on the charts, but Dr Stoltz was very positive about her potential to catch up developmentally. She got 4 shots and had blood drawn. She handled it very well.

We couldn't be happier with how our first week has gone. Penelope has made more progress than I could have possibly imagined. We are so proud of her and the boys, and so thankful that we all all together!