Week 90 and Week 3.5 - New Year and Growth Spurt

We have had 2 rather anticlimactic new years so are inadvertently not teaching Charlotte about the revelry and excitement of the new year.  Last year we were flying to Singapore (via Hong Kong) over the new year and this year it was just another nursing day.  I think Matt was watching The Wire and I was nursing upstairs when the New Year rang. 

Speaking of nursing - Sophia is in a growth spurt and is eating constantly during the day.  She seems to have figured out the night time and is not so demanding feedwise so it has been a bit more manageable with 6 hours of sleep (or so) in a 24 hour period.  Bliss!  I am just coming off of a feeding festival - finally asleep at 3:15 PM after nursing most of the time since 8AM (there were some 15 minute naps there but nothing substantial).

Sophia's still not pooing but had a bit of some yesterday morning!  She has a rather efficient digestive system from what we can tell.  As of last week (Thursday) she weighed 3.62 kg.  Back to the doctor tomorrow...

Charlotte is in a learning mode these days.  She can say (repeat) the alphabet and her numbers to ten.  She says 'doodle do' when she sees a chicken.  She says pee when she wants to pee (or roughly ten minutes before she actually does).  She still thinks all the colors are blue though...

Charlotte got a cool tent from her Grandpa Drake that we set up in the house.  She calls it a house...

Rare awake moment:

All my pictures are the same - 'sleeping newborn'.  Here is yet another:

Charlotte in her 'house':

Sophia has fuzzy hair everywhere:

Charlotte in her new monkey towel:

Baby feet:

Maybe breastfeeding isn't enough:

Charlotte gets cheeky by licking a teething ring after she gave it to Bucky.  Not cool:

Sophia faces off with a doll that looks eerily like the former supermodel Linda Evangelista:

Charlotte opens her Christmas presents (long at 9 minutes):

And a minute more...

Charlotte helps daddy to weed:

I realize it is hard to video a newborn especially when 95% of the time she is either eating (not a compelling video) or sleeping.  Here is her in between: