Willow's First Month

So, I realize now that I didn't properly introduce our daughter to the world in the previous post. World, I hereby introduce Miss Willow Kate Begalle!

More pictures have been posted to our Picasa site - check her out!

Here I'd like to list some of the many "firsts" in Willow's life. We've had these written unceremoniously on a whiteboard in her room (after we finished tracking the feedings, poops, and pees on it over the first two weeks) and I thought it would be nice to put them somewhere a little more permanent.

WKB's List of Firsts
(preface each item with the word "first")

Wednesday, October 15 - the day we came home from the hospital
Car ride

Thursday, October 16
Spit-up
Sponge bath - hated it!
Walk - with Daddy (while Mommy slept)
Video Conference - with Grama Lori

Friday, October 17
Visit to REI (Daddy said it would take 20 minutes, we were there an hour and a half!)
Doctor visit (weight back up to 7 lbs.)
Trip to Aunt Sandy's

Saturday, October 18
Family walk - to Richfield
Trip to Southdale - to the Apple Store (to get Mommy's iPhone fixed, which didn't happen, but I was good so I got a new outfit at Baby Gap)


Sunday, October 19
Coffee Group - at Patrick's French Bakery
Trip to Grama Mary's
Got a belly button (umbilical cord stump fell off)!
Meeting Bubba (one of Daddy's best friends)

Monday, October 20
Real bath - loved it!
Wore pants (Mommy didn't want me to wear pants across my stump)
Walk around Lake Harriet
Trip to Dairy Queen and grocery store

Tuesday, October 21
Trip to the Mall of America and IKEA

Wednesday, October 22
Rainy day
Lunch out at a restaurant (okay, this was actually a first for Mommy and Daddy, but I was there!)

Thursday, October 23
Trip to Target
Breakfast out at a restaurant (again, this is more for Mommy and Daddy)

Friday, October 24
Trip to the U.P. - Ironwood, MI, Daddy's homeland

Saturday, October 25
Visit with G.G. (Great Grandma Theresa Corona - sadly this was also to be my last visit with her as she passed away November 9 at the age of 92.)

Thursday, October 30
Ride in the Baby Bjorn (Mommy declared me to be the necessary 8 pounds in order to do this.)
Mail - a Halloween card from Grama Lori and Grampa Mike and one from Auntie Lee Ann

Friday, October 31
Bottle (what takes 30-40 minutes from the boob went down in 3.5 seconds from a bottle!)
Halloween!


Tuesday, November 11
Snowfall
Meeting Uncle Brian


Thursday, November 13
One Month Old (not really a first as you can only do this once, but it's noteworthy, no?)

More to come...