12 Weeks of Life

Maya: July 14

This little girl has been an Overwhelming Joy.
She has stolen all our hearts.
She is a great little baby.

12 weeks has blown by: hanging out with Baby and Baby Mama by day, working almost every night on the boat. Sleep deprived to be sure, but exhilarated by this new little person every day. Every day brings some new development and growth.

Monika's maternity leave ends with this 12 week milestone as well. This means Daddy Day Care (with some help from In-Law family thrown in) now begins. Wow.
But I know that this whole period will come and go so quickly - I am just trying to enjoy the individual moments of it.

I will say that this morning, about 5:30 when I checked on her, she was awake and when she saw me, she gave me the biggest toothless grin you've ever seen. And the feeling of joy was very mutual.