She's Got Personality

I've got two other posts that are below the 'it's a girl' post that are hospital pictures in case anyone is clamoring for more photos.

Den is getting Josie dressed to go home from the hospital and she is sticking her tongue out at me. She does that a lot.

Her feet seem so large and her fingers and toes seem exceedingly long. She looks like she's already well on her way to fitting into my size 5s. I had to get a photo.

On Saturday, the day we brought her home, the nurse came in and perkily told us that her umbilical cord had fallen off (they leave a certain amount on after they tie it off so they can attach what I affectionally refer to as the anti-theft device). Usually it takes at least a little while for the cord to fall off after you get home from the hospital. The anti-theft device is an electronic sensor that when someone gets too close to the exit doors of the ward major sirens, alarms and excitement happens, with nurses flying around.

Well, low and behold, the alarm went off, and we had a nurse come burst into our room, just as I was getting ready for my shower to make sure our baby was okay. Over the next 20 minutes the alarm kept going off about once/minute.

Finally they deduced that I had rolled the bassinet to a place in our room that was causing the alarm to activiate. They had Dennis, Josie, and a nurse escort them down the hall, passing the security guards stationed at all the doors. Good to know they are serious about this kind of thing.

Like with Eddie, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but Josie has been a very mellow baby (could be all the drugs I've been taking, but I'll save that for another post). She sleeps during the day in the living room while Eddie actively (and I do mean actively) plays with all his loudest toys. She is a reasonably good sleeper, ususally going 3 hours at a time, which a change from Ed's hourly sleep cycles.

She is incredibly quiet. Sometimes we forget where she is--bassinet, bouncy chair, etc. One of the nurses suspects she sucked her thumb/fingers in utereo because she continues that today. Little smiles creep out the corner of her mouth, typically when her eyes are closed. When she is alert and awake, her eyes dart around, taking in the blurry forms around her. She's a great baby!