I apologize for not getting the Christmas pictures out sooner, but we had a rather rough Christmas. Ashlyn spent about 4 hours on Christmas night in the hospital, with a fever and trouble breathing. She's all better now, but it was still a long day and it was hard to watch her go through that. We didn’t even open our presents for her until days later. Luckily, she’s only 3 months old and has no clue what she missed. It’s actually rather anti-climactic opening up baby gifts with a 3 month old. She just looked around and drooled on things as we excitedly opened up everything. When we were done, she just drooled some more. She was cute doing it though.
Luckily, we are now getting passed whatever had her sick. She’s feeling better, eating more, and sleeping more consistently. We think the colic is finally going away, which is great because Heather starts work next week. Also, with a new year comes a new baby development: she’s starting to play with things. She hasn’t quite figured out how to hold things and shake them, but check out the video below of her starting to play with a rattle. Well, not a rattle really. It’s a moose foot with a bell in it. This is hot off the presses, this was the first time she ever started doing it and we were fortunate to catch it on film.
Ashyln plays with a rattle
If the blog slows down a little over the next few weeks, it’s because we’ll be moving to a new house. Ashlyn may have spent her first few months of life in this house, but we’re excited that we found a house that she’ll call home as she grows up and starts building memories. A new year brings new starts, and we’re looking forward to watching Ashlyn grow in 2010.