A Little View of Heidi Sue: December 2014

Isabelle Susanne Liles

Born Monday, December 1, 2014 at 8:52am

8lbs 7oz, 20 inches

Here are some highlights and photos of Isabelle's first month:

Overall, she's a happy, feisty and determined girl

Enjoys looking at faces

Practicing her facial and eye movements

Follows objects and sounds with her eyes

LOVES music. The sure-fire way we've found to get her to stop crying when she's fussy is to put on some music and dance with her/sing.

She's starting to smile

Gurgles, grunts, coos, cries, hiccups, and one little squeal

Starting to gain neck strength

Starting to gain leg strength. Enjoys pushing her legs out to standing while on our laps when we hold her under her armpits.

During her tummy time on her play mat, she attempts to crawl, wiggling legs and body and makes frustrated grunting noises when she can't move forward far enough (takes after mom being competitive and sometimes having expectations too high!). Joe and I can't help but giggle at this.

At the hospital on Isabelle's birthday

One day old at the hospital.

Two days old at the hospital

Two days old. Getting ready to leave the hospital to go home!

6 days old. Isabelle's first Broncos game and outfit!

One week old. Daddy's Little Princess.

Three weeks old.

Isabelle's first Christmas and first Christmas outfit!

Smiling with daddy. 4 weeks old.

Both kittens have adapted so well to Isabelle. Sophia is the guardian and protector; she comes over to alert me right away when Isabelle cries, and Finnegan just loves to cuddle.