Our little Giana is six weeks old today! And she’s not all that little anymore. She weighed in this morning at a whopping 9 pounds, 13 ounces! For those of you keeping score at home, that’s exactly three pounds more than her birth weight (or an average of a half pound gain every week she has been on the outside).

For the past several days, I have been enjoying a most beautiful sight – Giana smiling back at me. It’s not gas; it’s a real smile meant just for me. It makes me melt every time. Here’s one I caught on camera this morning.

Absolutely amazing.

You know what else is amazing? Sleeping eight hours. I know because I did that two nights ago! My little girl gave me a full night of sleep and it was glorious. She’s had a couple of other nights when she has snoozed for six to seven hours. Thank you, sweetie!

Giana had an opportunity to play with my old toys when we visited Iowa for Thanksgiving last week. Here she is checking out the doll crib my dad made for me when I was little.