Two Months Old

Today is Adelaida's two-month birthday. She celebrated it with some napping, some eating, some diaper changes, and a walk by the river.

Today was also a big day for me: Adelaida's first day-care experience. I left her at the UNM Drop-In Child Care (UNM provides as-needed childcare for students who need to leave their kids during a class or meeting with a professor) for one hour and five minutes, and spent at least forty minutes of that time dry-eyed. I wasn't planning on crying, but when I got in the car, looked in the rear-view mirror, and saw her empty carseat, the tears started flowing.

When I picked her up sixty-five minutes later (determinedly dry-eyed!), she was sleeping. She hadn't shed a single tear, and I'm not even entirely sure she knew I was gone.

In honor of Adelaida's two-month birthday today, I'm posting a series of pictures showing how she's grown:

At four days old, Adelaida looked more like a generic baby than a real person with her own personality.


This is the best picture I have of her at one month old. She looked particularly thick around the middle because her diapers were a bit large for her!


Here she is at two months old, with an expressive face and a body almost as long as her giant pink panther.


Thanks to Connor's parents for the serial pictures idea :)