After 10 weeks of having Della as an official part of our family, we are beginning to see her personality come through and she sure is a happy baby :) The past couple of weeks, she has been sucking on her hands when her pacifier falls out of her mouth but just today, she started sucking on her thumb. This is kind of exciting as she is able to do a little self-soothing without us having to constantly put her pacifier in when she is trying to fall asleep.
Derek has been playing on two softball teams - a men's league and a co-ed league - so Della and I get to go to the games that fall before her bedtime. So far this season, Derek has hit 3 home-runs!! 2 on the men's league team and 1 on the co-ed team. I am pretty sure being a Dad has given him super powers.
Every morning when we are getting ready for the day, Della gets to spend time on her "Under the Sea" playmat. Above the play mat, there is an octopus shaped rattle that she loves to look at and right at her eye level there is a stuffed whale that she loves to babble on and on to. I am pretty sure he is one of her closest friends right now (other than Mom, Dad and Dutchie :)
On August 9, I went back to work for 4 days a week (Tuesday and Friday) and the first day was definately tough but each day gets better (although Friday afternoons are hard too). We have been liking our child-care facility so far. The main lady, Carolyn, truly loves kids and the other children seem to really like Della. When I get there to pick her up in the afternoon they always make sure I know where the baby is at and they want to know if the baby is going home :)
Needless to say, we have been loving having Della as our daughter and can't wait for more exciting developments to come.
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