1/31/2011 55 Days Old

On the 55th day in the life of the most beautiful girl in the history of the world the morning began peacefully. Maya had some trouble sleeping last night. Me and Erin took shifts with holding her. She spent some time in her bed but not for very long. Early this morning I woke up as Erin was holding Maya trying to get her to drift off to sleep. After a short while she succeeded. We stayed in bed until noon. At times we held Maya and at times we slept. With the exception of a blown up diaper it was a peaceful morning. She is now affectionately nicknamed the diaper assassin. We never hear it coming, then bam blown up diaper. Bust out the oxyclean and try to rehabilitate a onesie.

This afternoon Maya had a visit from her nurse. Last night while she was hooked up to her monitor we had noticed that her numbers were not quite as good as they usually are. Not really bad, just a little lower then normal. After her nurse had observed her we talked with her about Maya’s sats. She is seeming to need to work a little harder to keep up. We don’t know what that means, but she is working a little harder today than she had to a few days ago.

Tonight Grandma Kathy came by to visit Maya. We are just holding her, (Maya not G Ma Kathy) and listening to Ben Harpers new album, Fistful of Mercy. It is nice to stop everything and just listen to music with our girl. We do a lot of things while holding her, but listening to music is the one thing that she can do with us. We can tell that she can hear the music, and she listens carefully. She is definitely our daughter. She stretches out after a nap just like her mother and loves listening to music just like her father, and we love her.

Maya’s Playlist

Son House, The Complete Library of Congress Recordings

Amos Lee, Mission Bell ( Another Two Brows Up from Maya)

Fistful of Mercy, As I Call You Down

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