Gabby is 4 months old!

Now that Gabby is 4 months old (3/17/11), we can say that we have settled into parenthood as much as one can with an infant—we almost know what day of the week it is, if you ask us! We are truly enjoying the time at home with her and feel like the German parental leave is a real gift. Denise will be home until August 1st and then Pete will remain at home with Gabby.

Gabby is doing great; she no longer has a breathing monitor at night and now weighs ~ 12 lbs (5.5 kg) and is 22.5 inches (57 cm) long. She has been learning new tricks every week and now smiles at us all the time and “talks” more than you can imagine. We put videos up on our Flickr site of her cooing and babbling away. She is also starting to learn to sit, although only with help from Mom and Dad.

In big news, Gabby is now an official US citizen and a legal German resident. The photo attached shows our big girl with her very own US passport! We are looking forward to her first stamp in it.

Lots of new photos have been posted on our Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniseakob/collections/72157625415804596/. Note that we are updating Flickr more often than our blog.