Photos from this week

Here's a quick update from this week. Merritt is now grabbing at toys, and even appeared to remove her pacifier from her mouth and throw it down! She's been on an anti-long nap kick, but today, was down for 3 hours (yay!). I was able to visit my friend, Mary Elizabeth, on Tuesday morning for a play group. We had five kids there, all 4 or younger. Our friends, Cynthia and Mark, brought us a wonderful dinner last night. We enjoyed playing with their son James. They have graciously agreed to watch Merritt for us on Saturday afternoon so we can go to a UNC basketball game. Our first outting since the baby was born! Yesterday, I went to the mall with my friend Cathy. We "discovered" the Nordstrom's ladies lounge - the perfect spot for feeding our babies. Soon, we had a crowd of other moms and a good discussion going about infants, nursing and baby accoutrements. Amazing how parenting can be such a good conversation starter! Big props to Nordstroms for providing this luxury. Here are some pictures of the kiddo from this week: