My little girl is growing up. Since, this past week, Alex's umbilical cord stump fell off (finally -- nasty little thing, an umbilical cord stump), Alex officially graduated from sponge baths to real baths. Today was her first -- and to be honest, I was a little worried. I've been told that babies really hate the first bath, and I had visions of a wriggly, slippery little baby squirting out of my hands on to the hardwood floors, screaming and crying like we were killing her.
Turns out Alex is a water baby. She loved it. Which is good, since both her parents scuba dive, and her father surfs. Marcus is already pricing snorkles and masks.
Anyway, in our latest attempt to strip any dignity away from our poor child, here's a Quicktime video clip of her first bath. This is courtesy my iMovie software, Marcus' Canon ZR85 digitial camcorder, and "Bathtime" by Raffi. As always, give this a minute or so to download, longer if you have a slower connection.
What a cute video!
I just got turned on to your blog off Frog's links--it's great! Your little girl is beautiful. Congratulations to you and your husband.
Grace
Posted by: Grace | Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 01:47 AM
I enjoyed your site! Alex is beautiful!!! Enjoy her as they grow up so quickly!
Keryn- touched by adoption -mom to many
Posted by: keryn | Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 11:59 PM
How cute! How did you get the file to upload? I've been trying to upload some video and haven't been able to get it uploaded.
Darling girl!
Posted by: Tamra | Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 01:46 PM