Dalia's first bath

Dalia's umbilical cord stump fell off after 6 days. However, it was still kind of bloody for about a week after that. Once it was fully healed we gave her her first real bath. Of course, Mina wanted in on the fun, so she sat in the tub on the outside of the baby tub. Mina loved taking baths when she was little, but Dalia didn't like it quite as much. Dalia hates being cold at all, so having her clothes off and being wet didn't settle well with her. But, once we got the warm water flowing on her and a washrag to help cover her up, she quite enjoyed it. Then, when we took her out, she got a little upset again until we got her clothes back on. Mina decided to jump in the baby bath after Dalia got out, too. She calls it her boat.

Pregnancy progression with Dalia

Here's a look at my growing tummy during the 9 months Dalia lived in it.

15 weeks

20 weeks

28 weeks

29.5 weeks

35 weeks

36 weeks

39.5 weeks

Easter

The week before Easter, while my mom was still here, our neighborhood hosted a little Easter egg hunt. It was supposed to be held outside on a big lawn, but it rained. So, they moved the whole thing indoors and it became a madhouse. We got there early, so that we could be first in line, but there were already so many people there. Luckily they had several different egg hunts for different age group. Mina was in the youngest age group and that group went first. They covered the floor in a tiny gym with fake grass and laid out hundreds of eggs. On the count of 3, about 50 or so toddlers ran out to collect all the eggs. Mina had a blast and got so many eggs. The whole hunt took about 5 minutes or less. Haha. Each egg had a little prize in it. The prizes were things like stickers, candy, yoyos and other little toys. Mina didn't care about the toys. She emptied them out when we got home and just played with the eggs. Silly girl.

The next weekend was Easter. My mom had gotten a few things to put in an Easter basket for Mina and she enjoyed everything. She looked so beautiful in her Easter dress, too. Dalia slept all through church. What a good little baby. I love my little girls and I love Dru. I wanted to get at least one good picture of each the girls. Dalia, of course, cooperated. Mina, on the other hand, refused to look at the camera and smile for me. She eventually looked at me and smiled and, although, it's not her best smile, I got one!