10w5d, The French Weren't Far Behind

Holding her other new "book" . . . it's interesting that the French note the height and eye color of the holder, because her height is already different, and her eye color might change!

10w4d, Not Too Impressed With Her New "Book"

Two weeks to the day, she is officially American:

10w1d, Smiling Captured On Camera

2m, Growing Like A Weed

In the past month, Sophie has grown four centimeters (1.6 inches) and gained one kilo (2.2 pounds). We were a bit worried because she'd grown six centimeters in her first month but her pediatrician said that babies average 3-4 cm/month, and there was no way she grew six - the midwife shorted her a centimeter or two at birth. We'll never know, but she was probably closer to 20 inches at birth, instead of a hair away from 19. Regardless, she's now 58 cm (22.8 inches) "tall" and weighs 5.3 kg (11.7 lbs)! She's growing out of some of her 0-3m clothes - some of which she only got to wear once (my fault for thinking the clothes were big and the baby was small).

En route to the ped, with her chublicious chin:















After the first shot, thinking "Meh, that wasn't so bad":















After the second shot, screaming "What was that?!?" (those are Pascal's hands):

8w4d, The Newest American

It was a long day in the car: three hours each way to the U.S. Consulate in Bordeaux (the consulate in Toulouse - a mere 1 1/2 hours away - doesn't have a consul right now - I was advised "maybe by September" if I wanted to wait. No, thank you!) to register Sophie's birth and apply for her passport and Social Security card.

Silly me, I thought that I would just have to flash my passport and hers would be forthcoming! After a lot of paper-shuffling, photo-taking and fretting that I had everything, we completed the process. Her passport will arrive in a mere two weeks, and the SS card will take about two months. I'm more concerned with being able to leave the country on a moment's notice :)

I wanted to get a pic at the consulate, but someone went into meltdown mode and we fled. The poor consul, administrative assistant and security guard . . .

This pic was taken after we got back to the house - I love her expression!

8w3d, Sophie's Room - Before

Doesn't Pascal look thrilled to be stripping wallpaper?!?

7w3d, Passport Photo

If the shop in Lourdes didn't get a good shot (we'll know on Thursday), then this (cropped to the right size, of course) could end up being her passport pic...

7w1d, Lucky

6w5d, Strong Neck

6/21/08 Five Weeks Old

6/1/08 Abbey de l'Escadieu

5/31/08 San Sebastian, Spain

This is what Sophie thought of her first trip to Spain:














The Jean-Louis Family: