Today Kate's umbilical cord stump fell off. I am so glad because it was really creeping us out. I was always afraid that it was getting rubbed to hard by her clothes or diaper. Plus it just looked nasty. Now, all she has left is a big belly button and some left-over cord debris in the center. Hopefully that comes off too. The good news is that we can give her a real bath now. I can't wait to bust out our super awesome baby spa.

On a related note, we signed up at the Cord Blood Registry so we can save Kate's stem cells for future medical use if needed. The CBR called to confirm that they received the collection and told us that they usually look for 100,000 cells and Kate's sample had 1 billion! I knew she was a super baby.