Two Months Old!

Not to sound cliche, but MAN, time flies! These past two months have just zipped by. I can't believe Leah is already at the two month mark.
I laid a blanket out to take some pictures, and Eli decided he wanted to be in them all...well...not sure if he cared to have his picture taken or not, but he wanted to play with Leah.

Leah is such a good little girl. She has started smiling a lot (though this is the only one I captured yesterday that wasn't blurry...her smiles are MUCH bigger and cuter than this one :) ). The place she smiles the MOST is when she is getting her diaper changed on the changing station on my dresser. I think it's because she can see the mirror and the ceiling fan, but whatever it is, it makes changing diapers much more fun for mommy :)

She's getting chubbier too. She's got the cutest little rolls in her legs :) She was 11 lb 4 oz at her 1 month check-up (which actually was at 5 weeks old) and I'm so curious to see how much she's gained. We go to the doctor soon. She's really a very 'sturdy' kid-which is fortunate, because Eli likes to attack her...If she makes it to age 1 with all bones in tact, I'll be thrilled ;) She holds her head up SO good. She can go in the baby bjorn face forward now, which is so nice-because she hates being turned toward me. It makes grocery shopping easier-she's in the bjorn, Eli is in the cart.

She's got the cutest little lips-don't ya just wanna kiss them?!

Eli's back...he pretty much destroyed my little 'studio'...I tried not to be too mad...

She's also sleeping pretty good too. Occasionally she has a rough night, but for the most part she only gets up once a night. She's even slept from 8:30-5:00 a couple of times. Those nights are WONDERFUL :) Usually she gets up around 3 though.

Nap time is a little less predictable. I'm working on getting her on a better nap schedule, but every day is so different here, that it's hard to have a 'normal' day. I've got to get working on nap schedules, though, because it drives me nuts not knowing when she is going to sleep. I like predictable...

A couple more things about Leah at 2 months...

Her favorite place to take a nap is in her swing. I don't know if it's because it's elevated a bit, but she could sleep in that thing forever. (Really working on getting her to nap in her crib...) If she's awake, though, she doesn't like it as much anymore. She enjoys playing on the floor for a while. There are a couple of little toys that she really likes to look at. She follows them with her eyes really well, and has batted at them a couple of times. She likes her pacifier, but I think she's coming close to giving it up in favor of her index & middle finger. She's quickly outgrowing her 0-3 month stuff. I probably should already have her in 3-6 month stuff, but I haven't been able to go through her clothes yet...maybe today? (not likely...) She won't let me eat chocolate, and I don't think she likes food from Olive Garden :( (it might have been the onions in the salad...who knows, but the night after Carly's birthday was rough) and I think she wants me to stay away from eating super rich foods. Thanksgiving weekend she seemed a lot more uncomfortable. Apparently when mommy is gluttonous she isn't happy. She eats every 3 hours during the day, though I think she might already be ready to go a little longer. I'm not sure I'm ready to trust that she can go every 4 hours-she's still so young!-but there are days when she just doesn't seem hungry after 3 hours. We'll probably stick to this schedule for another month...just to make mommy happy :)

Ummmm...I think she was ready to be done with our photo shoot (or she was afraid her brother was going to smoosch her) so I think I should be done with this post :)

Happy 2 months baby girl!