2 Months Old

Happy Two Month Birthday Baby Girl!!

Little Baby Elle:

My how the time flies!! On one hand I feel like you were just born and on the other I feel like you have always been with us! You are the most precious baby and can I tell how much we love love love you!

Last night while I was holding you before you went to bed (because of your acid reflux, when I feed you late at night I have to keep you up for ten minutes so I get to cuddle you before you go down and it is my favorite time of day) I was thinking how you are growing up so fast! We love to see you grow, learn and discover new things, but it is I little bit harder for me than your Daddy to see you get so big so fast! You are slowly leaving the newborn stage and it is so bittersweet for your mama! I kept thinking last night how I will never get these little moments back with you, how how I need to treasure every stage you are at! I love rocking you in the chair and watching you bury your little face in my arms until you find that "sweet" spot. You are a comfort baby! You love to snuggle tight with you little check squished up to something soft. Until you get comfortable you want nothing to do with your Binky but once you get there you want that Binky fast. Its your fix. Your like a little shark, you literally snap your jaw once you even sense it is close.

You are such a little jibber jabber! After you are done eating you love to hang out and just coo away. It is as if you are really having a conversation with us. We love it! We also cant get enough of your smiles!! They are the best! You give such big smiles, your whole face lights up! It is the best part of being a mommy. You are starting to laugh too. One night at like 3 in the morning I heard you sort of choking on the monitor (you do this quite often) so I ran out of bed and ran into your room. I looked in your crib and you were smiling ear to ear. I told you that you scared mommy and you started to laugh a little! You also can be mid cry and all of the sudden stop and start smiling so big! Your a crack up. Speaking of crying.... you are like 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds. For the most part you are happy as can be. But if your acid reflux is bugging you or you get super tired, watch out! You don't really cry, you all of the sudden go hysterical and your face turns a shade of purple. At first it freaked me out but now we are used to it. However when you do it in front of other people, we get some worried looks. You get that from your mama. I did the same thing, only I held my breathe. Thank heavens you don't do that.

Last night you started to kind of roll from your tummy to your back. We were so proud!! You get about half way there but cant quite figure out how to get over that other arm. You do your little frustrated burrow and then we help you the rest of the way. After you are so proud and smile so big!! You also love tummy time finally! You can hold your head up 90 degrees and you look so curious and concerned. Its adorable! We recently got you a swing that you cant get enough of! You could stay in it all day if I let you! Too bad you don't like your crib that much! We are getting much better about your crib. You go down just fine after your dinner and your late night feeding. But during the day is a different story. Now that we have black out blinds you are getting so much better. But I know you think your crib is uncomfortable and you would rather cozy up in your swing or papason. Thank heavens you sleep through the night! We put you down at 8, then I feed you at 10 ( but you stay asleep) and you don't really wake up until around 7. We love you for that and we hope you keep it up!

You give the cutest little looks! When we burp you, your beautiful little eyes go wide, you get a curious look and stare at everything. You also get a certain look on your face when you are exhausted. You clench your jaw and sort of stick it out and just stare into space. You have started to love walks and going in your stroller! Anytime of movement you love! Its so nice because I can run all sorts of errands with you and you don't make a peep... until you get hungry! You are starting to look at books when we read to you! So far I think your favorite book is "The Hungary Caterpillar". You still love bath time but you are starting to get mad when we wash that head of hair of yours. We love your long long dark locks. It is starting to lighten up a lot. Your roots literally look like the color of gold underneath all the dark.You have only lost one strand. I think it is in there to stay! Everywhere we go people love to comment about your hair. We joke that it makes you look like a mini adult!

Your such a sweet little baby! You are so good to just play and hang out with us but at the same time you have such personality! We love every minute of you and we are so glad your ours! We have so many hopes for you and know that you have many special gifts! We can already tell you are so beautiful inside and out. You make us proud every day! We love you baby!

Love Mommy and Daddy