We have a straight "A" report card

Not to brag or anything....   well,  maybe to brag a little...  Our sweet pea has all straight A's on her 3rd report card from the pediatrician.  She checked her muscle strength, eye coordination, reflexes, and growth.  Isn't terrible that we rewarded her with 2 shots in her thighs.  We promised her that once she starts eating big people food we would always take her for an after-the-doctor-treat to heal those huge tears.  This time I needed to treat myself to something since I left the office with the most tears.  

 

Stats- 2months
9lbs. 11ounces  21inches    She is in the 12th percentile.   
She is an amazing eater...or guzzler.  Usually starts the night with a 5 hours stretch followed by a few 2-3 hour combos.  (Except last night she slept for 6 hours straight!!!  Let's hope this sticks!)  The 2 month shots seemed to rock our routine a bit but we are getting back on track.  When I say rock our routine...Little one was refusing to take a bottle from The Mr. at night which was making it really exhausting on sweet ole momma.  Plus,  I am going back to work (for one whole day) this school year and she will HAVE to take a bottle while I'm away all day.  But again, last night she was an angel and took the bottle right away from her daddy and went back to sleep for 3 more hours!  9:30pm-7:30am with one wake up is quite awesome for us!!! 

Just a little side note...if only it was that easy to plan your pregnancy...but if any of you are teachers (really fertile teachers) and are blessed enough to plan when you get pregnant....  shoot for the Fourth of July.  Which will give you about 12 weeks at the end of the year...which run right into summer!   Genius!  Another piece of proof that the Lords timing is so much better than our timing.  Trust.  Like I said, my maternity leave goes until the last day of school...but I have decided to cut my 12 weeks maternity leave short by one day and work the Last Day of School!   I gotta say goodbye to the sweet class that watched "baby snowflake" grow in my tummy and met her when she got here.  (They named her Pumpkin during Fall and Snowflake during Winter.  Presh.) 

For Mother's Day we went to one of our favorite little brunch spots.  Just the 3 of us.   It was actually the restaurant we went to right after I told my hubs that we would no longer be a party of 2.  On MD we were that weirdo family that matches..yep,  all wearing blue.  Hattie Paige had on her Owl Smock....to die for.  I also woke up to new  Coco Chanel perfume and a gift card for me and a friend to get a momma's day off for pampering!     But girls..the greatest gift happened around 1:00pm.  My amazing hubby took the baby and let me have an uninterrupted middle of the day nap.....ahhhh. 

Becoming a mom (I still can't believe I am a momma) gives me goosebumps.  It's crazy to know that you are responsible for this little important person.  She runs through my brain all day and all night.  I try to replan how I want our life path to go, how will I be able to show her how much the Lord cherishes her, will I be able to be a worthy role model for her, how will I comfort her when she fails or gets hurt, and the one question that never settles is how do some mothers stop being parents and don't support their children?  I know the love I have for her is overwhelming at times...I can't imagine her getting older and not adoring her like I do now.  I also want her to see a healthy loving relationship between my husband and I.  I know he treasures me and I pray she finds a man just like him. (when she is in her late 30's hehhe)

Wow...  I guess I had a lot to say!   Here's some other updates so I don't forget-
Hatilynn "coo's" and "chats" with us all the time.  She also loves talking to her "friend" in the mirror on her play mat.  I love her sweet little voice.   She has also started drooling a little bit...not much but enough.  Her favorite thing in the world at the moment is stretching and yawning.  She will arch her back and curl her fists and yawn like she had the greatest nap of her life.  Then...she'll do it again and again.  We laugh so hard because sometimes she won't eat until she has all of her stretches out!  She sticks her tongue out.  She has cried in the car the past few days..maybe not a car seat fan anymore.  She loves her bath time.  I think she is becoming more aware of her hands.  Every single day she amazes us.  Just so precious.  Here's a few more picts....

   

When does your brain become normal again?

Any mommas out there want to tell me when I will start feeling "normal" again?  Let me rephrase...I feel normal but I only have baby on the brain.  My day is consumed with our little one.   I am IN. LOVE. WITH. THIS. GIRL.   ( FYI- My posts from now on will most likely be just baby updates and pictures....  I've got to savor these moments!   AND--this will be the longest post known to man.)

She will be 8 weeks on Saturday. 
At our last appointment she was 8 1/2lbs and 21in.  Just a little bundle of joy.   She ended up getting one shot at her appointment...oh my word...I had waaaay more tears than she did.  I almost knocked out the sweet nurse that gave her the shot....STOP HURTING MY BABY!   Psycho mom has arrived! I dressed her up obnoxiously cute (see below) hoping the doctor would decide to just waive her shot.   Not happening!

I think our sweetie is close to rolling over.  She loves looking at herself in mirrors.  She "coo's" and makes sweet little noises all day.  When she wakes up she looks at me and smiles so big...ahhh..melt my heart.  She loves to kick the piano on her play mat and make music.

She is officially wearing 0-3mth clothing now, although a little big.  Tear..tear...I miss those preemie and newborn outfits.  She loves "studying" her flashcards.  We have these cute little black and white animal flashcards....she will seriously stare at these things like she is a zoologist or something!   

Sleep:  She will sleep for about 3-5 hour stretches at night.  We usually only get one 5 hour stretch but ...we'll take it.

 Our Routine: We give her a warm bath, rub her with warm lotion, clip on her Snuza, wrap her in a really tight swaddle, turn on her noise machine, rock her, nurse, read a story, and lay her in the crib.  We have been putting the heating pad in the crib and taking it out right before we put her down and she loooves it.  Since The Mr. does the night time feedings (until around 4ish) he usually puts her in the rock'n'play instead of her crib after he gives her a bottle around 1ish.  Knock on wood, she sleeps well anywhere we put her.  

During the day:  Our sweet pea wakes up for the day around 8 or 9 and go back down for a long nap around 10:30-1:30.  I will usually put her in her swing, bouncer, sling, boppy, play mat or hold her to nap.  We don't put her in the crib during the day to nap because we try to make day and night different.  It is working for us for the most part.  After 1:30ish (if we are just staying at home) she will feed on demand, have a cat nap, tummy time, play mat time, practice "standing", lay in the grass in our front yard, go for walks, have play dates, and again, knock on wood.... sweet pea just isn't a crier. 

 

She rarely cries...and I think my Lord above for that because I know for some families that isn't the norm.  Her demeanor is generally happy and chill.    Now, its only been 8 weeks and things can change any minute but our days are pretty stress-free and easy going. 

We've had lots of visitors and outings. So far we've been to target, the grocery store a few times alone and with my MIL, cook out for Callie's b-day, brunch dates with just the three of us, family dinner dates to casa ritas with the three of us and also with the Gaddis gang, lunch date at blue goose with the three of us and with lil Piper, mall for walking, hair salon to see my MIL, buy buy baby, in-laws for truth table night, lunch dates with my FIL and MIL at Mr. G's, parks, tupys lunch date with my Second grade team, duck ponds, Mindy's birthday dinner at Glorias, Monday night bible study, FIL's doctor office, and to the elementary school I teach at to visit the staff and kiddos.

Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday we have been blessed enough to have meals brought to us while we introduce our sweet pea to people that love her to death.  These meals have been a Godsend... the stress of figuring out what to eat for dinner was one less thing to worry about.  I can't say thank you enough to everyone that has lifted us up the past several months.