Audrey Joy - Two Months Old

On the 18th of January, Audrey turned two months old. The changes that have taken place seem minor, but she has taken a huge leap from  newborn to infant or baby. There is no newborn left in this this little girl. 

We went to the doctor to do the usual check up and vaccines. She screamed something fierce from the shots but calmed down a lot quicker than I had expected as soon as I was holding her. Here are her stats:

According to Babycenter.com, her stats compared to Josie's are:

I was really surprised to see that she is that much smaller than Josie! But then again, these stats for Jo are different than what I was told at the time. These seem more accurate to me because I never felt like Josie was a lot bigger than other babies, and if she had truly been 95%, she would have been, right? Anyways, I digress.

Audrey is HEALTHY. She's perfect. I just like comparisons for the fun of it. She is a peanut compared to her sister, but only time will tell if she catches up or not!

She still loves to sleep and once she gets in to the deep sleep mode, she's out for hours. When she's tired, she gets crabby but it is pretty easy to get her settled down and to sleep by just swaddling her tight and holding her pacifier in (cannot wait for her to figure out how to hold on to that thing!). I'd say nine times out of ten, if she's crying or fussing, it's because she's tired. She just loves to sleep.

She's a great eater. No problems at all! My production has been great and we have had no hiccups since those first couple of weeks.

She's wearing all 0-3 months clothes and has plenty of room left in them for another month or two. We are finally using cloth diapers (finished up the last of the disposables) and I think we'll use the FLIP diapers for her since they seem to fit her body well. She has not had any blow outs with them, which is awesome since she was having at least one a day with the disposables. I was sick of that. Josie is using our other cloth diapers that have stretched out. I initially didn't like them for her since they leaked a lot, but now that she's grown a bit more, they fit great and she's having a lot less leaks. I'm hoping we have a good experience with Audrey and cloth diapers because I really do prefer them over disposables.

She is such a smiler! I feel like she just lives for the moments when our face is hovering over hers. She coos, laughs, and giggles. She loves when we sing or make silly noises. She won't take her eyes off of us the whole time and if we move out of her view and then come back a minute or two later, she picks up right where we left off. It's so much fun.

The other thing worth noting is how much she loves to be held and how much she is a mama's girl. It warms my heart how much she loves to cuddle and when she nuzzles her head into my neck, I could just die. It's so awesome. Combine that with Josie's new thing - hugging and kissing at random - and this mama has the best life ever.

Now for the pictures! Here she is, our little camera-lovin' smiley babe.

Outtakes:

And the comparison of both girls:

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Waiting for THIS

I've been waiting for this day for years. You see, I bought these polka dot headbands when Josie was just a wee little babe. Unfortunately they did not seem to match anything she wore. I tucked them aside, hoping that some day I would get to pull them out and enjoy them again.

Today is the day! Both girls are rocking them and I couldn't love it more. Days like today keep me appreciating being a mom to girls. Its just.so.fun.

New outfit

For you, mom! We were excited that I found a cute top for leggings and boots too. Here they are together. Gotta love the awful phone photo quality with dimly lit hallway lighting.

Too soon? Fluke? Dear God I Hope So

I spoke just yesterday about how we have got the toddler bed sleeping down. I spoke too soon. Even as I was typing it I knew that it could have been too soon, but I was pumped, excited, overjoyed. Now? I'm tired, cranky, and cold (coincidence, but I'm still feeling it. It IS -29 degrees here after all). 

Josie went to bed at 8:00, her usual bed time, last night with the same old routine she does with her daddy. She fell asleep around 11:30. I'll do the math for you since it was painfully obvious to me how long it was taking last night. That's three and a half hours of us sitting by her bed, standing by the door, telling her that she can't get out of bed, putting her back in bed, flipping her over from tummy to back, trying not to yell, taking parent timeouts so we didn't lose our minds, switching off so we didn't lose our minds, sitting in the chair, changing her diaper, switching blankets. Do you get how our night was? The best part is that through all of this, she was laughing, talking, almost falling asleep, smiling. Hardly a tear was shed. It was just thatkindofnight.

Today, I sit with my coffee with sweet Audrey laying next to me. It's a bit cold in here, so the coffee in my hands feels good. I am enjoying the quiet as my oldest daughter takes her nap at 9:00 in the morning. It was needed. She didn't even argue. 

Love that girl.

Don't let Audrey's sweet demeanor fool you though. Last night at around 5:30, she decided that nothing I had to offer was good enough and proceeded to pull me through the wringer for a solid hour and a half. Let's just chalk up yesterday and last night as the day we'll look back on and sigh while thinking, "so glad that's not us anymore." We have plenty of good, awesome, fantastic days, so I'm not going to complain about life in general. It's still great. But last night? I'm glad that's not the norm.





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