2 months old!

Ok, seriously?!  It's so true when *they* say that time flies and your babies grow up so fast.  In just 2 months, I have gotten to see our little love transform already! It's so fun to see her personality develop and to watch her learn new things.  She is doing amazing!

I'm happy to share that a routine has finally started to set itself.  Ever since we let her sleep on her belly, I only hafta get up once to feed her. *score!* She will typically sleep a long stretch(anywhere from 5-7 hours) get a good feeding and sometimes go right back to sleep for another 3-ish hours.  Other times, she plays for about 30 minutes and I hafta rock/bounce/pat-that-booty back to sleep.  Kinda sucks when I've been in a deep sleep myself, but I would rather do that than get up every 2-3 hours. There have been a handful of times she has slept through the entire night, so awesome.

When she wakes up in the morning, she is at her Sunday's best.  Very active, all smiles, and loves to coo.  I'm loving all the coos and enjoy having random conversations with her. She is usually up for about an hour, and likes to take 40 minute-1 hour nap right after.  This has been our every morning for the last 2 weeks, spot on.  During the day and evening can vary.  Some days she will only take 40 min naps at a time, other days she will take a 2-3 hour nap.  Keeps it interesting for me! Hehe.  As long as she sleeps like a champ at night, she can do what she wants in the day.

The dreaded 2 month appointment was this week. One word: vaccinations.  I know she has gotten some already, but that was at the hospital and this time she was getting 4 (1 was oral, thankfully).  I decided to get them all done versus spacing them out.  I know there is a lotta research behind this controversial topic, but my mommy instinct and my desire to not put her through another day of *possible* fever and fussiness took over.  She did so great! By the time the first needle was coming out, the confused expression turned into a scream.  The lady did it so quick, thankfully.  After I held baby Sofie close and whispered to her it was ok, she calmed down and fell asleep.  Poor babe.  She has been sleeping a lot more the last 2 days, but otherwise happy.  And no fever, Thank you God.  I still gave her extra cuddles, even though she was more interested in laying in her crib and watching her mobile. Haha.  Mama probably needed the cuddles more!

Here is her 2 month update:

And a few other pics from our little photo shoot.

This puts it into perspective for me, a side by side:

She has officially outgrown all her newborn clothing items. Even though she has gained a whole pound, she looks so much thinner, but definitely longer.  She'll always be my lil chunky monkey.

Of course I gotta include the weekly pic too!

Here are some cute faces she likes to make (usually first thing in the morning, hehe). I've noticed these last few weeks she has discovered the use of her eyebrows and it's hilarious.

Now that I have some sort of sanity in my life AKA sleep, I'm back to doing some artsy fartsy crafts, and made this super cute and easy headband holder.  Monica sent me the idea from Pinterest (of course). Made from an oatmeal bin, scrapbook paper, and my handy hot glue gun.

Aaaaaand, my other awesome friend, Ashleigh, inspired my holiday craft. Also using my handy hot glue gun, scrapbook paper and jute.

Yay for craft time!  Now if only I could get my dang office organized....haha.  That room has been a hot mess since we moved in, pretty much.  Oh wells!

Everyone always asks me "How has your dog reacted/dealt with a new baby?"  I'm proud to say that she has done awesome.  She was very curious at first, and now is protective of Sofia.  It's adorable, really.

You can also see that Sofia loves to play in her deluxe play gym.   Yay!  She gets so excited and interested in all the bright colors and sounds.  She coos a lot more and sometimes does this giddy, high-pitched shriek. Haha! So fun to see her actually do something besides eat.sleep.repeat ;)

Here she is completely mesmerized by her mobile that we finally got around to purchasing and installing:

Today my mom watched baby girl while I ran a few errands and enjoyed my adjustment/massage.  Mommy time is essential! Bre also came to hang out and brought little Rico as a surprise.  He misses his mama bear and made himself right at home, as usual.

I am so, so thankful my parents took him under their wing so I can still see him.  He is such a sweet boy!

Tidbit about post-partum Lex:  I've started Insanity and it is kicking my booty!  I can already feel the energy boost and my muscles coming back.  I took it easy the first week, and am in the middle of my 2nd week.  Had to take a few days off due to a stupid medical issue.  Long story short: I have a cyst in the middle of my chest (between the girls) and it got inflamed/infected and I had to get it cut open to drain. Boo!  Gonna test the waters tomorrow and make up for those 2 days.  Note to self: Need to get my eating habits right.  My candy bowl is almost gone and I hardly have any visitors, haha.  Oops!  Damn sweet tooth, :D

Welp, that's it for this addition. Really, really gonna try and update again soon.  Until then, here is a pic from this morning. I kiiiinda forgot to turn off the flash, bahaha!

Her hair has seriously grown!  It's pretty fabulous, if I do say so myself. Hehe

Xoxo

Lex

P.S.

I want to take a moment to send prayers of strength to the community of Newtown, CT.  What a senseless and horrific tragedy!  It's hard to fathom someone going to an elementary school to murder innocent children and school staff.  What a sick and deranged individual!  As a new parent, I can't even imagine the pain the parents of the 20 dead children are dealing with.  No parent should witness their own child pass before them. So sad :(