Lil Artist

I love this new coloring toy Connor got as a big brother gift this week!  (He's not much of a coloring kid, but I can try!)  You put paper inside the plastic inserts and then color directly on the plastic.  The crayon marks wipe off easily after they're done.  It's like a dry erase board for kids, but without the messy markers!  It folds up into a little suitcase so they can carry it with them too.  It only lasted a few minutes before he wanted the ipad, but we'll work on it!

Baby Acne

Poor girl :(  Her baby acne started up this week and it's just so sad to see.  I've tried breast milk and coconut oil, but nothing really seems to be helping.  I feel even worse because my skin looks amazing and hers is horrible!  WTF, hormones?!?

I told Daddy it was just a good excuse to wear more hair bows to distract from the skin!

2 Months!

Weight: 9 lbs, 9 oz. (TBA) 

Height: 22.75 inches (TBA)

Head: 37 cm (TBA)

The doctor's computer system was down, so I'll have to add percentages later when I get them.

Look at that little smile!

She's so big now!  I feel like she's grown up so much in the past month.  She's had her first time sleeping through the night, her first smile, first coo, first play time with a toy, etc.  She loves to smile if you can catch her at a time when she wants to hang out without her pacifier.  We play "faces" a lot just like I used to do with Connor after feedings when she's full and happy.  She copies my faces like opening my mouth, sticking out my tongue and smiling.  

She eats about every 3 hours although sometimes it's a little more often during the day if we're at home.  If we're out, she sleeps the majority of the time and she can go a little longer.  It's not like she's starving because she's quite the little chunker!  Not that she's huge, but she's quite the little piggy compared to Connor who was almost a pound less than her and 1/2 inch shorter at this age!  She's quickly retiring a lot of her newborn clothes so I'm putting away a lot of the sleepers long sleeve onesies (sleeves are getting too short).  We switched to size 1 diapers last week to try to help with the blowouts although I don't think that's made much of a difference so far.

I'm loving that she's been sleeping through the night since she was 5 weeks old.  She goes to bed at about 8:30 and wakes up around 5:30-6.  The timing is perfect since I'll be waking her around 5:45-6 to eat before work in the mornings.

Her baby acne is just starting up this week (poor girl), but that's just an excuse to make more hair bows and dress extra cute, right? The pediatrician also said her strawberry marks look like they're just starting to go away since the big one is starting to turn gray.  The little flat pink bumps might be permanent, but they should be covered by her hair.  The strawberry marks will definitely go away and hair will grow in eventually.

I have 3 weeks of leave left with my little love and I want to enjoy every minute.  My life feels so complete with my little ones!