Two months old!

My sweet little Blakely Ann was two months old on December 13!  We love you so much sweet girl.  Your daddy and I are so lucky to have your as our little girl.  We find ourselves just staring at you every evening with wonder.  We kiss you all the time!  We joke that one day you won't want our kisses so we have to get plenty in now :)  You are such a great baby!  You only get upset when you are hungry and if you get overly tired.  We have taken you quite a few places this month and you always do so well...even though mommy stresses so much about how it will go!

Firsts this month:  

• You smiled in response to me for the first time on November 28th.  You had been smiling some before but this was the first day that I was sure you were smiling at me..you did it multiple times.  Since then you have been a smiley little bug all the time.  Once you figured out how to do it, you do it a lot.  In the past week you have figured out that it makes mommy and daddy squeal with excitement when you smile so then you smile even more!  You are very close to giggling...I feel like you will do that very soon. 

• You went on your first shopping trip to Little Rock (an hour away) with me and your "aunt" Sarah on November 29th.  Mommy worried like crazy about this but you were great!  This was the first time I nursed you away from home...we did it in a Dillard's dressing room....perfect place by the way!  You slept most of the time.

• You slept in your room by yourself for the first time.  This was harder on me than it was on you....
• You took your first real bath this month.  We had still been giving you sponge baths on the counter even after your belly button fell off..it was just easier.  Now we are just letting you take a bath with one of us and you love it!  Sometimes you even fall asleep while we are holding you...you get so relaxed.  I think you will be a little water baby like your mommy :)
• You slept through the night for the first time on December 5th.  I read somewhere that sleeping 7 hours is technically sleeping through the night.  You were 7 1/2 weeks old. 
• You went to your first Christmas party!  It was with my girls at work and you totally showed off.  You were smiling at everyone and talked a lot!  They all loved you :)

Doctor Appointment:  Thank goodness Daddy went with us!  She got her shots and, of course, she screamed her little head off.  But we actually were able to calm her down pretty quick after.  I really just want to snuggle with her all day but I have errands to run...boo.  She weighs 11 pounds 8 ounces and is 22 1/2 inches long.  She is right above the 50th percentile in all categories.  


Nicknames:  Blakey, Blakey Bear, Blakely Bear, Blakey Bug, B Bug, Sweet Pea, Pea Pod, Tinky Boo, Tink, Sunshine, Sunshine Pea.....there are lots more but these are the main ones :)

Eating:  We are still just breastfeeding.  You eat about every 3 hours during the day and then about every 2 hours in the evening.  You hate the bottle right now.  I am about to try some different bottles to see if that will help.  You have been spitting up much less frequently.  It had been about a week since you spit up and then you did a massive one yesterday morning...soaked us both!  You are a great burper...I always say you burp like a grown man!  I am still pumping pretty often.  I just play it by ear most days.  I always pump after your last evening feeding since you are sleeping so long it helps with the engorgement.  Then if you go 7 hours I will pump after that feeding because you usually only eat off of one side.  During the day I don't usually pump unless you only do one side.  It varies every day.  

We do lots of this during the day too :)

Sleeping:  You are a rockstar sleeper.  I don't want to jinx myself about this but for right now you do awesome at night.  For the past week and a half you have been sleeping a 7 hour stretch and a couple of times 8 hours.  There have been a few nights that you wake up at 3 but I just pat you on the tummy and turn your sound machine on for 20 minutes and you go back to sleep.  Naps during the day are still not great but they are better and I don't mind you being awake all day because you sleep all night!  

Daily Routine:  This is a routine for most days but not all because sometimes mommy likes to sleep in :)  And these times aren't always the same but within an hour...

9am-wake up for first feeding, diaper change, and new clothes for the day.  

930 to 1030am-come upstairs and I put you in the bouncer in the bathroom while I get ready.  You watch me and we listen to Christmas music.  

1030ish you fall asleep.

1030am to 1200pm-We run errands if we need to while you are sleeping or mommy cleans up the kitchen and washes all the pump parts from the night before.  If we don't get in the car then you usually don't sleep the whole time.

1200pm-diaper change and next feeding

1230 to 3pm-this time in between feedings is usually spent with you taking a 10 minute nap and then waking up and wanting to be held, napping for 15 minutes and then waking up and wanting to play.  

3pm-diaper change and feeding

330 to 5pm-you are usually awake the whole time in between the 3p and 5p feeding.  You spend a lot of time on your play mat during this time while mommy is trying to cook dinner.

5pm-diaper change and feeding.  This is usually the times when daddy gets home from work.

530 to 7pm-play with daddy.  He talks to you, sings to you, and tries to get you to laugh!

7pm-diaper change and feeding.  If we are giving you a bath during the week then this is when we do it.  

730 to 9pm-more playing with daddy!  

9pm-last feeding of the night.  I take you downstairs and feed you in your room and rock you for a little bit.  Then I swaddle you and put you down after about 30 minutes.  You are still awake but put yourself to sleep after about 20 minutes.  

You are asleep for the night anywhere from 930 to 1030, depending on the time of you last feeding.  

5 or 6 am-diaper change and feeding.  I put you back down because no way am I ready to be up for the day!

9am-start all over!!!  Sometimes I don't get us both up and ready at nine...we will try to take a nap together in your room.    


How mommy is doing:  I am doing well these days.  I feel like I am getting the hang of this mommy thing.  Now, don't get me wrong, there are some days that are totally effing crazy and I have no clue what I am doing...but in general I am doing good.  I really wish she wouldn't hate on the bottle so much.  It makes me feel really bad that I want to go places and do things.  I am hoping this is just a phase...a short phase.  


How daddy is doing:  Daddy is doing well and he spends all of his time at home with Blakely.  He is so happy to see her when he gets home.  There have been a few evenings that I was out with her or he had something to do after work and he didn't get to see her for a day.  He hates that and it really gets him down.  He makes up for it the next day by snuggling with her every second :) 

Sweetest moment this month:  I have two of these moments.  The first one was when I brought her into bed with me on a rainy Sunday morning and we both fell back asleep.  Don't worry I made it very safe for her :)
The second moment still makes me tear up thinking about it.  We had taken her downstairs to her room to put her pajamas on before I fed her and put her to bed.  She was laying on the queen bed and we were just kissing on her.  I kept trying to pick her up to feed her and Lonnie kept saying no not yet.  After doing this about 4 times, he looked at me and said "I just can't quit her"....melt.my.heart.....


A few other things:

• you wear a size 1 diaper.  Although, I think I ordered the wrong size from Diapers.com but they are fitting you well too.  I guess it is a size one and a half because it says 1-2 on it....
• you are in all size 0-3 month clothes.  They are fitting you really well and I think you will probably grow out of them very soon
• you refuse the pacifier.  I have tried to give it to you multiple times because you really like to suck but you spit it out, gag, or just chew on it....similar to what you do with the bottle!
• you favorite toy is, by far, your play mat.  You love to lay flat and move your legs and arms at the same time.  

• you have started noticing the TV....therefore we have turned it off!
• you have discovered how to put your hand into a fist and bring it to your mouth.  You do this and then try your hardest to suck on your entire fist.  I haven't gotten a good picture of this yet but it is pretty darn cute.  
• you still are not the biggest fan of tummy time...  

   unless you are on your tummy on daddy's lap...

A few more pics and some comparisons.  

I bought this outfit in all sizes....

Stay tuned for a big announcement this week!  And don't go thinking I'm pregnant or anything crazy like that....It is definitely NOT that...