2 Months Old

Today is Allie's 2-month birthday! I sang Happy Birthday to her when she woke up this morning and she looked at me like I was crazy. We go to the doctor tomorrow morning for her check-up so I'll have to update her stats afterward. My prediction is 12lbs and 23 inches long.

Happy 2 Months Allie! We love you!

Rub a dub dub

Allie loves the water! I've found that it's much easier to take her into the shower with me than use her baby bath and things have been going well. She doesn't cry when she gets water in her face and loves having her hair washed. She just smiles as I shampoo her hair and looks so sad when it's over. Now if I could only teach her not to poop the second we get out of the shower I'd be all set!

8 Weeks Old

Today Allie turns 8 weeks old. She's really hit a growth spurt and is getting so big! She's starting sleeping through the night fairly consistantly (6 out of 7 nights isn't bad!) and is awake a lot more during the day. We're trying to work on a schedule for the daytime so that her naps aren't all over the place. We're also working on sleeping in a real bed instead of the Magic Chair. That one's not going too well. She does not like to sleep flat on her back.

She smiles almost constantly throughout the day, wants to stand on our laps at all times and thinks Mommy is the best dancer in the whole world! We spend our days on the "fun circuit" which consists of the activity gym, the exersaucer, belly time, story time and dancing to the radio. I think her favorite is story time, but only when Mommy makes the crazy voices. She's still trying to get that fist in her mouth but isn't having much success. She's growing up too fast!

Happy 8 Week Birthday Sweetheart! Mommy and Daddy love you!

7 Weeks Old

Allie is 7 Weeks Old today! We're starting to notice her little body filling out and she's getting so strong! She has total control of her head even though she hates tummy time. Her newest trick is to want to stand up all of the time. She's pretty good at it too. She's smiling and cooing more and more every day. She's starting to imitate us if we make a sound or a funny face. She loves it when we sing to her, even if it's just a silly song we've made up. I can't believe she's almost two months old!

Happy 7 Week Birthday baby girl! Mommy and Daddy love you!

Smile Pretty

Allie has recently started to smile. These are actual real smiles and don't indicate an upcoming poop. It's so rewarding to see her smile at you and it's amazing how it can totally melt your heart and make all of the hard times worth it. Here are some of the smiles I've caught over the past few days. She's just too cute!

Just In Case You Didn't Know...

This is what cute looks like!

Allie is 6 weeks old today! Time has totally flown by and our baby is growing up. In the past day or two, it's like a light bulb went on inside her head that she should spends some time awake during the day. She used to stay awake for no more than an hour at a time before she would have a meltdown. Yesterday evening she was awake for four hours straight and today she's still going strong after being awake for four hours this morning.

She's so much fun! She's discovered her hands and likes to see if she can fit both fists totally inside her mouth at one time. She gets pretty close to one entire fist inside her mouth but can't seem to squeeze that second one in. She seems to grab and swat at toys with her left hand all the time so I wonder if we'll have a lefty? She's making more noises and starting to notice all of the things around her. She loves the butterfly mobile in her room and stares at it when we rock her. She's just the cutest thing around!

Happy 6 Weeks Alligator! Mommy & Daddy love you!

Pretty in Pink

I can't for the life of me remember when I took this picture but I found it on my camera today and think it is totally cute. That's probably the last time Allie will be able to wear those adorable overalls. They are size newborn and our chunky monkey is moving into the 0-3 month size now. She's also outgrown the newborn diapers! We went to the doctor for her clogged tear ducts on Tuesday and she weighed in at 9lbs 150z! She's growing up so fast!