Play All Day, Party All night

Emelia spent the majority if the day playing and being uber alert. Now she is spending most of the night being grumpy and uber tired but not sleeping. On the bright side, she was very cute today! She seemed to notice and interact with her toys full on today, even got some smile action!

Shots Shots Shots

This morning Emelia got her round of 2 month vaccinations. She took it like a champ and only cried for a quick second. Hopefully she doesn't get too grumpy or feel crappy later today. I hope she just sleeps it off. While at the doctors, she was weighed at 9.09 lbs and grew another inch an a half. Everything is going really well and she is doing great!

She had been cheating and been sleeping propped up in her boppy pillow at night for a while now since she decided she hated being flat. I decided she is too big and mobile now to do that since I found her half rolled out of it. Last night she did awesome sleeping flat again on her back in the crib like a safe little baby should haha.

This weekend is Father's day and Emmy has been hard at work getting things ready for her awesome dad. I'm not sure I have mentioned it yet, but Mark is an amazing dad. So helpful and hands on. We are lucky to have him and its clear Emelia will be a daddy's girl.

Child's Age

Mastered Skills (most kids can do)

Emerging Skills (half of kids can do)

Advanced Skills (a few kids can do)

2 months

Vocalizes: gurgles and coos Follows objects across field of vision Notices his hands Holds head up for short periods

Smiles, laughs Holds head at 45-degree angle Makes smoother movements

Holds head steady Can bear weight on legs Lifts head and shoulders when lying on tummy (mini-pushup)

(We are still working on legit smiles and laughs but Emelia pretty much has all this covered )

Middle of the night

Figured I would post a quick update. Emelia spent a good amount of yesterday wide awake, looking around, doing her weird smile thing, playing with her "zucchini" (a toy from when mark was little, its like a soft rattle) and just being cute. She has found my hair and gets her fingers all twisted up in it. If you hold her under her arms she can support her weight for a while now and will sometimes even push up. I have been practicing sitting up with her now too. Basically, just holding her softly in position so she gets the idea. My work out DVD would say she is hardening her core hahaha. She is getting so cute, looking more and more like a little kid which is scary hhaha. I can't believe how much older she looks to us, even though she is only just over 2 months.

Just about 2 months old....

Emelia had her just about 2 month checkup last week and did great. She was 8lbs exactly, her head grew an inch and her body grew two inches. Dr. Laura said she is doing great and nurse Roberta went crazy over her cuteness as usual. We need to make an appointment closer to her actual 2 month date for some shots :(

I don't want to get too far ahead of myself but.... I think Emmy might be starting to settle into a schedule. She seems to go down easy between 10-11 and then gets up around 4 and then again between 6-7. I hope it continues and starts spreading out even more. The fuzziness when she eats was becoming an issue but I can already see that its starting to die down a tad, maybe the new Playtex Venti Air bottles are helping. She is still eating really well, which can be seen by the little rolls she is accumulating on her teeny legs.

My favorite things to do with her lately are hang outside and take her for car rides. She LOVES the car, she either looks out the window or falls right asleep. Now that its warm out to she passes right out in the stroller. The other day I had her laying on the picnic table looking up at the sky and you would think she saw heaven. Then we was playing with my hair, which is her new favorite thing, and getting all excited when she stuck her hand right in my mouth and smiled big! I haven't been able to get her to do it again, but I'm convinced she thought it was funny.

Its also awesome to watch how strong she is getting, not particularly when she is pulling my hair but when she is pushing off her legs and pushing up her weight. She will do it several times until she is tired and just falls down like a ball of jelly.

Its great to see how much she is changing and becoming aware of things around her and herself. Not so great that its going by so fast haha.