Rolling Over

And we're hitting yet another milestone! Here's our big girl rolling over from her belly to her back! WooHoo!

2 Month Stats

She is growing and everything looks great!
Ms. Gracie is now a whopping 9lb 13 oz, 22 inches long with a head diameter of 15cm!

Grow little girl grow!!

Shots went as well as can be expected. She got 3 shots total and cried for a hot second and then she was fine. She will get her next set of shots at 4 months.

That's it for now. See you next month.
Love to all!

2 Months!!

It's pretty crazy to think that already 8 weeks have come & gone. What a busy beautiful 8 weeks it's been! Lots of firsts and so much fun! Let's see - where to begin!

It has been fun watching Ms. Gracie discover her surroundings and herself...she's finding her hands and starting to reach for and grab things...oh that's what those are for! :)

We had our first Christmas together as a family.

This also involved us making our first road trip! Everything went really well - packing with a newborn is lots of fun! haha. Needless to say it requires A LOT of "stuff" and that in turn requires a lot of car room...add Tabi in there & the Jetta was at capacity! Little snug but we made it and she travels VERY well. Just like Mom - soon as you get comfy and the car starts moving - OUT. This is awesome since Steve and I do a fair amount of travel by car. So great that she likes the car - I have heard horror stories about some children and car rides...whew!

Here are a few other pics from Christmas

Candy Cane - thanks Grandpa!

Gracie's first pair o' sunglasses - Thanks Mel & Greg!

How is Gracie changing physically - well, a little everyday it seems! She lost a good bit of the hair she was born with but she hasn't gone completely bald and it seems to be starting to grow back again - and it's dark! Who knows though - could fall out again...we shall see. Her eyes are still blue but with a hint of brown in the middle...so maybe hazel?? I've heard differing opinions on when a baby's eyes are really set...some say 2 months and if that's the case then we have a blue-eyed girl. They are open a lot more and she's certainly curious about her surroundings. Squiggly little thing! Cranes her neck to see everything and funny enough seems to be completely infatuated with the surround sound speakers on the ceiling in our living room. She stares & stares at them. Hysterical. She coos & gurgles & we coo & gurgle right back...our greatest talks happen in the morning. She's at her best in the morning & definitely got that part of her from Daddy! :) She likes to talk to her stuffed animal friends, Elmo especially!

We now get full face smiles that just melt you. Smiles like these:
Sleeping is going a bit better. She will give us a good 3 hour stretch followed by 2 hours - usually. We are down to 1 feeding a night which is awesome! Definitely makes getting through the day a little easier. Although getting up & being up at 5:30/6am is still an adjustment for me! I am NOT a morning person though I am trying very hard to be for her sake! I am now back to work full time which I noted on my last blog. It's going really well and she enjoys being with me...I think :)

Here's Gracie at work talking to her "friends"

Best part is I don't have to miss out on anything nor do I have to worry about where she is - who she is with or what's going on. I would be a disaster I am sure and a total menace to whoevers poor soul we had watching her if we had to do so. Thankfully we don't!

Gracie is still not a huge fan of tummy time which is funny since she hates being on her back! She has started lifting her leg while on her tummy and teetering...this marks the beginning stages of her learning to roll over. Unbelievable how quickly they progress! She likes to blow bubbles and loves to snuggle. So do Mommy & Daddy :)


Life since Gracie arrived has been hectic for sure. In a matter of hours our whole world changed, got flipped upside down and all around and it's been a whirlwind for sure. Wouldn't change it for anything though. Steve and I are finding little moments to spend together and in those moments what do we do?? Talk about Gracie of course! :) She truly has become our entire world but we are enjoying everyday with her and both feel closer to each other than ever before. Having the right partner makes all the difference in the world...

So what's next? This past weekend we had our annual ski/snowboarding trip with our fabulous friends. We had such a great time with our friends. Traveling with Gracie is different but do-able. She does really well out & about and everyone seems to enjoy her company. :)
Here are a few pics/videos from our weekend away.

Tummy time on the boppy is much more successful!

Steve took a video of me boarding down the mountain - SO much fun!

And here's a video of us riding the ski lift back up

Today is her 2 month visit with the doctor and along with that comes her 2 month shots! Thankfully Daddy is coming along for this...I may need him to hold my hand. I will do a quickie update on here with her new 2 month stats later today or tomorrow

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All in all, Life is good - and we are blessed. Love you all!

BACK TO WORK!

So...today was my first day back to work after 6 blissful weeks of maternity leave.
OK - so blissful might be a bit of a stretch but it was awesome to be home with Gracie one on one for awhile. We've gotten to know each other pretty well and now we're ready to greet the rest of the world. Or so Mommy says. :)
The day went well! Gracie slept fairly well last night and our morning was pretty relaxed. We actually wound up going in a tad early since we found ourselves ready to go with time to spare. Amazingly enough...
While we didn't accomplish a ton of "work" - as we spent a majority of the day catching up on the latest office gossip - it was great to be back. It's an amazing thing that I can bring Ms. Gracie with me - I cannot imagine leaving her with anyone at this stage in her life. I feel super blessed and I am so thankful that I don't have to miss out on anything with her.
Starting tomorrow we are back to full days. I think she likes the outing and Mommy most certainly does!
Plus it's always nice to hear people ooh & aah over your little one - lets be honest!
I'll have more pictures & news next week. Weekly updates at this point are a bit much for me to keep up with but rest assured I will be doing Monthly updates. And that means next week there will be a new post since she will be 2 months old next Thursday!!
Holy my goodness I cannot believe it! :)
Love to all!