Two Months!

This is a week late, but I better document before it's too late!

Hannah is...

 and I cannot believe how fast it has gone!!

I love watching her grow and change and learn, 

but man alive, 

I already miss my little newborn

Before I had Hannah, 

I wrote in my journal what my expectations were of motherhood. 

I knew I would look back and laugh at some of it,

and hoped I'd be right about the majority.

The biggest surprises for me have been:

- For the first few weeks, I felt like I had a different child every week.

Just when I thought I had figured it out, 

something new would present itself that I had to figure out. 

It's a never ending cycle!

- Newborns don't show their true personality for about two weeks.

When she was born, I kept telling Scott 

how lucky we were to have such a mellow baby!

I was convinced we had the easiest baby in the world.

Don't get me wrong, we are still veeeryyy lucky to have Hannah,

but she's not as mellow and easy as I originally thought :)

Once they "wake up" they definitely come with a personality!

- Being a mom is an emotional roller coaster!

I'd like to think I'm pretty emotionally stable. 

But holy cow,

the baby's cry, smile, frown, tears, etc. really pulls at my heart 

even more than I knew was possible

-Babies need sleep!

I knew this, but I didn't know how important this is.

I thought if she was tired, she would sleep during the day. 

Hannah took very long naps for many weeks. 

She would take a 4 hour nap, then be up for 4 hours, and then conk out again.

She has been so much happier when I encourage 

her to only be awake for an hour at a time. 

I let her sleep for however long she needs to.

This has made such a difference!

- Being a mom is BUSY.

I knew moms don't just sit around, obviously.

But I had no idea how busy I would be!

feed, entertain, put to sleep, help wake up, diaper, entertain, sleep, 

wake, diaper, feed, bathe, sleep, feed, diaper, sleep, feed, diaper, sleep, feed....... 

I just get nothing else done around here!

I try real hard to get one big thing done each day, and make dinner. 

The rest of the day is for Hannah

Like I said, I don't feel like I have a newborn anymore! 

even though she is still teeny tiny

She is awake, smiling, talking, and wants to be a part of the party!

 She is now 9 lb 4 oz, and 23 inches tall!

Long and Lean!

She is still wearing newborn size diapers, 

except I just ran out again, so I moved her up to size 1. 

At 7 weeks she was officially out of her newborn clothes and into 0-3month. 

A lot of the 0-3m clothes are still way too big.

getting ready for her first date with mom and dad

We had a few particularly hard weeks starting at about 3 weeks old 

(yeah, right when she "woke up" to life)

Every week it seemed to be something new that was making her cry-

throwing up major, then gas, then worse gas, then wanted to be held constantly,

 then decided she hated nursing, then who knows what the problem was...

I was exhausted.

Emotionally and physically.

I had given up chocolate, milk, lots of vegetables, soda/caffeine.. We tried gripe water, gas drops, reflux meds, bouncing, walking, the swing, the carrier, the pacifier, the swaddle...

And while most things helped, 

I was starting to fear that we just had a very screamy baby.

Luckily, she seems to finally be done with the inconsolable crying!

Can't tell you how happy I am about this!

Love me a happy baby!!!

Now she only cries if she's bored, tired, hungry, or nursing.

Nursing... 

I used to like you. 

That's not true, I still do like nursing.

Which is why I'm still exclusively nursing.

But Hannah gets pretty frustrated by it. 

She cries quite a bit during it, but not every time!

I have no idea what the problem is. 

But she is growing and gaining weight, 

so we are keeping at it!

And I hope we can keep it up for a long time!

getting ready for her first day at church

 This little blanket is Hannah's "silky". It's behind her head always. She has 3 of them. We don't want her to rub off her hair :)

Some of Hannah's favorite things are her swing (although she didn't really like it until 7 weeks old), her pacifier, being swaddled, kicking her legs as fast and high as she can (she has awesome abs), her bouncer chair, her reflux medicine (smells like cream soda), bath time, music, diaper changes, and laying on her changing table (see below). She will lay there and chill or kick her legs for a full hour sometimes! 

Hannah still sleeps like a champ!

She goes to bed between 9 and 10, eats once during the night, 

and then wakes up at 7am.

She still sleeps in her pack n play in our room, 

but never wakes me up except to eat, once.

Her naps during the day are getting shorter and shorter. 

In fact, suddenly her naps are only 15-30 minutes long! 

And this is why I get nothing done! :)

just relaxing after quite the blow through her clothes. Cute nakey baby 

first trip to the mall. Loved just kicking back and looking around

I just love her curious little hands that always find their way out of her swaddle

So fun that she really looks at us and interacts with us now. She definitely knows us. In fact, just in the last couple of weeks, if I hand her off to a stranger, she will cry! She seems way too young for that!?

And last, but not least, a video for your enjoyment!