2 Months old!

Our Stella Kate is 2 months old! She is smiling more everyday and is super alert. She looks me and her daddy straight in the eyes as if she can see into our souls. It's weird! She is starting to scoot herself across the blanket during tummy time and has started making new cooing sounds. I am so in love with her that I can't handle myself sometimes. I kiss her non stop and she smiles when I do. I love my girl! Happy 2 month birthday sis!

2 month check-up and first round of shots!

Stella will be 2 months old tomorrow! The time has flown by and she just seems to be getting chubbier and chubbier everyday. We had her 2 month check-up today, she is still in the 85th percentile for height (23 1/4 inches) and went from the 15th percentile for weight to the 75th! She now weighs 11 lbs 11 oz! The doctor said that she looks great and also commented on how beautiful her eyes are:). Anyways, she screamed the entire time and is now taking a nap in her swing with a band- aid on each leg. My poor girl! Here are a few shots of my lady at the docs and then on the way home.

Take that!

We had a rough little 4th of July weekend with Miss Stella. She has seemed a little off the past week and hasn't been sleeping at all or eating properly. I have felt so discouraged, frustrated and defeated and I wanted to blog about it! I read tons of blogs about other peoples' children and their kids all seem so perfect. I was telling my mom this and she laughed and said that no one wants to post pictures of their kids screaming and they don't want to talk about the bad moments. Well, if you have hard moments with your kids and are reading this blog, so do I! We think she has a sore tummy. Last night Morgan gave her a herbal gas reliever and she slept through the night for the very first time! She is also taking longer than 10 min naps today, so let's hope we have solved her little problem! Here was what our ride home from grandma and grandpa's house looked like!

I love...

Stella is 6 weeks old and I honestly can't believe how quickly the time has flown by. She looks different to me everyday! I look at her and pinch myself because I can't believe she is mine. She is more beautiful and amazing than I could have ever imagined her to be. Her personality is so silly. I want to remember everything about her in this little time in her life because it is flying by. so here is a list of things I love about my Stella:
-I love when we take her out of her swaddle and she stretches her arms above her head and pierces her lips. She stretches so much that it seems unnatural.
-I love when she he smacks her tongue at me when she is hungry, it's insane, her mouth makes a loud popping noise. I am almost insulted by it. It almost seems as if she is saying "give me my food NOW mother".
-I love her dimple on each cheek and sometimes after she is done eating she will smile and you can see her dimples. She hasn't smiled for us yet, but she smiles at the funny little jokes in her head. I can't wait until I am able to make her smile and it's not just a reflex.
-I love when I am burping her over my shoulder and her little face is right in mine and her eyes are squinting and she is making weird grunting noises.
-I love that when she farts Morgan and I think it's each other because that's how mature they sound:)
-I love that she loves to fall asleep on my chest.
-Even though I find breastfeeding to be exhausting at times, I love that she needs me and finds comfort in something only I can give her.
-I love when her long hair in the back hangs over her swaddle.
-I love that after she takes baths, when she is all bundled up in her towel she tries to suckle through my shirt for comfort.
-I love when she cuddles up with me in bed in the morning.
-I love when she goes cross eyed.
-I love the peach fuzz on her shoulders.
-I love that she is making new cooing sounds everyday.
-I love loving her.
-I love that she is mine and that I get to keep her.