2 Months!

Today Casey's grandma and I took sweet Ellie in for her 2 month check up and vaccinations. Dr. Kozak checked her out and said that she's doing great! Her growth is perfect and he's very happy with everything. She did SO well during her vaccinations and only cried once (her face got SUPER red though) even though she had to get 3 shots and one oral vaccination. Such a big, brave girl!


And now some Ellie updates:

Height: 22 1/2 inches Weight: 11 lbs!
Our sweet girl is in the 50th percentile for almost everything! See

-Elle is still in love with Mr. Fan, but she also has a new boyfriend - Mr. Lamp. She could stare at him for days.
-TOYS! Our little girl has discovered toys and she LOVES playing now. She has a giraffe toy in her pack and play that she really adores. She will smile and flirt with him as long as I let her, but sometimes she gets mad at him and starts hitting him and yelling. It's SO funny.
-Watching Riley and Zac. She loves watching them zip around the house.
-Kitty. Kitty is her Wubbanub and best friend. We forgot Kitty when we went to church last Sunday. It was not good. Kitty makes everything better when Elle gets upset. Elle loves Kitty. We love Kitty.
- Ellie is holding her head up and looking around ALL the time. She is so strong! It's so nice not having to worry about supporting her head constantly.
-We were given permission to let her sleep through the night - YAY! I know she is going to be a champ at this because I ALWAYS have to wake her up for her feedings during the night. She is such a heavy sleeper.

Casey and I fall more in love with our sweet girl every day. I know it's such a cliche but I NEVER imagined I could have this much love in my heart. Everything about her makes us love her more.

She smiled - love. She laughed - loooooooove. She pooped - SWOON! Screaming for no reason - don't even care - LOVE!

We are so thankful that God gave us such an amazing little person to call our daughter.

Eleanor - one day you will find this blog and be so embarrassed by all the things I posted on here, but just know that you're mom and dad love you SO incredibly much. You are our everything.

First day!

Today is my first day with just me and Ellie and I was really nervous about it. She woke up around 3am and wanted to be held the rest of the night so she and I slept in the recliner that Casey's parents gave us (THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT- IT IS THE BEST THING EVER!!) until Casey left for work around 7:45.

This is how I found our sweet girl in the playard after I finished eating breakfast.

Most of the morning we've just been sitting in the "wonder chair" (recliner) and watching Good Morning America and nursing. So far so good!

The good: It's going pretty great! She's even cluster feeding today and I've still been able to Skype with Jennifer, do some of Casey's laundry, AND eat!

The bad: How the heck do you go to the bathroom with a fussy baby? Do you put them down and let them cry while you are in there? (I hate letting her cry...) Do you .. hold them while in there? I just really, really don't like to let her cry because she gets SO upset.

Oh well - Adventures in motherhood!