Perry is TWO months old!

Perry Frances is TWO months old!  She is growing WAY too fast!

Perry had her 2-month doctor appointment a week before she turned 2 months old, and here are her growth stats:  

Weight:  12 pounds 8.5 ounces (87%)

Height:  24 inches (99%)

Head circumference:  16 inches (99%)

• She is wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes.
• She wears a size 1 diaper and has been since she was about 2 weeks old.
• She eats about every 2.5-3 hours.
• She usually goes to bed around 8 and sleeps until 1 or 2 before she wakes up to eat. She will usually go back to bed until about 4:30 to eat again, and then wakes up off and on until we get her up for the day around 6:30. Many nights one of us has to take her out to the living room to sleep with her from about 5-6:30.
• We are experiencing the "witching hour" in a major way! Baby girl has been fussing all evening long and often will not eat before we put her down for bed because she is so upset. We are hoping she grows out of this soon. :)
• She is on somewhat of an eating schedule, but not even close to a napping schedule. We try to maintain an eat, wake, sleep cycle, but it's not always successful. I have tried having her nap in her pack-n-play a couple of times, and she will last about 30-45 minutes. Otherwise, I pretty much hold her for naps during the day, or she will nap in the car. We are working on putting her down for naps.
• She now sleeps in her pack-n-play at night! We made the transition from the rock-n-play about two weeks ago, and it's going well so far.
• She has decided that she HATES bottles. I don't know what happened. I am grateful that nursing is going so much better than before, but she refuses to take a bottle now. We need to work on that. :)
• She is still a spitter-upper and pretty much always spits up a lot after eating!!! It drives us nuts, but it doesn't seem to bother her most of the time.
• She like bath time now!
• She is a really good baby and hardly ever cries unless she is hungry or tired...not counting the witching hour, of course.
• She likes pat-a-cake, when mommy sings to her, and being in the car.
• This month she started "talking" and cooing, and it is SO adorable!

We ADORE you, Perry Frances!

Life lately on the iphone...

We have had an eventful past couple of weeks! Here are some highlights as captured on the iphone...

Perry had her first sleepover! Our air conditioning broke, so we escaped for the night to Mumsie and Popsie's house.

We went on our first family walk - at the mall. :) We are looking forward to FALL, so we can finally enjoy the outdoors more!

We went to the doctor, and Perry got snuggles from the amazing women who helped bring her into this world. We love Dr. Levin!

My bestie came to visit for a few days! Perry had so much fun meeting her Auntie Annie! She is a complete natural with babies and loved on my girl the whole trip. We spent a lot of time make-up free in our jammies, watching the Olympics, eating Shipley's and Torchy's Tacos, and catching up on life. It was the perfect visit. Please come back soon, Annie!!

We also went on our first outdoor walk and had a mini photo shoot in this adorable swaddle that Annie got her.

I could not resist this outtake. Perry is a spitter-upper, and this shot captured her mid-spit-up. Hehe!

We went to the lake for a day/night with some of my coworkers. It was so much fun showing Perry off to everyone! I was worried about how she would do on the trip - particularly, with the 2.5 drive, heat, and sleeping situation. She did great and was such a trooper! It was overcast and shady, so we could spend plenty of time with her outside. She even went on her first boat ride (for 5 minutes)!

We celebrated my sister's birthday, and Perry went swimming for the first time! Nothing beats spending time with family!!

Just some other pictures I found on my phone...

Smiles :)

There is simply nothing better than baby smiles!  A couple of weeks ago, we started getting real smiles from our girl, and it completely MELTS my heart every single time.  Her smile lets me know that she is happy, and that is what I will always want for her...simply, to be happy!  She doesn't give out smiles very freely, so I eat up each and every one. :)

We love you, baby girl! May you continue to exude JOY in all of your days!