Month 2

Happy 2 months to Elsa!

She is smiling and talking all the time. It's so fun to get her up in the morning. She wakes up so happy, even though she's hungry. She smiles and smiles, eats, smiles, gets her diaper changed, smiles, and then we play on her mobile gym for a while and have great conversation.

Her stats at her 2 month appointment were:

87% length

27% head

63% weight

She received 3 shots in her legs and was as perfect as a 2 month old patient could be. One little squeak and one tear. The doctor was very impressed, which is always encouraging. I love being a mommy.

My cousin, Alison, was baptized this past weekend and I wanted to say how excited I am. What an amazing decision. Alison, I love you so much!

My sister in law and brother in law received their next orders and we are excited that they will be closer!

We recently found out that we will be heading up to Cape Cod to visit family at the end of September. Elsa's first plane ride. We're excited to see family and for Aunt L to meet Elsa.

Last week Shane, David and I drove up to Charlottesville, VA for the day to meet our new niece, Kate. The whole way home Elsa was talking about how jealous she was of Kate's full head of hair.

Here are a few pictures from the day.

Will climbs all over Matt. He doesn't care if he's awake or asleep, busy or not.

Elsa and Kate.

We all went on a walk in Monticello Park after breakfast. It was beautiful!

I asked Will to lay down on the floor next to Elsa and he accidentally laid on her arm, so she was a little upset...Whoops.

Thanks for having us Matt and Becca! It was great to see everyone!

We caught Elsa smiling, so here it is. It's not the biggest smile we've seen out of her, but it's a good one.

One of my mom's friends has a mother that knits, and she has knit Elsa some really cute sweaters, booties and hats that will fit her come winter time. She recently sent this hat in the next picture. So sweet! Even though it's 100 degrees outside, I still had to go ahead and snap a picture of her with it on. I'll be printing this off and sending it to her soon.

We've had so much fun with her. We both have taken her out on jogs in her jogging stroller. I try to go most mornings before it gets too hot. I don't know if I've ever been so excited about Fall. She usually stays awake most of the time and kicks and throws her arms in the air.

'Til next time...