2 Months

Cecilia, you are now 2 months! How time flies! You have grown so much in the past month. You weigh 11 lbs 15 oz and are 22 3/4 inches long. You are in the 67th percentile for your length and 79th percentile for your weight. We have a feeling you will be a big girl! You for sure aren't the tiny baby we brought home just 2 short months ago!

You can no longer wear newborn outfits and some 0-3 clothes are too short. That seems to be our biggest struggle these days with clothes; if it fits you around, it is too short or if it is right in the length, it is too big in the top!

You started daycare about 3 weeks and you seem to love it! It was hard for me to let you go but I know you are well taken care of and everyone there seems to know who you are even though you aren't in their class. The other little kids like looking into your carrier to say hi on our way out. I think you are going to really like it once you know what is going on. Plus cousin Gwyneth is in your class and that makes it better.

Your are still a really good sleeper. A few nights you have managed to sleep all night but for the most part you like seeing what 2 am looks like. Thank goodness though you go right back to sleep after a bottle!

We went for your 2 month check up the other day which meant you had to get your first round of shots. Unfortunately, Daddy couldn't go with us so Mama had to put on her big girl panties and take you herself. You were good for the first half of the appointment (this picture proves it)...

but then after the doctor got done checking you, you went into a full on fit! You were letting everyone in the office know you were there! Of course the doctor and nurses thought you were the strangest thing in the world because you were crying. Apparently you are the first crying baby they had ever seen. (We're going to join the local circus next week as part of their freak show. I'm going to cash in on this never been seen before crying baby thing!) You took the shots well. A lot better than me. I broke out into a cold sweat and had to turn my head because I'm pretty sure the nurse would have thought I was weird for tearing up. It was a rough visit! I made sure our next one is on Daddy's day off!

You love sitting in your bouncer and listening to your Praise Baby DVD. You kick your feet and move your arms around. I can only assume you are trying to dance. I have told you that us good Southern Baptist aren't supposed to dance but you don't seem to care. You're just like your Mama; she likes to shake her tail feathers too!

You are really starting to smile these days and this week you have started "talking." We love sitting in front of you and try to make you smile and make noises. Most of the time singing does the trick but sometimes just talking silly gets a smile out of ya.

You are learning to hold your head up and you don't bobble around near as much anymore. You have also started grabbing our fingers more and you love holding my pinkie finger when I feed you.

For the most part you are a happy baby. You wake up with a smile on your face and it usually stays there until about 6pm. This is when you turn into a completely different baby and scream for an hour. We have just decided you are a slightly colic baby and we are praying you grow out of it! (we hear at 3 months this will go away and we are counting down the weeks!) You have gotten better about it as long as I some how distract you by either playing your lullaby worship cd or reading to you. For now these things work. They probably won't next week!

You are changing daily and I'm trying to take all the little things in. You are such a joy to have around and your Daddy and I are so lucky to have you as a daughter!

Thata Girl!

I am so happy to say that Cecilia slept through the night Sunday night! We laid her down around 10:15ish and she didn't wake up until 5:50!!!

When my alarm went off at 5:15 I realized I hadn't gotten up with her so I quickly ran into her room to make sure she was still breathing (I heard that was common for new mothers). I found her asleep making her little snoring sounds (gets that from her Daddy!). I did a fist pump in the air celebrating that she had managed to sleep the whole night!

She has done this a few times but nothing to this extent. It was from like 11:30 to 4:30 and that isn't sleeping through the night to me! :) I was hoping she would keep this trend up but last night her and I feel asleep around 8:30 (big mistake!), she woke up at 10 for her last feeding of the night then she popped back up at 2. I think I'm going to start giving her a bigger bottle at her last feeding in hopes that this will allow her to sleep longer. Brent and I desperate for a full nights sleep!

First Sunday at Church

We took Cecilia to church for the first time today. I have been dying to get back to church ever since her arrival so I was super excited this morning. Getting ready went really smooth and we arrived on time. I had this fear that we would be that family running into church just as it started half dressed but we weren't thankfully!

Since Cecilia was asleep when we got there, we decided just to take her in with us. I know, I know, a baby in church service? Trust me before children I would have said that is why they have nurseries but she did great! She was awake the whole service (more than I can say for some adults!) and Brent only took her out for a few minutes. He said she looked like she was fixin to cry. She looked fine to me. Right before Sunday School I had to feed her and then she sat through most of class. I did have to go out with her because she just had had enough. I think next Sunday she will go to the nursery because it is just too hard to try to concentrate on the preacher and Cecilia.

Once again I don't have a good picture of her. I swear she could be laying still smiling and the minute I get the camera out she starts crying! I promise 2 seconds before this picture she was content and happy. Oh well, that is just something we are going to have to work on!

Under the Weather

Since Sunday Cecilia just hasn't felt up to par. We noticed that she was a little congested and we were hoping it would go away but by Wednesday she wasn't eating much and really fussy. I called the pediatrician to see if there was anything we could do for her and she told us to just come on in and they would take a look at her. Thankfully all she found was a little stopped up nose that was draining in the back of her throat and that was causing her not to want to eat. She told us to use some saline before feedings and she should be fine. Worked like a charm!

Even though she was fine, I didn't want her going to daycare not feeling well so Mom stayed home with her yesterday and got her back on track. That morning she had taken a full bottle (something she hadn't done in 2 days) and seemed to be breathing better! She is doing fine now and we hope by the end of the weekend she will be back at 100%.

My First Mother's Day

My day started with Brent taking the first shift of the day feeding Cecilia so I could sleep in and boy did I! I forgot how good it feels to sleep late! Had it been my only gift of the day, I would have been in heaven!

After I got out of the shower, Brent was laying on the bed with Cecilia as she went in and out of sleep. I joined them and we enjoyed a lazy morning of talking and playing with Cecilia. They even gave me a card with two amazing gifts inside. Well not so much actual gifts as to coupons for me to cash in later. The first coupon was a month of tanning. Guess Cecilia is tired of looking at my pasty skin as much as I am! And the second coupon was for a dinner of my choice. I'm already planning our night out!

After our family time, we finished getting ready and loaded up to head to Nashville to take Brent's brother, Brandon, to the airport. Brandon came into town for a long weekend to meet Cecilia. We had a great time with him and we were so glad he could take off to see her.

We stopped in Rivergate to grab some lunch and this was Cecilia first experience in a real restaurant. She did great! It was even getting close to feeding time but she just sat in her car seat and looked around! Hope she acts like that every time we want to go out.

We dropped Brandon off at the airport and Brent told me he would take me to Green Hills mall to shop. Ahh music to my ears! I haven't been to Green Hills in like 2 years and I was super excited about going. I found lots of things I liked but nothing I couldn't live without. Plus I still have a few pounds to drop so I'm not really ready to buy anything until that happens but it was nice walking around. Again Cecilia did great and was wide-eyed the whole time!

It was time to head to Franklin to my parent's house for dinner. My parent's were fixing dinner for my 2 grandmothers and we decided to join them.
Cecilia was pooped after all the shopping and slept the whole way home.

When we got to Momoi and Pap's, we played a little before dinner.

Then we were out for the rest of the night! I felt bad because my grandmothers didn't get to love on her because she slept the whole time they were there! Guess her day out on the town wore her out!

The whole day I kept meaning to take more pictures of her and I but I failed! We finally got one right before bed.

Cecilia and I on our first Mother's Day.

Cecilia, I have dreamed of you for so many years. You can't even imagine how excited I was when I found out I was pregnant. I immediately began dreaming of what you would look like and what kind of person you would turn out to be. You were honestly an answered pray. The day you arrived was one of the best days of my life. I looked at you in awe and I couldn't believe God had blessed me with such a beautiful baby girl. I was overcome with joy and I never knew I could love someone in an instant as much as I loved you. I am going to take in every moment we have together and enjoy watching you grow into the woman God has planned. I love you and thank you for making my first Mother's Day special and memorable!

First Week Back

It was my first week back to work and I fell back into my old routine pretty quickly. I think everyone was worried I would have a hard time coming back but the truth is I was tired of looking at the inside of my house. The only thing I was worried about was Cecilia going to daycare. I have been trippin' over the thought of her going to daycare for a week and Monday night I cried putting her to bed. I thought about her all day on Tuesday and 4 o'clock couldn't come sooner. I had told my friend at work that was covering for me to make sure I had a week's worth of work to catch up on so I wouldn't have time to think about Cecilia being at daycare. She followed my instructions very well!

When I went to pick Cecilia up she was very content sitting in a bouncer. I was thankful she wasn't crying. I did however cry all the way home. She would barely look at me when I talked to her and she felt distant. (Yes I am fully aware I am talking about a 6 week old baby as if she had any idea of what is going on) I was a mess Tuesday night and cried putting her to bed again. I told myself I was just going to have to suck it up and get over it. Staying home with her isn't an option right now and she needs to be around other children.

Wednesday when I went to get her she was sound asleep in her teacher's arms and had been an angel all day! For some reason this made me feel so much better. My main concern with daycare was I thought she wouldn't feel loved. I thought with her being the youngest one in her class, she would be left in a crib. Dumb thought but it was the vision in my head. So seeing her being rocked and loved on made my day. Plus my cousin's baby girl was in there too and this made me feel tons better. I know her and Cecilia can't talk to each other but I like knowing they are in there together. There cribs are even close together.

By yesterday, I was completely ok with the thought of daycare and Cecilia seems to be satisfied. The teachers are so sweet and I think I'm really going to like them. They were even sweet enough to make us Mother's Day cards. I hate to say I almost threw it away because it was just a little poem on a folded sheet of paper but when you opened it they had Cecilia's hand prints on the inside and they had written 'Happy Mother's Day! Love, Cecilia.' Is that not sweet of them to do that? I cried when I opened it! It was my first Mother's Day card.

This is Cecilia right before going to daycare. I made Brent take a picture before they left and the picture tells the story of what she thought about going to daycare. You can't see it but she is giving him what looks like the evil eye and it appears to be her middle finger sticking up! I died looking at this picture! It is just too funny!

Oh and she has started to grab at things lately. Not toys or anything like that, just our fingers and...

The kid has a death grip on my hair. Thank goodness she hasn't learned to pull yet! Ponytails will become my new best friend!

Sip N See

Sunday we had a Sip N See for Cecilia so all our close friends and family who hadn't had a chance to see her could come and meet her. Mom and I spent pretty much all day on Saturday getting ready for the event and we both prayed really hard that it wouldn't rain. Well our prayers didn't work but our friends and family fought the crazy weather anyway! We had such a good time and I loved getting to show off Cecilia!

I wish I had a ton of pictures to show you, but I am so used to my dad being around taking pictures that I completely forgot to take any during the party. I was so busy chatting with everyone and the camera was the furthest thing from my mind except when it was all over and we were sitting around on the couch talking. We did however get some of our decorations. You can see those pictures here. Below are two pictures Dad didn't get but I did.


Here is a wreath Mom and I made for the front door. The little white things are baby shoes hanging down.

This is a sign my mom made with Cecilia's full name, weight and length on it. I added a few pictures on it from our days at the hospital.

Even though it was a rainy miserable day outside, it was a warm wonderful day inside!