Happy 2 Months!

 

04.11.2011

happy 2 months, miss peanut

you've had a busy month. you've started eating like a champ and gained a couple pounds (yippee!), and you continue to bring joy to your mom and dad. we couldn't love you more.

here are some highlights...

 ...you've started grinning. 

i couldn't love your smile any more, sweet girl.

...you cheered on the Texas A&M ladies to a national basketball championship - whoop! However...

 

...you either don't like A&M, don't like your cheerleader outfit, or secretly you want to be a Longhorn...

 

...are you trying to hold up a "hook 'em" on your birthday card to your uncle? yikes.

we went to the arboretum and saw beautiful flowers like these...

...but you didn't seem to love the wind in your face while we were there. 

 

 ... you still make the cutest faces, and you've started getting your sweet little fists involved. it's like you're getting ready for your senior pictures already.

...these are the fists i'm talking about. i love how you are calmed when they're close to your face.

i love watching you learn new things, like the fact that those little fingers are somehow connected to you. you've discovered them this month, and i wonder if one of those sweet little thumbs is going to replace your binky one day...

...you spent some time napping in the closet this month. this is what we used to keep an eye on you when daddy discovered that when you get overtired, you like things to be as quiet and as dark as possible. so, with a couch cushion, your sleep wedge and a portable video monitor, my closet became your new napping spot. you slept like a...baby.

...you spent some more time on your tummy. you don't seem to hate it as much, but it still only lasts about 10 minutes before you start getting frustrated. soon enough, you will be pushing up, rolling over, then crawling away from me!

...you spent a lot of time on your activity mat. you aren't crazy about the music but you love watching the animals up above you.

 

we got a new jogging stroller this month for us to take you on runs and walks at the lake. we first tried to see what you thought. you didn't seem snug enough, so...

 

...we packed you up a little cozier. after a walk though, we decided you're too little to be in there like that, so now we just put you in the car seat, and attach the car seat to the stroller. but i couldn't resist how cute you were all bundled up like this.

...we still take lots of pictures of you. you've started looking at the camera more this month...although sometimes you look a little more suspicious and skeptical...

...you make the funniest faces when i try to take your picture. here's one of my favorites. 

here's a few more of the sweet little faces you make. pictures can't capture them fully, but they give a good idea. i still can't believe that you have blue eyes. never in my life did i think i'd have a blue-eyed child! i love discovering more about the way God has made you.

 you still love to nap on your daddy's chest, and i just can't stop taking pictures of you with him. i love this picture because even though you're awake and showing off your beautiful eyes, you're still content and calm in your daddy's arms.

 

we love you, peanut. happy 2 months!