David, Lisa, Kayla, Isaac & Annika

So we had Kayla's two month appointment today! She was all smiles and chatty with her Doctor! She weighed in at 11 lbs, 15.5 oz (so 12 lbs!), which puts her in the 75% percentile again. She was 24 1/2 inches long, which puts her in the 90% again. And her head circumference was 15 3/4 inches, which keeps her in the 75% for that. She is growing equally on all 3 growth charts, so he was quite happy. I found out some good news and some bad news. The good news is that I'm not a hypochondriac about her. The bad news is that she has thrush. It is just a mild case, but still. I'm not happy about that at all. She has a small white patch on her inside cheek, and she had a small patch on her lower lip earlier this week as well. He wrote a script for medication, but told me I didn't need to fill it yet... since I'm not experiencing any symptoms, it might just heal on its own. If it gets worse on her, or if I start to have pain, then I need to treat it. So, I need to do more research on it, because I didn't think it could heal on its own. But at least its a very mild case of it. Hopefully it heals itself quickly!! When the doctor left, she started screaming - she was quite hungry!! So I started to feed her before the nurse came back to do her shots. I had to pull her off, which she was less than thrilled about! Then she had some liquid medication and 3 shots in her legs. She was already screaming before the shots came, so it wasn't too traumatic for me! As soon as she was done, I started feeding her again, so she was happy. Now she is conked out in my arms, poor little girl!

I still can't believe that she is already 2 months! Seems like just yesterday she was born! At the same time, I can tell that she's been around awhile. We make a good team! I am getting better and better about reading her cues, understanding her cries (well, some of them at least!), knowing when she is hungry and when she is tired, and when she wants to interact! She has (obviously) grown quite a bit, and it is just so fun to watch! This is a fun stage - she is starting to interact more and more, smiling more and more, becoming more of a little person than a sleeping baby! She is reasonably good at self entertaining! She can sit under her John Deere mat and play for 45 minutes at a time sometimes!! She is mostly waving aimlessly at the toys that dangle, but she is starting to become a little more conscious about her flailing, and that is fun to see! David and I have been working with her on imitating gestures - sticking out our tongue and then she will stick out hers! She loves that game, and is responding all the time now! Sometimes it's almost like we are having a conversation! We say something or make a noise, and she responds by making a noise! It is just so fun! She is also interested in her mobiles - in the bassinet and also in her swing. She looks up at her "friends" and smiles!

One of my most favorite things right now are her eyebrows! She has crazy control of them and it is just so cute! She will often raise one and give this huge mischievous smile! It is absolutely adorable. Or sometimes she raises an eyebrow in a look like, "what exactly are you doing?" The questioning begins already!!

During this past month, she also discovered her hands! She now likes to hold them, look at them, eat them! She is more intentional about it all, whereas before she didn't really seem to know that they were a part of her body and she had control of them. I would just love to know what she is thinking, because she is often concentration so hard when she has them in front of her!

We are in no sort of schedule for either sleeping or eating. She sleeps when she wants to and eats when she wants to! Last week Monday she took (maybe) three 20 minute naps. Then Tuesday she slept almost the entire day! Go figure! I look forward to a day when I can count on a morning nap, an afternoon nap, and less frequent feedings, but for now we are both content with being completely flexible! She is at least starting to sleep a longer stretch through the night. She slept through it once, but is often going until 4 or so for her first feeding - that's not bad! I'll take what I can get! :)

I also want to make sure I'm documenting a few items each month. So, for my own notes:
1. Her eyes are a slate blue color, almost blue-gray
2. Her left tear duct is still plugged
3. She has cried real tears once
4. She is still spitting up quite a bit after her feedings (except the ones in the middle of the night)
5. I have seen her wiggle her left ear twice!!! (it might be a fluke, but that trait runs in David's family, so I'm interested to see if that is a hidden talent!)

This past weekend we went up North; for David to go hunting and also for us to be able to relax and get away for the weekend. We got some really wonderful pictures - here are a few, but there are more on the tab to the right!! Enjoy!