2 months: weeks 5-8

*2 month birthday: January 24, 2014*

*Picture OVERLOAD!*

Another month has flown by, my sweet baby girl.  I cannot even believe how big you are getting!

Week 5
You celebrated your first NYE by going to bed early :)  Mommy and Daddy stayed up to watch a movie while you snoozed.
Your Glamma came back to visit after Daddy went back to work.  Of course we went to Target again :)

You also had your first trip to the mall!  You slept through the whole thing.  I guess shopping isn't that exciting to you quite yet.  Everyone thought you were the cutest baby!
You have also developed a love for the pacifier, or "puppy" as we call it (when you have the puppy one, anyway.  You also have a hippo.)

You started sleeping through the night this week!  Woo hoo!  Daddy starts your bedtime routine at 7pm with a bath and music.  Then it's upstairs to read books and nurse one last time.  You are out like a light by 8pm and will sleep until 4 or 5am.  Amazing!

Week 6
We started this week a little rough.  Your daddy went to the Packers game (yuck) with his family (super cold too!)  So we had a girls day and night. Which also meant that mama had to take over bath time.  I didn't play the bath time music, so that threw you off!  It took me 2 hours to get you to sleep and I was exhausted by the time your dad rolled in a midnight.  Thankfully he worked from home the next day to help me out.

You are enthralled with your puppy and hippo pacifiers.  While I didn't really want to get your reliant on a pacifier to calm down, you do love them.  You've also started to take your pacifier to bed with you so we don't have to walk the halls with you.  You can fall asleep on your own now.
Speaking of sleep, you are out like a light by 8pm and will snooze until 3:30, 4:00, 4:45, or 5:45 (what?!)  I knock on wood every day and hope that it continues.
We went to Mom Baby Hour again at Meriter and met more moms and babies.  I think it's so funny how much bigger you are than the other babies who were born a day after you.
It has gotten a little warmer out (in the 30s, heat wave!), so we took your big sisters for a little walk in the Ergo. (I really need to start taking more pictures during the week!)
You smile so much more now and love to look at faces!

On Saturday, your daddy pointed out that we were matching :)

Then you puked on me, so we both had to change.

Week 7
You met Dan and Brittany this week!  And, of course, I didn't take pictures.  I need to get better at that.
We went to Mom/Baby Hour a few times this week and met new friends.  You were a little drama queen on Thursday and wailed the whole time.
We also did Mom/Baby Yoga on Wednesday and you were such a good yogi!

 You have found your voice this week and love to talk to yourself and to others (even if it is a fake cry which you enjoy doing).

Tummy time!

We went up to La Crosse to see your great grandpa.  He was so excited to meet you and you were such a good girl that day.

with GGpa

Charlee with the Loeffler men

Still not too fond of napping, but will take catnaps during the day.  You usually will sleep for about 30 minutes in the morning and then another 30 around 11am.
You also sit in the basement with me while I workout in the morning.  You love to sit in your bouncer and watch me jump and run.

exercising with mama

all smiles in her bouncer

Week 8
Closing out month 1!

You weigh about 12lbs now and are continuing to grow.  There are some 0-3 month clothes that we need to retire because they are getting small.
You slept 8pm to 6am one night!  cray cray!
We went over to Dean and Mary's house on Monday to visit for a bit.  They are going to have triplet grandbabies in a few months!  Then we headed over to a client's house and you got to visit with her 9 month old.  I think we made a new mommy/baby friend!
Apparently, Mom/Baby Hour was a little boring this week...

snoozing at Mom/Baby Hour

You love to smile and coo!

big smiles!

You started playing with the toys on your activity mat and your rattle ball.

playing with Daddy and Lu

Lucy babysitting

playing with the rattle

You love your hippo and puppy pacifiers and now will grab onto them.

We spent your 2 month birthday visiting Daddy at work and enjoying some dancing and tummy time :)

 visiting Daddy at work

 all smiles for tummy time

Dancing queen

Dear Miss Charlee,

You are developing quite the personality.  This doesn't surprise me at all!  You were sassy on the inside so I expect you to be sassy on the outside.
You love to give big smiles and you love your puppies (big sisters and puppy pacifier).  You will lift your head and follow Lucy and Maddie around the room with your eyes while on your tummy.  You are typically pretty laid back, but boy do you get cranky at night!
During week 7, you went on a bottle strike and would scream in your dad's face.  Now in week 8, you would much rather have a bottle from dad at night before bath time and scream in my face if I try to feed you.
You do like to be left alone when you've had too much.  When you're getting cranky, sometimes you just want to lie down by yourself in your swing, crib, or boppy.  Of course, you need Puppy with you.
You are getting to be such a big girl and like to be treated as such.  You will only be held and carried upright like a big girl.  You hate to be reclined and cradled unless you are sleepy.
I can't believe that you are two months old!  It seems like I was just pregnant with you, but on the other hand, it feels like you have been with us forever.  I have been thinking this week about your 8 week ultrasound and how big you are at 8 weeks!  It is just crazy!!

2 Month Well-Visit Stats:
weight:11lb 14oz
length: 23.5in
head circumference: 40cm