Two Months Old

I really never knew that time: weeks, days, hours could go by so very fast. I certainly hope that its a normal motherly function to tear up at the simple thought of your baby growing up. Next thing you know he will be talking and walking and I don't even want to think about going to school, luckily there are four or five years until that takes place. I mentioned in the last post that Eli changes every day. Sometimes I find myself amazed that from one day to the next he just looks a little more grown up.

Eli you are 2 months old!

You are growing so much. You are such a happy baby and you are always smiling and talking. You aren't giving me such a fit when its time to go to bed now. After your bath you eat and then we read a few books, sometimes it seems like you are reading with me because you are so talkative. I hold you and rock you and usually you will go right to sleep but sometimes Mommy has to pat your back. You sleep until four sometimes five o'clock and then go right back to sleep for another three to four hours. I really appreciate long stretches of sleep.

You are still nursing every three hours, but some days every four. Some things that you love are bath time, walks, you love to go outside and pretty much just like to stay busy. 

You are holding your head up very very good now and you stand (with help) all the time.

Recently you have been very aware of different noises that you here and sometimes when you hear a noise that startles you, you will cry such a sad little cry. Mommys heart just breaks when you cry like that.

 But most other noises you think are very fun and you are coming so close to laughing. 

Some new things are, you found your hands, you haven't quite figured out how to work them yet but you know that they are there. You get very frustrated when you can't figure it out. You seem to always manage to get them in your mouth though. But Mommy and Daddy are being careful with that because we don't want you sucking your thumb.

You also have been sticking out your bottom lip. Most of the time when you are upset you will do that but sometimes you do it for no reason and when I say "Oh, don't be sad..you'll make Mommy sad" You smile so Big. You are deffinitley a little ham for sure.

I suppose all the same reasons that I would get one, every now and again you get a chill and shiver from your toes up it and you make the cutest little shiver noise. Oh, I could just eat you up.

 And the funniest thing recently that you have been doing is you have discovered your tongue. And you are always sticking it out. It is so cute. I'm sure it won't be long that you start making rasberries and spit bubbles. So Fun!!

You had your 2 month check up today and Dr. Bowling said you are doing so good. You weigh 13.2 pounds which puts you in the 83% and you are 24 inches long and in the 86%. You also got your first shot today. I really didn't know what to expect but I guess I thought that there would have been a more dramatic reaction. But you were such a tough guy and only cried a little. I suppose those more dramatic reactions will come later down the road when you start relating a trip to the doctor with a shot. He did say that you might be ready for some cereal in your diet. So we'll see.You don't go back for two months.
 Isaac and I are more than pleased with Dr. Bowling. He is so nice and is really good at what he does. But slightly off topic...If you don't already know this about my Husband let me just fill you in. He never meets a stranger. And that seems to be the case with Eli's doctor. I'm not complaining, I think that it's a very good thing. He always remembers us and remembers the baby and little things about us, I am sure that is because he has found a common ground with Isaac. So it makes it a more personable experience and a great foundation for the years to come. But today was so funny, as soon as he came in the room today its as if he picked right up where they left off at  the last visit, something about some really fancy gun they were talking about and apparently it had been on his mind and he wanted to talk to him more about it. Maybe its a guy thing!