2 Months

    Yesterday, my little angel turned 2 months old.  I'm not going to go into my usual rant about how fast time is flying, etc.  But just know that I am thinking it.  I know it seems impossible, but I swear each day we fall more and more in love with this girl.  She is just such a sweet little thing.  She has fit into our family so well.  It just seems like she has always been here.  The kids love her so much and they love interacting with her.  She is one lucky girl to have such an awesome big brother and big sister.  We are all lucky to have Graceyn in our lives.
     On Monday, we went in for Graceyn's two month checkup.  She now weighs 11.8 pounds (66%) and is 23.3 inches tall (86%).  So she is clearly growing like a weed!!!  In two months she grew three inches and gained about 4 1/2 pounds.  She is doing a great job growing.  Her doctor said she looks great again and I told her I don't really have any concerns for Graceyn.  She is just doing such a good job of doing exactly what she is supposed to be doing.  Yay Gracie!
     Some of the things that Graceyn loves are: laying under her play mat, looking at her brother and sister, smiling, being read to (her favorite book is Snuggle Puppy), being rocked, cuddling with Mama, sleeping in her car seat, sitting in her swing, and being talked to.  She has started to coo back and "talk" back and I love every second!  It's so sweet.
    Some of the things that Graceyn doesn't like: taking baths, taking her reflux medicine, being tired, not being able to see someone, and tummy time (sometimes).
    All in all she is a pretty laid back baby.  She has her fussy moments, but for the most part she is pretty calm.  She usually only cries when she is hungry or tired.  So that makes it easy for me.  If she recently ate, I know she is ready for a nap.  If she recently slept, I know she's hungry.  She is still eating about every two hours during the days.  Sometimes more, sometimes less.
     Sleep is still touch and go with her.  She continues to take really good naps during the day.  I have noticed that the days she actually sleeps more during the day, she sleeps better that night.  Nights are still hit or miss.  This past week she has been having some longer stretches.  Last week, she would go maybe 3 hours for her first stretch and every 2 hours after that.  Last night was great.  She fell asleep at 8:00 and then woke up to eat at 10:00.  I immediately thought that it was going to be a rough night since she woke up so soon after falling asleep.  I was amazed when I looked at the clock when she woke up next and it said 3:45!  She almost went 6 hours!!!  Those 6 hours of sleep were the best sleep I have gotten since she has been born.  I'm not getting too excited yet because Ashlyn and Dawson had nights like that and I got my hopes up and it didn't happen again for a long time.  I'm just really, really, hoping she is turning a corner with her sleep. 
   Here are the two month pictures I took yesterday.  I plan to take a shot like this every month so we can see how she has grown.

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