2 months old!

Well, Natalie had her 2 month check up yesterday and all is well. She weighs 12 lbs. and is in the 75th percentile and is 26 in. long which Dr. Olivo said is off the charts, so we have a very long baby! She is progressing well as far as her development goes and is even doing a few things in the 3 month category. She had her 4 shots, which made her scream of course but she calmed down pretty quickly and was a tired baby for the rest of the day. At least it's another 2 months before we have to go through that again, although I think it was harder on me than her! Thankfully Matt was there to hold her hands and be right there because I was content to hide in the corner and not watch!

We put together her jumperoo/boucer and she really likes that. It has lots of lights, music and animals and she learned how to jump after 2 days, only her tippy toes touch though so she has to grow a little more to touch all the way... Other than that, we are excited that the weather is cooling off so we can get outside more. I try and take her on a walk every day and she really likes to be outside and look around at everything. We are attempting our first travel when we head up to MN & WI the first week in October. It'll be exciting to be with both of our families for a few days and see the fall colors!! I'll post again after we go and update how the flight and everything went. Until then Love, Matt, Ann & Natalie

Our growing girl...

I finally took a minute to update this and post a few more pictures. It has been a very busy 8 weeks, but we are all doing wonderfully! Natalie is a very good baby, and Matt and I are enjoying spending every day with her. As you can see from the pictures she is getting bigger, we just don't know how big exactly. 2 weeks ago she went in for a shot and she weighed 11 lbs. 1oz. but when she has her 2 month check up on the 22nd we'll find more out about height/weight, and she has to get 4 more shots, ugh!

But, Natalie's latest accomplishments are at 5 weeks and 5 days old she rolled from her tummy to her back. I've seen her do it 3 times, but not for a while. Lately, she's more concerned with trying to scoot forward, so when she's on her tummy she just moves her legs like crazy and we're surprised with how strong she is and that she actually moves forward! She loves standing up, and she does this cute "hula" move (Matt named it) where she circles her hips around while standing and looks like a little hula dancer. She loves looking at pictures, and playing with her rattles and soft blocks, we pile them for her and she loves to knock them down. She's smiling and cooing all the time now. She loves when Daddy holds her and plays with her, I can tell she's going to be a daddy's girl already! :-) We haven't heard her laugh yet, but she gurgles while smiling and I think pretty soon she will. In the morning we'll go sit on the balcony and Natalie loves to watch the birds and listen to them and the cars on the road, she'll just sit there real quiet and then start cooing like crazy and looking all around. She's very observant and notices everything...... But her greatest accomplishment of all is on Sunday night she slept from 12:30 am until a little after 7 am! It was the longest she's slept at once, and I couldn't believe it when I looked at the clock! Last night didn't go quite as well, but it was very encouraging to know what she's capable of! And I also have started pumping and she does a great job at taking a bottle from Matt. He enjoys this time with her too, and it's nice for mama to have a break! :-)

So, that's the latest update. After she goes in for her 2 month appointment I will write more and have more pictures to let everyone know how she's doing. Love to all, Matt, Ann & Natalie