2 Months

Little Callie is two months old today.  She had her check-up yesterday and the doctor said if she hadn't known better she'd never have guessed Callie was preterm.  She is doing great.  She is very strong and although she hates tummy time she is able to lift her head.  When you hold her against your chest she tries very hard to lift her head and look at you.  I think she has started smiling in the last couple of days, but its not quite all the way there yet.  She is a great baby and doesn't cry much and she sleeps two longish stretches at night.  She is as sweet as can be and we are very glad to have her.  Kenna is especially glad and loves being a big sister.  She is constantly helping and cuddling.  She likes to hold Callie and if she crying will rush to put her binky in.  She is great at throwing diapers away and running to grab things for us.  We love her too.

Callie's Stats -
Weight: 8.91 lb (5th percentile)
Length: 21.25 in (8th percentile)
Head Circumference 14.5 in (15th percentile)

Most of a smile, but maybe gas

Other than that life is just rolling along.  My mom and dad came to visit last week and Kenna was thrilled.  She spent the whole week leading up to their visit asking when they were coming.  She tells me every day that she misses them and today she was telling me (while giggling) about how grandpa jokes her. 

Nate took off work and we visited the pumpkin patch with them.  It is not as cool as the one we visited last year, but it was significantly closer and Kenna was thrilled with it.  She got to ride a pony (if you ask her about it she will tell you about how the purple one was slow - meaning the horse with the purple blanket didn't want to move), brush a pony, touch an assortment of farm animals, play in the bounce house, run the hay maze and most importantly - pick out a pumpkin which she did very carefully.  She wanted to be able to pick it up so she walked around trying to pick them all up and telling us "this one is too heavy."  We finally convinced her that she didn't have to carry it and we found one to bring home.

 

 

 Grandpa also enjoyed the bounce house

 

 We got to carve the pumpkins and Kenna decided to decorate if further by coloring it as well.  It has whiskers.  We had a great visit!

Right now our life is just day to day busyness.  I feel like I do nothing all day and yet the days pass quickly and I am busy during all of them.  I guess its the constant feeding and changing of one baby and potty trips/meals and playing doll house with the other.  Kenna is still loving ballet and preschool but I really haven't gotten her to tell me much about what she is learning in either.  Oh well.  I'm really enjoying life and it is fun to have such sweet girls.  I love our little family and life is good.

Now for the ways Kenna has kept us entertained this month -

She has picked up a new phrase.  We're not sure what it means or where she learned it but it is hilarious to hear her say it - "in-hydle-doe"

Also for those who've read previous posts Kenna told me - "Sometimes in bed I lift my feet up and go cha kah cha kah cha kah!"

Kenna has also started to tell us about her dreams which are interesting.  One morning she asked Nate if the bear and tiger were real and another morning she told me she dreamed she had to go potty - uh-oh!

Finally, Kenna loves to look at the mail, especially junk mail.  One day she was sorting through adds and narrating along these lines, "Look it says if you wanna get new tires. I'll leave it by you so we can get new tires. This one says if you wanna get new cowboots.  I'll leave it by daddy so he can get new cowboots.  This one says if you wanna come to a new kangaroo show.  Its for me."