Lily love–month 2

Lily continued to eat like a champion during her second month.  By the time we got to her 8-week checkup, she weighed 13 pounds and was 23.5 inches tall – over the 90th percentile for both.

Tim got her to take a binky one night – it didn’t last.  She’s really not a fan, sadly.

While we were in Utah, Lily developed some colic-like behaviors.  Almost every night – starting at about a month old – she screamed bloody murder for an hour or so… then would drop to sleep suddenly and sleep for five or six hours.  Luckily, the screaming fits only lasted about a month.  I think maybe she didn’t like onions and chocolate – I stopped eating both, and we haven’t had any problems.  She really acted like she was in pain – kind of broke my heart a little every night.

We sure love this little sweetie. 

We bought a side-to-side swing.  Lily loves it, and we love it because she will sleep in it for hours – without me having to nurse her to sleep!  Hurray. 

We love this little Buddha belly:

And the quizzical looks we frequently get:

I didn’t notice that Lily’s pants (thanks Lucy) matched the blanket until I place her on it.

One morning at about 5:00 am, I fed Lily, and groggily placed her next to me on the bed.  I kind of got the feeling somebody was watching me, so I opened my eyes to see my gorgeous girl giving me an ear-to-ear grin.  Her first smile was beautiful, and made me cry, of course.  That’s what I do.

But I think my favorite thing ever is to watch her sleep.  Like an angel, she dreams away, sighing softly with every breath.