This little girl is now 8 weeks old (on Monday, 4.19).

We had her 2 month appointment on April 14th. As of that day her stats were:

Height: 21.5″ (42.8%)

Weight: 10 lbs 1 oz (54.8%)

Head Circumference: 14.69″ (35.57%)

MBI: 15.31

Ella is starting to stay awake more, which Jameson loves to point out. I hear, “Mom, baby sister awake!” All the time. He also likes to point out her eyes, which I’m not too fond of. She is usually up for about an hour before falling back asleep. Starting on Sunday, (4.17) she started smiling in response to us. She has smiled before, but not consistently. Maybe she thought her brother’s Mohawk was funny. She will also follow us in the room with her eyes or turn her head. She is starting to have different cries to distinguish what she is in need of. I’m just glad we don’t hear the, “Please save me from Jameson” cry very often. Ella is also on a pretty consistent 3 hour schedule. At night she might even do 3-4 hours

Jameson is becoming more helpful. He will run and get diapers for me when changing Ella, but hates when it’s his turn. I wouldn’t mind starting potty training, but he could care less. So until he shows some signs of wanting to go potty on the toilet, we’ll stick with diapers. That is not a fight I want to have to battle. He is also starting to cry every time I leave him home with Kevin. I think it’s because I take Ella with me and leave him. The other day, he and I went to the grocery store together. He was so good, and was being so cute. He wanted Chick Hicks, and I had told him the next time we went to the store we could get him, if he was good. Well, Jameson woke up from his nap and asked to go to the store. Since he was being so cute and good, we ended up coming home with our groceries along with Chick, Sally, and DJ (from the movie Cars). I don’t think I ever realized how many different characters there are in that movie until now that we are buying them.

So life is getting back to normal. We are getting back into the routine of things, and doing well.

too funny