2 months!

Reese Pierce!  You are 2 months old!  I can't believe it's been that long!  I am thankful everyday that God chose me to be your mommy!  I am the luckiest girl in the world!  You are the light of mine and Daddy's life and we look forward to every second with you!

You now weigh 12 pounds and 8 ounces!  You've gained almost 4 pounds since you were born!

You are 23" long!  A full 2" you've grown!  Mommy is still holding out for a basketball player!  But I'd take a long jumper or high jumper!!!  You know, we watched a lot of the Olympics this summer!!

You are in the 80th percentile in height and weight and the 95th on head circumfrence!  Again, I'm thankful for a c-section!  Haha

You are still doing great with nursing!  I have started giving you a warm bottle with some rice right before bedtime!  I also give you a couple of bottles during the day to help you transition for your daily feedings since I'm headed back to work soon!  I think you are doing better than I am with that!  I just fell in love with nursing and love the closeness we get during that time!  You seem to enjoy when I talk to you and rub your head!!   You are eating about every 3.5 hours during the day and 4-6 hours at night!  I pinch myself sometime because you are so good!

You wear a size 1 diaper still....a few more pounds and we will be going to the 2's.

You wear mostly 3 month size clothes...again, a few more pounds and we'll be moving on to the next size!

You still sleep in your pack and play next to my bed.  You do nap in your crib in the nursery but having you in my room at night gives me a piece of mind because I wake up and look at you at least 5 times a night.  It's pretty easy to scoop you out of it and nurse during the night too!  Eventually, you will sleep in your crib, but I don't know when that will be!  You take about 2 good naps a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.  You "cat nap" after each feeding for 15-20 minutes.

We still love "sooby", the bouncy seat and the boppy.  You have gotten where you sit in the boppy beside me on the couch if I am sewing or pumping!  You look so grown up when you do it!

We do tummy time several times a day.  You are doing super good with that!  Your head control has always amazed me, even when you were a newborn!  Dr. Gibbs says you are right on track with your head control!

You learned your first "trick" with your Daddy.  He holds you real close to his face and sticks out his tongue and makes a smacking noise and you laugh and stick your tongue out back at him!!  You are so cute when you do this and we clap and cheer for you, you just smile!  Sometimes I think you are probably thinking, "look at these crazy people, I have them right where I want them."

You took your first "vacation" this month!  We went with Daddy to Arkansas where he was working for a week.  You were a champ!  You slept so good while we were gone.  Ate and napped well too!  It seemed as if you were made to travel!  Daddy enjoyed showing you off to all the men he works with!  They fell for you too!!  I don't know how such a little girl can cast a spell over SO many people!!!

Reese, you will someday know how much I love you!!  I tell you a hundred times a day how special you are!  I am in complete amazement of you on a daily basis and just sit and stare at you!  I can't believe you are mine!!  You are such a delite to the WHOLE family, we all turn to complete idiots when you are around!!!  We love you so much!!!