3 Months with Penelope

In three months time this little girl has shown Lucas and I the true definition of love. It's very true that there is absolutely nothing that makes you love your husband more than seeing him love your child more than he's ever loved anything else! She is truly an incredible bundle of pure love that has already taught Lucas and I so much in so little time! 

I think I have transformed into a completely different person since having Penelope... Maybe not completely on the outside but my heart has surely grown with compassion and patience. Patience and I have never been best friends, I can make up my mind pretty quickly about what I want and how to get it and I HAD to be patient to get the one thing I've dreamed of most besides marrying the man of my dreams, and that was becoming a mother. I would have loved to get pregnant the moment we were married and start a family right off the bat, if you know me well you know I have wanted children since I was just a kid myself... I knew what I wanted and I wasn't going to wait any longer than I had to... But I had to wait! I had to wait because we wanted to spend some time with just us before we had a kid, and wait to let the hubs get past some of the tough stuff in school, and wait to save up some money, and wait to actually, finally, thankfully become pregnant! But that patience I learned didn't even get me close to the patience Penelope has taught me!

This new type of patience has just come so naturally, fallen into place like it's been there all along! It's hard trying to get a baby to go to sleep over and over and over again, and it's tough feeding them multiple times through the night... But I did it! It's rough trying to figure out what they need when they cry and soothing their hurting tummy that makes your heart hurt for them... But I did that too! I've done things I never thought I could do and things I didn't even know id have to do, but I did it and I'm proud to say it has been so fun, so fast and furiously crazy, exhausting and tiring that I have absolutely never had a better time doing anything in my entire life! I am now a patient person... Thank you Penelope Lane!

She has really developed so much this last month! It has been a wild and crazy ride going through what seems like a few growth spurts and trying to transition to sleeping on flat surfaces (which we are maybe postponing for a bit longer)... She now holds her head up 100% on her own all of the time, tummy time is never spent with her head down at all she loves looking around and rolling over to her back and then trying sooo darn hard to roll back to her tummy! She's almost there! We have completely mastered her falling asleep on her own, I'm so proud of her! We also put together her bouncy seat and she just loves this little toy on it that spins around and around, it has beads in it that make it sound like a rainstick and I think she likes the noise it makes!

She now stands up on my lap and grips my hands while we sing and dance together... Mainly to "twist and shout" and whatever toddler song I can think of at the moment! We also went to kindermusik for the first time last week with Aunt Jess and Cousin Cody and I truly think she had a good time! She's talking so darn much and just making so many new noises, it's like she surprises herself sometimes and that's absolutely adorable! All the toys she sees are being reached for now and if successfully grasped they go right in her mouth... Her hands seem to always be in her mouth! 

We also go on walks a bunch which she had been loving, but just these past few times she won't let herself fall asleep because she wants to see what's going on so she gets mad! We will see how this continues to go because momma needs her exercise... Only 3 more pounds to go till I get back to pre-pregnancy weight!!!

We enjoy this little girl so much, it is just such a wonderful feeling knowing somebody loves you as much as she does, the smiles she gives us just melt our hearts!! 

2 months with Miss Penelope!

Oh she's so fun!!! She's developed quite a lot in the past month! Bath time is a lot more enjoyable, she's into more of a routine with eating and sleeping, she is even more smiley and expressive... She coos a lot now and holds her head wayyyy up high during tummy time! But on her two month birthday she rolled over for the very first time!!

Picture mid roll!

I'm glad Lucas captured it because I was actually GONE... Yes the one time I leave the house she rolls over and I miss it! Lucas tried to video tape it but of course it stopped recoding mid roll because his phone rand out of space! I was lucky enough to be able to rush home and she rolled again for me!

She's seriously such a joy, I miss her when she's sleeping and it's hard not to just hold her every second! We had her  2 month check up today (3/3/14) and she was doing fabulous the doctor said! He was very impressed with how well she can hold her head up and that she already rolled over... Telling us she was "advanced", I mean come on every momma wants to hear their kiddo is doing amazing! She weighed 10lbs 15oz today which put her in the 38th percentile! Her length was 22inches placing her in the 27th percentile and her little head was 15 1/2 inches putting her in the 71st percentile!! She needs room for that special sweet brain we say!!

She's still a great eater and sleeps so darn good at night! She actually slept for 7.5 straight hours a few nights ago and that was amazing! 

Our only struggle is getting her to finally go to sleep, she's just very active and if you stop bouncing her she gets fussy or those little eyes pop right open! Another concern is just about every time we put her down for tummy time she falls asleep, I think she just loves sleeping on her tummy but it makes us scared! I know once she's more mobile we won't be able to keep her from sleeping how she wants but that'll be ok! It's so darn cute to see her bring her little hand to her mouth and just fall right to sleep! 

I started reading Charlotte's Web to her the other day! She's good for about 5-15 minutes and then she either falls asleep or wants to get up and have me walk around with her (move move move that's what she wants all the time). So we will see how long it takes us to get through the book!! 

Lucas has been on Psychology rotation and that's been amazing, he has a lot more time now to spend at home with us which is good because Penelope is VERY attached to me! I worked for the first time for a few hours this past Saturday and she gave him a pretty rough time while I was gone! Of course the second I get home and grab her she's all smiles and giggles!! I like that she's so attached to me, but I know she needs to be comfortable being separated from me for a little bit!!

I think that's all for now, till next month...