Where Do I Begin?

I don't even know where to start??

Elsie's 2 month appointment was on Friday - she is now 11.3 lbs and 22.5 inches. It looks like her weight has finally caught up to her height :) The Dr said "wow, I'd say she looks like a little more than 11lbs." HAHA! She got several shots, and lets just say she didn't like it one bit. Ben held her down while they did it, and then got to calm her down after. I was not the right person for that job. It was awful.

Daddy fix it :(

She was a good little snuggler after her shots, the Moby came in handy
p.s. doesn't she kinda look like a baby doll here??

The appointment, other than the shots, went well. She is lifting her head on her own - she's been doing that since she was 2 wks old, following me across the room, cooing a lot, smiling, making faces..she loves to stick her tongue out! She's so happy, even in the middle of the night she's smiling. I'll feed her & put her back down and she'll just lie there and smile at herself til she falls back to sleep. She really is such an easy baby! Except when Ben was out of town she went a little no nap crazy on me....we were both really happy when he got home. One more Canada trip this week and it should be a few months before he has to go out of town again. And it's only for a few days, thank goodness. 

The day Ben got home, she was happy to see him :)

Our Easter Bunny trip went well, too. She wasn't really thrilled to see him because we took away her paci and woke her up from her nap. But, she looked gorgeous in her little dress :) We took her to get some photos made in the mall while we were there and they turned out really cute, too. 

Ben absolutely melted for her in this dress...
I was under strict instructions to make sure she had a matching hair bow :)

One day she'll probably hate me for posting this picture, but it's just too funny. We woke her up from her nap to take her somewhere and she was not too happy about it! Look at this face!!! HAHAHA (she was back asleep in 5 minutes)

I was asleep...now I'm in the stupid carseat. How did this happen?!!?

We have a trip for GA planned for next month and I can't wait to finally show her off to our GA friends & family, a much needed little mini vacation! We're all so excited!!

-LJ

My Little Chunker

Ben weighed Elsie today.....12 POUNDS!!!!

It may be a little off depending on the scale and she wasn't nakey like she has to be at the Dr. Her 2 month appt is next Friday, I can't wait to see how big my little chunker is. I have a feeling she's no longer tall and skinny :) I am making Ben go with me, I just don't think I can handle shots alone. 

She is becoming a little person so fast. All of a sudden she became a little flirt! She smiles all day - when she is awake, sleeping, playing, even while eating she'll take a little break to smile for a little bit. She is such an easy, happy baby so far. Last night at 4am she woke up to eat and then was in the mood to play for a minute. She got all smiley and then giggled!! She's been trying and last night the sounds finally came out. It sounded more like a gasp for air but it was definitely a giggle. Such a cute little sound!

Speaking of Dr appointments - I had my checkup today. I have been given permission to start easing back into working out, and I am sooo excited. For now I guess it's just walking and yoga, but it's only a matter of time before I'm back at spin class and I can't wait. Last week I weighed myself at Bed Bath & Beyond and it wasn't pretty. Apparently that scale was broken bc I got a better result. I've lost 20lbs since I had her, and 7 since the day I left the hospital. I read that I shouldn't be losing more than a pound a week so I'm pretty happy with that. My sister and I are going to do Weight Watchers. I'm starting Monday - I wanted to wait for this appt and Easter to get out of the way. I am ohhhh SOOOO excited about getting back into my gym routine. Even better, my sister in law works at the daycare in the gym so I don't even have to worry about leaving Elsie with a stranger. I think she'll be in pretty good hands :)

Chunky Monkey - lying on the floor talking to her blinky kitty
(her play gym has a cat that lights up and plays music...she's a big fan)