2 months old

OMG! I can't believe Anabelle is 2 months old. I feel like she has been here for 6 months. It has been a trying month for sure. Emmie adjusted well the first month, but not so well the second month. I have a feeling jealousy, along with her age (20 months) is playing a large roll. Emmie has become a bit more aggressive and has been to many time outs because of this. She is learning to say "I am sorry" real well. She has picked up a few key phrases that has made her mommy feel real sad. Something along the lines of "Bad mommy". I felt awful at first, but then she started with "Bad daddy", "Bad Anabelle", "Bad Champ", "Bad blanket", "Bad Elmo" and so on. It tends to come out when we do something she doesn't care for. I am trying to be patient, but it is so hard. I try to remember that this to shall pass. It's a stage and the new addition of a baby sister probably isn't making matters any better. Anabelle is surviving and so is Emmie. Sometimes that is all I can ask for at the end of the day.

Can you stand that double chin! Too much!

Anabelle is just taking a back seat and enjoying the ride. She tags along to gymnastics class. She comes to music class and has been more active there. She hasn't wanted to nap through it and instead, sings and dances with Emmie and mommy. She is pretty much sleeping through the night. This is in part due to her big tummy! They say bigger babies sleep better.... She isn't restricted to any schedule as we need to be a little bit more 'go-with-the-flow' this time around. She doesn't seem to mind and she pretty much calls the shots. She started talking to us a week or 2 ago and it is the sweetest thing I have heard. When we have a bad day around here and she shoots me a smile or coo at the end of the day... I feel all better :) She is a tuna alright! A true butter bean. Rolls galore! But so dang cute. It is funny. She didn't really have eyelashes at first and now they are real long. It is like they grew in over night. Poor girl had to get tons of shots today. It was a rough one. She had a super fussy day and I don't blame her. The doctor loved her meaty little legs though. Gave her a clean bill of health until November. Luckily she won't be joining the day care scene during this flu season (I am temporarily "retired", another story for another day, but if anyone knows of someone who needs a part-time Nurse practitioner for normal hours, no holidays or weekends- let me know :)). I have no doubt that big sissy will be sharing her little germs with her though. Reason enough for the rest of us to get flu shots to protect our Belley-Boo (FYI. you can't get flu shots until you are 6 months old).

The stats: weight 13 pounds, height 23 inches (Emmie didn't even weigh 12 pounds by 3 months, but she was and still is a super squirt!)

Not only d o I love the socks, but the way her legs are positioned too! Ha!

This is funny to me because this is what happens when you are trying to take pictures by yourself of a baby with little to no support!

2 months old