Ella is Two-Months-Old

Today baby Ella is two-months-old! I can hardly believe it's been eight weeks since she was born. She had her two-month check-up this morning and she now weighs 12 lbs. and is 22 3/4 inches long which means she's in the 80th percentile for both height and weight. She also had to get three immunizations and one oral vaccine and she did not enjoy those one bit. She screamed bloody murder for quite awhile after her shots and Nurse Holly was kind enough to let me breastfeed her in the patient room to help calm her down. She slept a lot this afternoon and spent the early evening playing and is back to her happy little self. She has started smiling more frequently in the past few weeks and makes cooing sounds, both of which are so adorable. She also kicks her legs and swings her arms around a lot and Dr. Thompson (her pediatrician) warned us to not let her be on an elevated surface alone anymore because she will probably start rolling over this month or next. It's so fun to see her grow, and, in many ways, I feel like a new parent all over again since we didn't experience the same physical milestones with Nicholas when he was a baby. It's difficult for me to imagine that in a few months we will have a crawler on our hands and will have to baby-proof our house for the first time.

We love our little girl so very much and are so blessed to be her parents!