2 Months Old

Ember is 2 months old now! :) And we are loving her more and more each and every day! Amazing how that can happen. He is a brief summary about what is going on with Ember these days...

Ember is growing and changing so much. She is going down to sleep very easy and usually sleeps from 7:30/8:00ish until between 1:00-2:00, I feed her and then she gets up again around 4:00-5:00 to eat and then wakes up for the day in a few hours after that. She still eats about every 3 hours during the day. She is becoming more and more alert during her wake times. She follows you with her eyes when you walk by her and she turns toward your voice when you talk to her. She loves to break out of her swaddle more than ever and we have to reswaddle her at least once before she falls asleep for a nap. She doesn't cry while doing this - we think it is fun for her! In fact, she usually smiles a HUGE smile when we swaddle her to put her down in her crib. Since she is more alert and aware of her surroundings -she LOVES her play gym. She moves her arms, kicks her legs, grabs on to the toys, and talks to them while under it. It is a life saver during dinner as she will happily play under it while we eat. She is also becoming such a BIG girl by holding her head up. It just clicked for her one day and she can hold it up for over a minute if we help set her up with her arms in front of her. She even rolls over from this position to her side or back sometimes. She is smiling ALL the time when you talk to her or play with her. She still isn't a fan of her car seat but will be more content in it when we leave the car seat cover pulled up so she can see herself in her mirror. She does still love baths, the changing table, and that silly singing stork. I loosely tied her two month balloons to her wrist and let her move them around. She absolutely LOVED that she could make them move and would smile and laugh at them for 30-45 minutes straight. Sadly, they lost their helium so she can't play with them any more. But it will be a fun treat every month! This next month will be full of lots of changes - not only for Ember physically - but for all of us as I go back to work, Dustin gets to try "Daddy Daycare," and Ember goes to The Ark for a day and a  half each week. I know it will be a hard transition for me but hopefully Ember will fall into her new routine without missing a beat. We are so excited to have little Ember Renee as part of our lives in this new year 2013!!

Maci decided she wanted to get a picture with 2 balloons too since she is 2 YEARS old ;)

Maci was much easier to get a picture of then Ember.... :)