Nanook of the North

I bought three pairs of long underwear for Vivian in my winter weather preparation freak out. She wore her first pair yesterday. She looks so cute in them! Unfortunately, they are impossibly hard to get her legs in and out for a diaper change and they don't have feet on them so she has to wear socks which makes it even more difficult. But they are still cute. And they keep her really really warm, even without attached feet.

Grocery Gossip

Today Little V was wearing another cute outfit. Happily the weather is cooling down so she can wear her long-sleeved clothing with out boiling! She seems to be fairly warm blooded, just like her daddy. If I put her in her car seat with a blanket when I take her out her back is almost sweating.

She refused to lay still for her pictures. Of course whenever we do tummy time and I want her to roll over she just shoves her face into the blanket and grunts until I move her. But when I want her to lay still for pictures she won't stop rolling over.

So I trapped her on her back so she couldn't move away from me.

Today we made a quick grocery store run in the afternoon. Usually whenever we run errands it's in the morning while she is still sleepy. She was fussing as I was walking to the cash registers. She wasn't full out crying but making her little shouts to let me know she was annoyed with me. I've noticed she shouts like that whenever she's sleepy and I'm not holding her. I think she wants me to pick her up before she falls asleep somewhere else.

Anyway, so some random lady walks up to Vivian, pulls her blanket off of her and then grabbed her hands and started shushing her. I nicely moved the cart away a little and the lady moved with it. So I just said thanks and walked away entirely. It was very very weird.

I also learned that Wednesday afternoons are old person extravaganza at the grocery store. Lots of slow-moving, aisle blocking carts moving around the store.

It's Not Easy Being Green

For everyone who doesn't believe me when I say I buy her clothes in colors other than pink...

Today she chose an amphibian themed outfit.

Leggings

We held another photo shoot today. Mostly because I like her outfit. Victor picked it out this weekend and I thought it was really cute! It's kind of hard to get her to sit up long enough to get a full-body shot so I added a cute headband. I love Baby Gap leggings right now! I found some in the store for an extra 40% off the sale price so now I keep checking back hoping to find more in bigger sizes. Once she fits into her Converse she will be styling.

Baby It's Cold Outside

We had a cold front come through recently and now it's chilly!! This week we have highs in the lower 50's all week! Happily, this means we can stop having to pay massive energy bills to keep the house cool. But, this will also be a big change because we have to turn on the heat for Little V. The recommended temperature for the room where a baby sleeps is 65-69. That way the baby doesn't overheat which can lead to health problems. But, I still feel like she's going to be cold in 65 degrees so we broke out the blanket sleeper last night! She seemed to love it. She woke up a little earlier than usual (4:30 instead of 6) but she seemed fairly warm when I held her. Hopefully she likes cold temperatures like her dad!

Moving on up

Vivian had to go up another diaper size this week! She was in newborn size for about six weeks then shot through the size ones in less than four. Now we have moved onto twos because I got tired of cleaning up blowouts. TMI. She has also already grown out of her 0-3 month clothes!! She is getting so big. The good news (aside from her growth meaning she is healthy and all) is that now she has a whole new wardrobe to play with! Most of the clothes she was given are 3-6 month size. Here is one of many cute new looks...

Yes, I'm excited. Now leave me alone.

Boo boos

Yesterday Vivian had her two month checkup and vaccinations. She is gaining weight like a champ! Last week we went to a lactation consultant and she weighed 11 pound 1/2 an ounce. Yesterday she weighed eleven pounds twelve ounces! That means she gained almost a pound in a week. She's a little over 22 inches long. So, let me put this in perspective for you: when she was born she was in the 20% for weight and 50% for length. At 1 month she was in 50% for weight and length. At two months was was in 75% for both!! Her head has gone up from 25% to 50% so happily she won't be too much of a pinhead.

The two month appointment also means the start of her vaccination shots. I decided to go with the recommended vaccination schedule because I think vaccinations are very important and I'm pretty sure that if I didn't my older sister would have kidnapped my baby and raised her as her own. I was dreading shot day because so many people talk about the negative side effects. Happily she did fairly well. She didn't let me lay her down at all and she had one screaming spell for no apparent reason but other than that she just slept and cuddled. Last night she actually slept until 5:30. That means I got almost 6.5 hours of sleep in a row!! I feel amazing today! I haven't had that much sleep in so long. Actually, I haven't had that much sleep since Friday, July 29. I hate to gain pleasure from her getting shots but, I can't complain too much.

This is probably what she looked like right after getting her shots. The nurse was so nice and sweet and I was able to scoop Little V up right away and she calmed down very quickly.

This is what she looked like when we got home.

Boo boos on her chub chub legs

I was having some of my own health problems yesterday and was feeling really bad. Our three year anniversary was on Tuesday and Victor send me these beautiful flowers which were delivered yesterday. I love them! I let Vivian pick one which can be hers. All the rest are mine.

2 months

Little V is already two months old! I realized last month that I confused 4 weeks with her month birthday. Chalk it up to sleep deprivation. Oh well, I was only two days off so I doubt the way she looks changed that much in two days. But this time I got the date right. She is nine weeks today but was two months old on Saturday. We have her two month check up and vaccinations on Wednesday which I am dreading. Nobody likes shots! On Thursday I went to a lactation consultant and she was weighed. She's gained another two and a half pounds!! Now she is up to 11 pounds half an ounce. She's catching up to the other full-term babies her age.

Here's her two months photo shoot. She's so serious during picture time! The rest of the day she smiles (not all the time but every now and then) but I swear as soon as the camera comes out she refuses to coo and smile the way I always imagined babies would do. That will come though. So many things are different from how I imagined pre-baby. But I'm going to keep her. Victor heard her laugh for the first time yesterday! Hopefully there's lots more of that to come.