Olivia at Two Months

Olivia wasn't feeling well on her two month birthday so cuddles won out over posting. Couldn't let the milestone pass without sharing. She is now 2 months and 7 days old!

Happy Two Month Birthday Olivia

Olivia you have only been in our lives for two months, but it seems like you are already a different little baby. You have gotten so big in the past month and have changed so much. The puffy little features that you had when you were born have settled down, and your starting to get your own little look to yourself. You've started to do so many exciting things, and you are constantly making mommy and daddy smile and laugh so much. There doesn't seem to be anything you do that is wrong, we coo and laugh over every thing you do.

When we went to the doctor this month, we were excited to see how much you had grown. You now weigh 10 lbs. 10 oz, which is fantastic. You are growing so much and are in the 50th percentile for weight. You are 59 cm or 23.2 inches, you've grown almost an inch since you were born. You are such a long baby, and we were not surprised that you are in the 75th percentile for your height. When the nurse put you on the scale, guess what you did, you peed on it. The nurse said you were the third baby today to do it, she was three for three. Dr.Lee said that you are looking fantastic, you are doing everything that you should be doing, and we couldn't be more proud!

Two months brought your first round of immunizations, you received three today and you handled them like a champ. The first one was taken orally and the nurse said if you were not good to take it then that you could have it at your next check up, but you took it without complaint. She was so impressed with how good you were. The other two were in your legs, the first needle shocked you and started some tears and the second one brought them out fully. You let out a big cry, because the nurse said the second needle was the more painful one. Momma couldn't watch, she even cried a little. I didn't like seeing you in pain!

At two months Olivia you continue to amaze and astound us with all the great things you are already able to do...

-You continue to be a great little eater. We reduced the amount of time you were eating a little to see if that helped with your spitting up, it did a little bit. Your spitting up is still sporadic, but it has reduced a little. You like to save the spit up for when we are not expecting it. The other night I laid you on my chest at bed time to get you to sleep. Two minutes after laying down blah, you spit up all over mommy's neck and shirt. It was fantastic! You've sneak attacked daddy and I a few times, but your so gosh darn cute that we can't be mad.

-You've started to do so much better with your crib. We had a few late nights, and you still ended up in bed with mommy and daddy most nights, but we've been trying. Our first big success was a day that you napped four hours in your crib. Mommy had to keep checking on you because she couldn't believe it. You then continued to have more naps in your crib, and although the routine was interrupted by your cold, you still are doing great at napping in your crib. When you go in your crib, we wrap you up tightly, it helps keep your soother in your mouth and you seem to like it.

-You have been sleeping fantastically at night. If you eat around midnight, you will usually sleep until between 7-9 in the morning, it's so nice to get such large chunks of sleep! Daddy and I really appreciate it!

-You have started to focus a lot more on the toys that hang down from your play mat. You enjoy your free play time, and have started clasping and hitting your toys. You get very excited about playing with your toys. Tummy time is still not your favourite, as much as we cheer and encourage you, your just not a fan. Daddy is so good to keep it up and he tries it with you as much as he can.

-You are one strong little lady. When we hold you in our arms you love to stand up nice and tall and hold your head up like a BIG girl. We still have to watch you that you don't bobble too much, but your pretty strong.

-You LOVE the swing. We borrowed one from Nanny Bing and you think it is a fantastic invention. You are so happy when you are in it, you like to stare at the TV or just fall asleep in it. Mommy likes it because it gives her a bit more time to accomplish things around our home.

-You have started to babble and coo so much. It's so much fun to have little conversations with you. You get so excited when we talk back and forth. Your little eyes just light up! It's exciting for mommy and daddy too, we love the sweet sounds you make, we are looking forward to when you start really laughing.

-You are out of your new born sized clothing, mommy was pretty sad to pack it away. We've now been working through all your 0-3 month clothing. We want to make sure that you get to wear everything at least once. Nanny Jackie says your going to think you have to get your picture taken every time you get dressed, because mommy does capture all your cute outfits.

-You own so much clothes speaking of clothes... mommy finds it hard to resist a cute outfit at a good deal. Daddy can't resist a good sports outfit for you. He recently bought you a New York Jets sleeper, it's dark green and it will fit you when your two. We love our daddy he means well!

-You attended your first super bowl event, dressed to support daddy's second favourite team. Sadly they were not successful, the patriots lost, but you sure did look cute in your outfit.

- Bruno Mars "Count on Me" and Boyce Avenue "Just the Way You Are" are still your favourite calm down songs. You have been enjoying "You are my Sunshine" as well. Mostly just the chorus of the song, we sing it lots!!

-You've been baby sat at Nanny Jackie's a few times, and you are always a little angel when you are there. Mommy and daddy hate being away from you, but we are glad you are in good hands when we can't be with you.

-You had your first bottle this month, we bought you this fancy medela breast feeding bottle, and the first time we tried it, it was a battle! Mommy was persistent and you ended up drinking the bottle but the next two attempts were horrible and we gave up on that bottle. We went to the bottle that auntie kathy recommended so much, it was inexpensive, and it worked like a charm, you downed the bottle super fast, and even took it at nanny's without any complaints, again we were so proud!

-You celebrated your first Valentine's Day in month two of your life. We had cards and treats at home. Mommy and daddy have a special valentines shirt, and headband for you. We had a hat for you too but it arrived late. You got lots of cute Valentines from our family, and you sent some out to family and some of your little friends like Josh, Noah, Sawyer and Colston. It was very fun to make our Valentines together. Nanny Jackie took us to visit Nannie and Grampa Bing and our Nelson cousins. It was a fun day!

-You also went to your first birthday party. It was Ella's fourth birthday party, at auntie Sarah and uncle Jaccob's apartment. We had a lot of fun visiting with friends and having ice cream cake. You didn't get the cake but you loved the cuddles.

-You still love to be held and snuggled. Lately you've been so good at snuggling on mommy's shoulder. After you are fed and you are being burped, you'll snuggle right into my shoulder. I love the way you cuddle in and stick out your cute little bum. I could cuddle you like that ALL day.

-You now have a LOVE relationship with bath time, even when momma pours water over your head, you just blink a lot and laugh. You let mommy wash you without any complaint. You also love splashing in the tub, your bath song of choice is "Party Rock" by LMFO. You wiggle and splash it's super funny!

-You had your first real cold, it stressed mommy and daddy out a lot. You would cough and choke and it worried us so much. You would cough up milk and mucus, but we kept getting you checked out by the doctor and he said you were okay. You didn't love the saline that we squirted in your nose, and you were so sleepy. Although you were still your happy go lucky self, you could see it in your eyes that you just were not feeling well. It was cute, we could always tell when you were done coughing because you would do this cute little throat clearing.

- You have been enjoying story time with daddy. He is so good to remember to read to you, he'll always ask mommy to bring him books to read you. His favourite one to read right now, is a Grover book, called "There is a Monster at the end of this Book". He reads it in voices and gets so into the story it is so cute, and makes mommy love him so much more.

Olivia, we just want you to know just how much we adore you. You have both of us wrapped around your cute little finger. You just coo or smile and we melt. We want to remember every little thing you do because you are just so amazing. We want to do everything we can to make you happy. Daddy and I often talk about how lucky we are, we have been blessed with such a good baby. We are a little baffled when you get cranky, because in the first two months of your life it's something that hasn't happened often. Your making it easy on us, and we appreciate you for that. We will probably write this every month, but you have changed our life so much and we just love you with all our hearts. You bring a new kind of joy to our lives and have just made our family so much stronger. Mommy and Daddy just want to work together so much harder to give you the best life possible. We cannot wait to continue to watch you learn, grow and accomplish so many wonderful things!

Hugs and Kisses!

Mommy & Daddy