Sleeping Beauty

This Sleeping Beauty slept from from 7:45pm-9:45am only getting up twice to nurse (and change a very messy diaper!).

Easter and a trip to AZ!

My goal of posting at least a little something once a week has been demoted on my to do list since returning to work. Right now eating, SLEEPING, brushing our teeth, and laundry are a higher priority (and let me tell you, it takes about all of our energy these days!). Ohhh, and playing dress up with our little doll and taking tons of pictures! Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks, including our first (of many) road trips to AZ!

Ainsley loves her passy around bed time, but spits it out when she actually wants to sleep.

The Easter Bunny brought Ainsley a bathing suit, cute socks, and two adorable friends!

Nonni gave her "Pat" the bunny with the book, and Nana gave her new passies (which she loves)!

The Easter Bunny didn't forget Daddy, but Mama and Gidget got some regifted items on hand! (Whoops!)

A heart shaped stump we found on our walk!

Ainsley loved napping with Oma!

And boy did she talk to Opa!!!

Ainsley's Zoo Outfit!

Auntie Tine and cousin Johnny

Back home to Daddy!

Notes:

• Ainsley was absolutely amazing in the car! She slept almost the entire way there and home. 
• She slept through her first trip to the zoo. She fell asleep in the car on the way there and didn't wake up until we got home.
• She has gone from waking up twice in the night to three times...not sure what that's all about!
• She is a rockstar at work, biggest challenge: making sure the other kiddos don't give her too much "loves." They are so cute with her, they want to play with her and look at her toes all the time. She will never want for attention and entertainment :-)
• As always, she coos and smiles the most for daddy, it is the sweetest thing to see her light up when she sees her daddy in the morning!
• She has gotten REALLY good at finding her thumb the last couple of days.
• We love listening and singing along to primary songs as we fold laundry and iron (I don't think Gidget appreciates my out of tune singing as much...she usually leaves the room)
• Ainsley loves her new jogging stroller. She never complained much about her car seat until she experienced her stroller!

2 Months!

Oh my! The time is flying by. I cannot believe it has been two months already! Our little peanut is not so little anymore. She is growing so fast, I feel like we are packing away more too-small clothes every week. It's a little bitter sweet, but mostly sweet! It is so fun and exciting to see her develop and interact more. Her are some pictures her Aunt Nie took :-) 

Stats
Age: 2 Months
Length: 21"
Weight: 10lbs 9oz
Head: 38cm

When her doctor came in after Ainsley was weighed and measured, she just said, "Somebody has been drinking her Haagen Dazs milk!" This little girl is turning into quite the chunker and we couldn't be happier! Bath time is a favorite over at our house, Ainsley loves the water, and we love watching her rolly polly legs kick and splash.

What she's doing:

• Smiling a whole lot more! She smiles the most for her Daddy, and loves when Mama makes kissing noises and gives Eskimo kisses.
• Some cooing, but not very much yet.
• Still very content, she does not cry a whole lot (we got REALLY lucky there).
• Very burpy and gets the hiccups a lot! (Tyler doesn't think it's fair that I congratulate Ainsley on her big burps and he gets in trouble.)
• Liking tummy time a little more each day. She likes being on her tummy on the boppy a lot more than just flat on her play mat.
• She has a lot more control of her neck, she is always lifting her head and looking around.
• Sleeping has been a little up and down lately. She sleeps a ton during the day and at night, but still wakes up to eat every 3-4 hours. Occasionally we will get a 5 hour stretch, and twice we got 7! (Last night being one of those, which is why I am alert enough to blog!) Our doctor recommended that we start sleep training her and drop her middle of the night feedings, she is 10 pounds and should be able to go 10 hours at night without nursing. Well, after two horrible nights, Josh and I decided none of us are quite ready for that. Right now she goes down around 9, wakes up between 1 and 2, and again around 4:30. We are so efficient, we are up, fed, and asleep again in 20 minutes or less. I think when we try again in a month, we will work on dropping that 4:30am snack. I have a feeling though she is getting close to doing that on her own.

Nicknames

Lately these are what she is most frequently called:

• Sugar Plum
• Pumpkin
• Sweetheart