2 months

Ok, so I know AP is almost 3 months old and I'm just now getting around to posting about her 2nd month of life but it is what it is and you'll just have to deal with it.

Here is sweet cheeks on her 2 month birthday. Same chair and same pillow from our 1 month birthday picture. She's growing up so fast! Her little head gets stronger every day and every time I am away from her for just a few hours and I come back she looks like a completely different kid! It's sad and so exciting all at the same time!

2 month birthday means 2 things. 1 - doctors appointment and 2- shots! She continues to be above average in everything except for weight. She actually dropped a few percentage points in the weight category so they put her on cereal with every bottle to beef her up! Dr. S called her lazy, I say she's just watching her figure. You never can start to early. Anyway, so they put her on 6 tsp. of cereal with every bottle and sister gained 1 lb. and 2 oz in a week. She was 9 lbs. 8 oz at her offical 2 month appt. and a week later weighed in at 10 lbs. 10 oz. She had to get shots this month and it was by far the worst and saddest experience of my life. You literally have to hold your child down on the table while the nurse sticks them 3 times. She started crying immediately, as did I! It was terrible. And then to make matters worse they gave her these ghetto fabulous band-aids. She did well afterwards though, she didn't run a fever and she was content the remainder of the day and over the weekend! She is such an amazing baby!

Here are the pictures of the nursery I've been promising for quite sometime now. The shelves of the changing table are a little more organized now that I have 2 additional baskets to hold all that crap underneath there. I love my glider, we spend every morning there eating and talking! It's my favorite part of the day because she has the sweetest little smile on her face when she wakes up and we stay up for about an hour after she eats just talking and smiling away!

close up of Gamma's handy work...she's amazing too!

the infamous prayer wall. Haley and I started this project a long time ago and we finally completed it 2 months after she was born. It was worth it though. I love it and can't think of anything else I'd rather have on that wall.

crib and prayer wall. For the record AP does sleep in the crib. I don't know why but one night I just put her in it and she slept undisturbed for about 8.5 hours so I just kept putting her in there. Granted I do have to sit up and watch the monitor for a good 30 minutes before I feel safe enough to go to sleep but at least she's sleeping in the dang thing, I'd much rather still have her in the bassinet directly next to me but she was getting a little to big for it.

These are just a few random pictures I've actually snapped on my camera and not on the cell phone. A lot of my pictures are on the cell phone. It's always with me so it's convenient.

She's started smiling and cooing A LOT and it absolutely melts my heart. Her smiles all start in her sparkly eyes and quickly make their way to her lips. Its the cutest darn thing ever!

This is what we refer to as her serious look. We get this a lot, right around feeding and burping times.

And this is her crazy face. She gets a little crazy eyed sometimes when she gets a little too excited!

And this is what it looks like when I make time to blog. Computer...check. Camera...check. Camera cords...check. AP...check. Stella...check. One tired looking mama...qaudruple check

Here's what else is going on with us these days. Motherhood is an amazing learning experience. Just yesterday, I learned that you never leave home with out a paci in her mouth, 2 in the diaper bag, one in my purse and one in the glove box. Baby dedication is next Thursday so I was going to look for AP a sweet outfit. Mom had put several on hold for me and about 3:00 I set out to go look at them. I got half way across the spillway and AP starts to fret so I start digging around for the paci. Not in the diaper bag. damn it. Not in her car seat. damn it. Not in my purse. Damn it. I'm Beginning to panic. I couldn't even find the paci that stays in her diaper bag that she doesn't like. So I talk to her the whole way and beg for her to calm down and by the time we get there she's fully engaged in a holy terror tantrum. So I figure when we get to the store and get her out she'll settle down. Wrong. The sweet girl behind the counter asked how we were doing today and I about lost it. "Obviously we've had better days. Do you sell paci's or have one on hand anywhere?" Nope. Just paci clips. That's not gonna help me out. So we quickly 86 the three outfits Gam had put on hold and head out the door. The minute her butt hits the car seat she goes postal. So I walk her around a little bit and try again. No dice. So I just buckle her in and deal with it. By the time I made it to Rice Rd. I was on the verge of losing it as well. Then God seriously threw me a bone as I saw a Rite Aid gleaming in the distance. I whipped in, tore her out of the car seat and ran/walked my way to isle #8 to find the last packet of her most favorite paci. I begged the store clerk to open it quickly as my hands were more than full with the baby, my wallet and my keys and without even sterilizing them first, popped that thing in her mouth and walked around Rite Aid for 15 minutes calming her down. I was so stressed out by the time that adventure in motherhood was over that I need a regular leaded Coke and a king size Twix. The remaining 15 minute car ride home was heavenly. Lesson learned.

In other news...I'm an emotional wreck as D day is draws near. D Day = Daycare and first day back at work. I know AP is going to be fine , heck she probably won't even notice but I can't stand the fact of taking her and leaving her with complete strangers. Hell, it took all I had to finally let her start spending nights with the grandparents and it's still hard for me to let her go each time! I have just become so attached to her and I just love her so much, that I can't imagine not being the one to care for her every minute of every day! I know I have to go back to work for many reasons such as the money and because I'm less than productive on the home front (I may wash clothes but I don't fold them for another week. I've never ever had this much dust or cob webs anywhere. And my floors are basically and indoor extension of my yard. It's so gross!) but it just breaks my heart. However, I know this will be good for the both of us but I just wish time could stand still for a few more weeks and let me just soak it in for a little while longer. I think if my whole life fell apart, it would all be worth it as long as I was still APs mom. As long as I could still see her on daily basis, I would be perfectly fine. It's seriously criminal to love anything as much as I love this little girl. I know, I know, I should just be thankful for the time that I did get to spend at home with her but dang, I'm just not prepared. Gah, moving on. I have a ton of sweet pictures on my phone that I need to upload so you can expect those some time in the near future but obviously not before Thursday. I'll be spending every waking hour hanging out with the most amazing kid in the world until I have to force my self back to the cubicle.

In the less depressing and more exciting news department, Matthew Foster Quinn was born on September 17th weighing in at 10 lbs. 2 oz. and 21 in. long. Jessica did a marvelous job of bringing the handsome and not so little guy into the world and we can't wait to meet him!!!!!We love you Quinns and we are so excited for your new family!!!

All right, until next time...which might become more regular once I'm back at slave headquarters, you know a blog here or there during lunch hour or something, who knows.