2 months old!

Happy 2 months, sweet Saylor!

I can't believe how fast time is going and how quickly you are growing. I looked back on your newborn pictures the other day and my eyes filled with tears. You were so tiny and now you are just a growing!

 You were supposed to have your 2 month checkup this past monday (the 10th), but due to us being snowed in (we still are, actually), we had to reschedule. I don't know how much you weigh now, but my guess would be about 11 lbs. 

You have outgrown all your newborn clothes and now wear 0-3 month and 3 month clothes. You are still in size 1 diapers.

Every night before bed we give you a bath and you absolutely love it. You get so excited!

You are sleeping from 9 pm to about 5 am, getting up to eat for a few minutes then go back to sleep until about 8 or 8:30. You are still breastfeeding exclusively. You also still sleep in our room in your moses basket and you love to sleep swaddled up.

This month was your first Christmas and New Years. We were in Greensboro for part of it then Santa came to visit you at our house in Columbia. Christmas day, Shu Shu and Gbake came down for the night. 

You love to smile and play and it just melts mommy's heart. You try to talk and make the most precious little sounds.

You are such an easy going baby and you are such a joy to be around.

We had your first snow in Columbia on Christmas... you were dressed in your snow suit :)

You love your momma so much and your momma loves you! Daddy says for me to enjoy it now because pretty soon you'll be a daddy's girl :).

Things you love:

your paci

your swing

riding in the car

watching the ceiling fan

taking a bath

being in the sling on me

being patted

Things you don't love:

getting your diaper changed

having your clothes off

Happy 2 months, my sweet angel. You are the best gift the Lord has given us and we are so proud to be your parents. Love you forever, sweet girl.

Our newborn angel...

If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle. -Vincent Van Gogh

Ten fingers, Ten toes

She's laughter and teardrops
So small and brand new
And amazingly angelic
She's sent to bless you
She's one special Baby
The best of life's treasure
And will grant and bless you
Many hours of great pleasure.-Author Unknown

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy.  -James Matthew Barrie

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body. 

-Elizabeth Stone

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. -Rajneesh

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. 

-Unknown

A sister is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit, a golden thread to the meaning of life.  -Isadora James

Happy 2011...

We had a great New Years... so relaxing and low key, right up our alley! :) We headed to my parents lake house Thursday evening and spent a great weekend with family and friends. Courtney and Rob joined us for the weekend and it was so great to spend time with such an old and dear friend.

Saylor loved Court and Rob too!

We played lots of corn hole, sat by the fire, saw a beautiful sunset, watched movies, drank wine and enjoyed some down time! We were such party animals, we managed to stay up until 12:07am  after watching the ball drop :)!

The whole group...

Saylor had a great weekend, as well. She laughed with her Shu Shu, slept like a charm and snuggled with everyone :)

Say Say even gave everyone a precious, Happy New Year smile, as we were leaving...

Here's to 2011... may it be filled with infectious laughter, the upmost joy, hope, faith as big as mountains, smiles as wide as the seas and beautiful sunsets to end each day...

"Cheers to a new year, and another chance to get it all right." - Oprah