2 Month Dr. Appt.

Wow, 2 months have flooooooown by! She's getting to be such a big girl already! She's holding her head up really well now, loves to "walk" up your tummy and chest, and loves to bounce! She's an active little shit with lots of energy. She also is learning to sleep well too! Hooray!! She slept 6 hours last night before waking to eat, then went right back down for 3 more! She's outgrown all her newborn clothes and is now in 3 month size... actually, she's been in those for several weeks now!

Thursday, March 18th was her 2 month Dr. appt. She weighed 11 lbs. even and 23 inches long! She was above average for her height, weight and head circumfrance. Dr. Kaufman checked her ears, they were clean and clear! Eyes look good, lungs sound great, and everything is healthy! The only thing she has is baby acne, that all babies get, so we will consider that minor! :)

She's doing well with breastfeeding, and the dr. said I can now start spacing out her feedings a bit. She is also now on a vitamin daily, Vitamin D, to help with her bones. We go back in May for her 4 month appt, and hope all is well in between!

St. Patricks Day!~

St. Patricks Day was a busy one this year! First, I had a Dr. appt. with my OB in the morning (more on that later...), then when I got back, Tommy's cousin Sarah and her boyfriend Drew were in town from Grand Island! They visited with us for awhile, and got to meet Elizabeth for the first time... she really took a liking to both of them!



Our dear friend Kendra bough Elizabeth the cutest little St. Patrick's Day outfit.. she filled it out well! It was so freakin cute...





Later that day, we went to our neighborhood bank where we know everyone.. they wanted to see Elizabeth! We also opened an account for her there so she will be rich by the time she goes to college! Let's hope, anyways!

It was a fun day, full of lots of new things and people to see. Happy "first" St. Patrick's Day, little one!

First Restaurant!

Thursday, March 4th was my birthday... ugh. I really tried to forget about it as I knew it was coming up. I was hoping too that Tommy would pull the typical "oops, I forgot your birthday" man card, but he didn't... he remembered. I guess as I get older, I keep thinking birthdays will just disappear. I am 36. 4 more years until 40! OH NO!!!

Anyhoo, my in-laws also didn't forget, and they wanted to take us all out to dinner to celebrate. I thought that was OK, it was a night off of cooking and trying to balance baby duty and dinner. So we packed up the whole family and headed to La Mesa, a pretty good Mexican restaurant. This was Elizabeth's first time out at a very crowded restaurant! And she did great! She basically slept the whole time.. you'd think SHE had the margarita! Oh, and it was GOOD! :)

Here are a few pics. I realized I didn't get one of Elizabeth in her car seat snoozing away, but she was there, next to us at the table!

First roadtrip!

Last week we took our first road trip! Yep, we packed up and drove to Sioux Falls, SD to go visit great grandma Wehling! It is about a 3 hour drive, one way. We surprised grandma by just showing up at her door, and she was sooo excited! We visited for awhile with grandma and got caught up on the family "happenings". It was really nice, and Elizabeth was so well behaved! Here she is with her great grandma:



After that, we stopped by the mall there in Sioux Falls, to surprise Tommy's cousin Alissa and her brother-in-law Tim. They both work at a shoe store there in the mall. It was great to see them both, and they both enjoyed meeting Elizabeth for the first time!





She did really well on the trip up and back... slept most of the time, but when she wasn't, we played in the backseat together. We also realized in a hurry that we have instantaneously grew out of my car! We had to scoot the front seat up so far to get the car seat behind it, so I had enough room in the back to sit and feed her. My knees kept hitting the glove compartment, so I mostly sat in the back with Elizabeth. Can't imagine traveling like that further distances! no room for the dogs either! So looks like we are looking at a Tahoe or Suburban. Better for those trips to the cabin this summer... can't wait for those! :)