3 Months

June 3rd, 2011 and Lucy is 3 months old!

She has been busy growing and getting cuter by the minute. Her smiles are adorable, even at 3 in the morning when she should be going to sleep. It's hard to bounce her back to sleep and make eye contact with her, because she'll start smiling and forget about sleeping for a second! Yes, I did say bounce her. Lucy's ritual before sleeping is getting bounced on the exercise ball that now permanently resides in her room. Sometimes all it takes is 4 bounces and voila...no more fussing! Who knew we would need a color coordinated exercise ball for the nursery, it wasn't on our list!

Lately she also notices if you leave/enter the room, and can hear/follow the sounds of our voices pretty well. Getting her out of her crib in the morning is fun since she'll greet you with a big smile. She is also starting to laugh more, especially when Bryan picks up the bouncer and moves it up and down. She received an exercise mat/activity gym from a friend of ours who had an extra, and she loves having stuff to look at, touch, and kick! Gives mommy and daddy's arms a break from having to hold all the toys above her. :)

She has been lifting her head more and more for tummy time and getting stronger. She has taken to sucking on her fingers (her pointer and middle) and has been sleeping with her arms out of the swaddle now. She'll spit the pacifier out and suck on her fingers for the most part. Sometimes you can hear her sucking on them from all over the house--she must have a strong grip! And, the day before she turned 3 months (June 2nd), she rolled over on her own from tummy to back! I even caught it on video :)

Cloth diapering is going well. It is way easier than I ever imagined, and has saved us a ton on diapers! We still need to get some more once she grows out of one of the kinds we have (the other half of our stash is all one-size that grows with her). I'm also extremely amazed by the wonders of the sun. Poop stains be gone with one day hanging out in the sunroom! Diapers are brand spanking new looking! Luckily we don't have too many of those though since Lucy has started to become fairly "regular" and poops every morning :) And, thanks to our awesome RumpARooz pocket diapers, we are able to stuff 2 inserts and a hemp insert in there for night time, which keeps her sleeping. She does get quite the bubble butt from this, but a good night's sleep is worth it!

Summer is here for me so Lucy and I will be hanging out, with some play dates with friends during the week. We also have a bajillion people that want to babysit her, so I might take an afternoon off every now and then to recharge :).

We are looking forward to spending the majority of June with visitors and Lucy's first trip to St. Louis! To see pictures and 2 videos (sorry for the low quality) of our 3 month old chica, click on the photo album in the top right. Enjoy!

Love,
The Fingland's

2 Months

We made it to 2 months! I decided to revamp this blog and will try and write each month about her happenings. Not only to let you all know, but so I can easily have information remembered for her baby book and photo books that I will making each year! We even found a way to print of the blog nicely so we might do that for her as well.

Lucy had her 2 month checkup on Tuesday, May 10th, and all is well. Her stats are:

Weight: 9lb13oz (30th percentile)

Height: 22.5 inches (55th percentile)

She received 3 shots and was called a "tough chick". She let out one 3 second wail and then was back to relaxing and ready for a nap. Such a strong little chica!

She has been on a pretty firm schedule around here once I started back at school. She eats about 7 times a day and has a bit of a sleep schedule at night at least...goes to bed between 6-7, sleeps until we do a "dream feed" at 9:30, then sleeps until 2ish and eats, then sleeps till we get her up at 5:45 to eat so I can get to school on time. Not too shabby.

The latest and greatest thing she does is SMILE! Her babysitter even called her the "happiest baby ever". She loves looking at faces, especially the ridiculous ones Bryan and I bombard her with daily. She'll follow toys and objects around (like her big sister Bailey when she licks her feet and hands), and follows your voice as well. She's still loving her music! Her dancing tunes playlist gets used almost daily and she especially likes Jack Johnson just like her mommy. She'll laugh and coo and kick, kick, KICK while playing and listening to her tunes! She has also found her fist and will gnaw on it and drool, especially if she breaks out of her straight jacket--I mean swaddle. :)

She started losing a little bit of hair before she turned 2 months, and it looks like some is coming back in on top. She has a "reverse friar tuck" as Bryan called it...a bald strip missing in the back, but still a lot on the top and bottom. Her eyes are still very very blue and her hair still has a bit a reddish/blondish still in it.

Things have been going well with us, still trying to adjust to this new way of living. We are pretty excited to finally test drive our BOB and go on a run with her once it stops raining here! We have her baptism all set up for June 12th, with family coming in town. It will be fun to show her off and for her to meet some new family members. Thanks for all the well wishes, gifts, and enthusiasm about the bombardment of baby photos :). We love sharing Lucy with you all and can't wait until you get to meet this cute little peanut if you haven't already!

Check out her 2 month photos by clicking on the album in the upper right (used to be my belly photos!)

Hope all is well. Love,

The Fingland's