Short Update!

Milestones! -- I just wanted to write somewhere that Natalie slept from 11pm to 8am Wednesday night and Thursday morning she was following everything with her eyes!

Baby girl had her 2month well check...

She is now 23 inches long and 11 pounds 8 ounces! I tried to put her in one of my favorite outfits yesterday and she was too big for it. It was a sad day.

Sunday, Natalie turned 2 months old! I looked over the last entry I posted and her sleeping habits have changed quite a bit. Right around 6 weeks she started sleeping longer during the night. In that entry I wrote that she has slept 8 hours waking up only once to eat and went straight back to sleep. Since then she has pretty much cut out the feeding. She typically falls to sleep anywhere from 9:30 to 11 and sleeps up to 8.5 hours. She has only slept that long once but last night she slept 7 hours.

At her doctor's appointment she had to get 3 shots and a liquid medicine. She cried pretty hard while getting them but when it was over and I got to cuddle and comfort her she calmed down really fast and was back to her normal, happy self! It was a long appointment by the time it was over but Natalie fell asleep on the way home and slept until after noon. She has pretty much slept all day.

On Valentine's Day we got to enjoy the outdoors for the first time! We went to Mitch Park in Edmond and walked the trails with Melissa while she walked her doggy, Snickers. The next day Natalie and I went to Lake Hefner and walked those trails.

We have noticed that her hair looks lighter. Last Thursday, Heather came over and we went to check the mail and Natalie's head looked like a glowing red ball! When I saw it I said, "Natalie's hair looks RED! Uh oh, She's gonna be a ginger and Uncle Q is going to have a ball with that!" Since then, my parents and Seth's Nana have said something about how red her hair looks. :D

OH! We also had her first play date! One of my coworkers' wife had her daughter on December 8, so they are pretty close in age. We joked that they would be twins because that was Natalie's due date. So, on February 8 we went over to her place and visited and let the babies lay on the tummy time mat and hang out. ;D

On Sunday, I caught Natalie sucking her thumb over a half dozen times! I think it is so amazing how she is learning and knows what she is doing with her hands. At first they just flail and go everywhere, but now I have seen her suck her thumb, take her pacifier out with her hands, and last Saturday Melissa took a picture of her holding the bottle she was drinking from by herself! That's my little genius!

Natalie is Six Weeks Old!

That's my big girl! Our doctor's office does appointments at 8weeks so we haven't had one since our first appointment at 1week. However, everything is going great and I estimate she is over 10lbs now. My family is starting to call her 'chunk'; she is NOT chunky but she's getting some thicker skin for sure. ;)
She has laughed 3 times in her sleep now but it is still hilarious! I can't wait til she starts laughing for real! And...speaking of sleep-- Seems like she has been eating less frequently and sleeping longer intervals which is AWESOME for Mom! Last night from 12am to 8am we only woke up once (around 4am) and were only awake for around 20min. AWESOME! I borrowed the swing my mom had for her because I got a bouncer that she isn't too fond of and she LOVES the swing! If shes not hungry it's pretty much guaranteed that it will put her to sleep so that is handy too. :)
She is growing up so fast it's crazy.
Saturday I took my little brother to his first concert (JEW-- AWESOME) and my parents watched Natalie. I took about 6oz of milk there and she took 3oz from a bottle. That was the second time she'd had a bottle. I gave her one the week before because I wanted to make sure she would take it when I went to the concert. She had no problem with it and when my mom fed her she said Natalie drank it in less than a minute. Then Mom went to warm more but she had fallen asleep before it was warmed.
She is also starting to 'talk' a lot more. It's so cute! She makes a noise sometimes that worried me at first. The first time I noticed it she was crying. It sounds like shes gasping for air in a really high pitched tone. I thought she was having trouble breathing but she's just making noise. Crazy girl.
Wellllllllllll, until next time. :)