Month Two

My sweet Grace,

On Monday you turned two months old. I can't believe two whole months have gone by already!

This month you met your Auntie Carly for the first time. She came to stay with us for almost two weeks and what a treat that was; for mommy and you! Of course she loved you to pieces and would hardly put you down, but that's what Aunties are supposed to do.

Your cousins in Prince George are quite enamoured with you as well, even though they haven't met you face to face yet. Nathan shows everyone this video and when I talk to him on the phone, he always wants to say hi to you. Elijah wants to know why I can feed you with my boobies but his mommy can't feed him with her boobies, and why Shyloh (their dog) won't be having any puppies that she can feed with her boobies and that when he gets bigger he's going to go to the vet and get him to put some puppies in her belly so she can have some puppies to feed with her boobies. Ya...he's almost 4 so the concept of breastfeeding is a little beyond him.

As you can tell from the video, you've started chatting and smiling this month. What a beautiful gift! Not that I needed a reason to stare at you before but now...we sit for long stretched of time just hanging out smiling and gabbin! I love it.

You noticed Lucy for the first time the other day during one of your baths. We put your baby bath in the big tub and usually either Mommy or Daddy climb into the big tub to hold you while the other does all the washing. Well, this time, it was just Mommy so Lucy decided to get into the big tub to help out. I had you sitting up to wash your back and you noticed Lucy sniffing around and watching. You weren't quite sure what to make of the little orange FrankenKitty and frowned at her the whole time. Lucy's not been quite sure what to make of you these last two months either. The first day we brought you home and had to change your mecomium poop diaper, which you screamed through, she mewed in condolence to your cries. She often sits just off to the periphery of the action and I'm not sure if she's standing guard or just staying out of reach. Lately she'll sit at the foot of the bed and watch you grunt and squirm as you wake up in the morning.

We've had a couple of great visits out at the Homestead Maizuns and during one of those visits you got to meet your Grandpa Mason.

And at another one you had some girl time with your second Cousin Izzy.

(The picture is also a link to a video of the two of you having your first of many chats.)

Yesterday, at your two month check up, you weighed in at 11 lbs 8 oz which, apparently is slightly above the curve...you go girl. I'm always a little anxious about feeding because you don't seem to eat for as long as other babies. I guess you must be very efficient because yesterday was good proof that you're growing "on schedule"!

The two month doctor's visit brings on THE SHOTS!! I've been agonizing over all the research around vaccinations and their effectiveness and their side effects. I've read internet articles, books and talked to A LOT of moms about their choices. So when yesterday came, I still wasn't sure of the best thing to do. In the end, your dad and I talked quite a bit with the doctor and we decided to go with the Pentacel (5 in 1 vaccine for Diptheria, Tetnus, Pertussis, Polio and HIB) and that we would wait and to the Prevnar (for Pneumococcal disease) next month. Unfortunately, it means we'll have "shot day" every month but I feel better about the amount of "stuff" going into you little body at one time.

The shot itself went very well and you barely cried at all. Just the shock of it more than anything else caught you off guard and you had alittle bit to say at that point (...get it....point....needle... she what I did there... I can joke about it now!). That's not to say the taking off of the bandaid went as well. We won't have the doctor put a bandaid on next time, I know that for sure!!

The best part about this past month though, had to be Mother's Day. I've always known how special you are since you "graced" our lives with your presence but I never knew how special I would feel just for being your mom. You did that for me and I am so grateful.

Daddy shot a wonderful (if inappropriately timed as I hadn't even gotten dressed yet!) video of us on Mother's Day morning with our new video camera. I should take this opportunity to apologize to everyone in advance as not only will we be bombarding them with videos of you but the camera came with editing software and Mommy likes to think of herself as an amateur editor putting together cute clips with music. It's a little bit of a sickness really!

But back to Mother's Day. We went over to the Old Mill for a special Mother's Day brunch but we found out that about 200 people had the same idea. They don't take reservations for small groups so we had to take our chances in a line up that snaked through the place. It was a little crazy but luckily we stuck it out and were one of the last two seaters to be placed. You were as good as gold, of course. With all the people talking and making all the white noise, you slept through the entire lunch. It wasn't until we took you out of the carseat for pictures and a video did you wake up!

And once we got home I noticed you did get me a Mother's Day gift after all! A gigantic poopy diaper. It was so big we opted just to drop you right into the tub. Perfect!

I love you my girl. For now and for always.

Love, Mommy