Hollyn is Two Months Old Today

 Two months of joy.

Let's see what you've been up to...

You went back to the doctor last week (at 8 weeks, 9/13/11) and you weighed 11lbs, 4oz, 23.5in long, and your head was 37.5cm (still my little peanut head in the 5-10th %). You had to get 3 shots and an oral vaccination. The shots did not go so well... you screamed your head off and turned bright red! You were pretty much inconsolable for a while and it broke my heart.

The doctor suggested more tummy time including some supervised naps on you tummy... and this it what that looks like.. I love that lil ruffle butt!

Just a few days after you turned one month you started sleeping through the night. We turn on the Simply Noise app on our iPhones to white noise and you love it. You sleep great to it. You normally sleep from about 11:00pm to 7:00am. (It's A-mazing sleeping at night again!)

Drum roll please... you rolled over from your tummy to your back today for the first time! I'm very proud of you :)

You normally do pretty good in your car seat... well, as long as it's moving. This is you on our way to your daddy's work for the first time for a lunch date. Everyone loved seeing you, especially daddy's patients. (He does therapy at a nursing home) I'm pretty sure your chubby little cheeks made some people's day :)

By the way, you're a Longhorn fan ;)

Hook 'em horns!

8 Weeks

You've started noticing the TV and I'm pretty sure daddy enjoys y'alls TV watching time as much as you do.

Watching the Texans with daddy.

You started smiling and it is so adorable!

And it's not just random gas grins anymore, you actually respond to us.

You've also starting cooing. I could listen to you all day.

You do surprisingly well sitting up in the Bumbo seat.

You and your bestie Harper having some girl talk

Your brothers have really adapted well, as you can tell. If you are crying in your pack-n-play (which you still sleep in in mommy and daddy's room) and I shut the door to let you fall asleep, the boys go to the door and cry for you. They just don't like their baby sis to be upset.

Apparently I make a good pillow

Not sure where you get those long legs but I love them! (7 Weeks)

I had to throw this pic in bc I seem to be the one always taking the pics

You love your Harper's swing that swing sideways. You sleep so good in it! But your own swing is growing on you.

As you can tell from the video, you also love to kick your feet these days.

My friend Trina made this outfit for you and you look like a little doll in it!

On occasion, you pass out playing... it's a rough life!

6 Weeks

Dressed up for our first lunch date with Kelsey and Christina at none other than Chick-fil-a

You like to hang in your bouncy seat while mommy gets ready in the mornings so it's win-win for both of us.

5 Weeks

It's hard to believe 2 months have come and gone but each day is more fun! We just love watching you grow and learn new things. But most of all, we just love you!

Update

It's hard to keep up a blog when you have a baby... and even harder to have something other than your baby to write about! Ha!

For a quick update:

Hollyn and I both had our six weeks check ups this week. Hers went great. (I adore our pediatrician). She weighed 10lbs 8oz (75th %), 22.75in long (90th %), and her head is 36cm (12th % ha!). She had to get two shots (Polio and Hep B part 2) which totally sucked. I would normally make Jeff be the mean one who has to hold her leg while they torture my poor baby but he was at his own doctor's appointment so I had to be the bad guy. Boo.

My appointment... well... not so great. I'm healing but apparently I "over" healed so the doctor had to cauterize scar tissue. Yes, that means BURN off. With NO pain meds. So needless to say, I was not released for "activity" yet. I have to go back in 3 weeks and hopefully all is well then.

In other exciting news, I developed mastitis two days ago. I had no idea how bad this could be. It was apparently caused by a clogged duct. Not only is it painful, but you get flu like symptoms with it : / I HATE being sick (as if everyone doesn't) so I always try to do more than I should too soon. I really wanted to enjoy the weekend and in my head I should feel better since I've been on antibiotics for two full days so my parents came to watch Hollyn while we got out of the house. After running a couple of errands we went for an early dinner. Food sounded so good in my head... but unfortunately I couldn't eat... instead I got sick in a PUBLIC bathroom! Gross! Flashback to pregnancy!

Anyways, I'm getting a lot braver about going places with Hollyn and we've actually started to venture out into society so hopefully I will have more exciting things to talk about soon. (Other than my tortured lady parts!)

Koncepts by Kate

As if I haven't been a little busy lately, I actually also became a vendor in a couple of local boutiques (The Funky Monkey ~ FB page and Little Closets ~ FB page). So in between feeding and calming a fussy baby I've been working on my products.

Here's some of the products I've completed and are for sale in the stores.

Growth charts

Bow Holders

Custom canvas signs

This one was actually a custom order

Tutus

Pacifier clips (That will fit ALL pacifiers)

Check out Koncepts by Kate on Facebook.

It's been crazy... but I think I thrive on stress ;)

Hollyn is One Month Old Today!

I cannot believe you are already one month! Life really does change once you have a baby... it gets put into fast forward!

Let's see what you've been up to...

Ta Dah!

When you were born you weighed 8lbs 6oz but within a day you were down to 7lbs 12oz. Because of your weight loss, the doctor insisted we feed you every 2 to 3 hours, waking you up to feed you if you didn't on your own... never fun to wake a sleeping baby! At your one week appointment you had done a good job gaining weight (8lbs 4oz) but you still weren't quite to your birth weight so we still had to wake you up every 3 hours (And I was becoming one tired momma!). At your 2 week appointment you were up to 8lbs 10oz so we were officially free to let you sleep as long as you wanted, still feeding you every 2 to 3 hours while awake. (Wooohooo! More sleep for mommy!) You sleep anywhere from 5 mins to 5 and a half hours. Your record time between feedings is 7hrs 45mins! (You've only done that once though)

(funny fact: You snort when you are fussy or in a hurry to eat. It is the cutest thing ever! I'll have to try to capture it on video.)

You aren't on any schedule yet. I try to make you wait 3 hours to eat but I can be a sucker when you get fussy enough. (And by fussy, I mean screaming like a little teradactyl! You never had that sweet newborn cry that sounds like a little lamb. Your daddy and I knew we were in for it when we heard your teradactyl screeches the first time the nurse brought you to us in our hospital room :) You sleep good in the mornings and are usually in a pretty good mood. However, by the time daddy gets home you are wide awake and not particularly happy. But you do love bath time.

It takes a while to get you to sleep at night, but once you finally go down, you will normally sleep for a good 4 to 5 hours.

You've had surprisingly good head control since you were born. We've recently tried a little tummy time with you and you can hold up your head pretty well. (You also act like you're ready to take off and start crawling! Mommy's not ready for that!)

{3 weeks}

Your umbilical cord fell off right at two weeks... actually during your newborn photo shoot... we think it got caught on your Aunt Meg's shirt, lol!

{2 weeks}

You like your bouncy seat best out of all your gadgets and you swat and grab the toys. (You have a really good grip... when I'm nursing you, you like to hold something... my shirt, my hair, my finger, etc.)

You are not too sure about your playmat. You will stare at some of the toys for a while and even swat at them but you get pretty mad that you can't grab them. (Honestly, your favorite entertainment is to stare at the ceiling fan... and we don't even turn it on because you aren't suppose to have newborns under ceiling fans! Not sure why you are so fascinated with it!)

What a little sting bean!

My little strawberry :)

{1 week}

You will only take the green soothie pacifiers the hospital gave us. You really aren't super interested in them except when you get fussy (and we kinda force you to take it ;) When I try other pacifiers you act like I just gave you the grossest thing ever! Ha!

Mom, this thing is as big as my head!

We wrap you up nice and tight in a swaddler when you go to sleep... it seems to help you sleep longer and flail around less.

It's a baby burrito!

But you are our little Houdini and somehow get your arms free a lot of the times!

You are a daddy's girl. He can calm you down like no other. And you love when he sings to you and plays the piano. (You tend to favor your song, Holly Bug, but you also like when he sings Lean on Me, Earth Angel, Halleluiah, and Hey Jude)

For some reason you always burp the best for daddy so I pass you to him a lot of times after my failed attempts.

It is so hard to believe how much you've grown and changed in just one month! We feel so incredibly blessed to have you as our daughter! We love you little Holly Bug and thank God for you every day!

Hollyn's Newborn Pics

By Meg Hamlett Photography

{Hollyn at 2 weeks - Aug 1, 2011}