Two Months Old

Ms. Bela Bean turned two months old on Friday. I can't believe it. I have to admit I still haven't gotten used to the idea of being a mother. Sometimes I think to myself when is this little person's parents coming to pick her up? Or who in the world let me take care of this child? And then I realize, oh wait, that's me. But some amazing things have occurred in these past two months that have made my heart melt.

• She has started to smile at me. This is the greatest thing, that she realizes I'm her Mom. Crazy.
• She's a talker. We are starting to hear coos, goos and gahs! She's getting quite the vocabulary going.
  
• She looks to find me when she hears my voice and tracks me around the room to see where I'm at.
• She is holding her head up for quite a long time. She sits on my stomach and looks up at me and bobbles her head.
• She is quite the little eater. Well, she has slowed down in the last couple of weeks. But in her two months of life she has likely doubled her birth weight. All of this has produced some mighty good cheeks, two chins and some nice little leg rolls ... Yea!
• She is more alert. When she first came home, we had to wake her up to eat! Now, she wakes up to eat and sometimes doesn't fall asleep right away! This, I have to admit is a little challenging. Now I have to figuring out from her signals when she's hungry, when she's tired, when she wants attention, when she's had enough and wants to be put down. But I think I'm getting the hang of it!
• She is taking longer sleeps at night. Our bedtime routine involves a nice warm bath, followed by a little song from me - either Let It Be or Hey Jude - then a bottle with Papi. She's sleeps for about 5 or 6 hours if we put her to sleep on her tummy.

We haven't quite figured out a schedule. I'm not sure if this little one wants a schedule. But I'm positive the next month she will keep us guessing as to what she wants and keep us amazed at what she is accomplishing!