Sarah - 2 Months

Sarah is 2 months old today! She has been growing steadily, although she's still quite small... We won't have an official weight till next week, but when we put her on our scale at the house, she's 9 pounds.

Developmentally, Sarah seems to be right on track. She smiles and laughs a lot (inherited from both me and Ted). She's fairly good at holding her head up and she can roll from her stomach to her back. She seems to recognize Ted and I, but she still doesn't say "excuse me" when she farts.

She's not sleeping through the night (wakes up about every 3 hours), but she is a pretty good sleeper in general at night. She goes back to sleep after feedings and we usually can sleep off and on from about 11pm - 8am. We still end up having her sleep with us in bed (she falls asleep nursing). Once she's asleep, I can usually move her to her pack n' play next to our bed.

This month I tried giving up dairy to see if it would help Sarah be less fussy. I think it has helped a little, but she still does cry a good amount. Ted was lactose intolerant as a baby and I was allergic to milk as a child so it's very likely that Sarah can't digest dairy products easily.

We took more pictures on the rocker with her "2" block. Of course you know she wasn't calm for the whole shoot, but we got some good shots.


Does this look familiar?


I used a hair dryer to keep her calm and also give her that "wind-blown" look!





Love this one with the grin!

Bear Suit

Sarah has a favorite outfit. It's her bear suit. Our friends Josh Talley and Monica Phillips gave us the bear suit at our couples shower... and we also got a bigger version from Ted's mom. Little did we know how much 2 of them would come in handy!

We first tried her bear suit on her to take her home from the hospital. It was way too big...

Now the bear suit fits perfectly. We first discovered the wonders of the bear suit when we wanted to hang out on the deck with Meagen and Andy Young and it was a little chilly. Sarah had been crying a lot (nothing new!), but when we put this suit on her, she calmed down immediately. Now I put it on her nearly every time she's fussing! So she wears in every day basically. Here are some recent shots of Sarah in her bear suit.

Sarah and her favorite photographer - Meaghan Elliott

Bear suit and the swing - a winning combination!

All Smiles

Sarah has been smiling a lot recently and we know it's not just gas... Here are some shots of her smiling. We're hoping her smiles will increase and fussiness will decrease now that I've given up dairy.

Sarah and her daddy

Sarah and Grandpa Wade

Sarah and Great Abuelita Rivero (Ted's Grandmother)

Sarah - 1 Month

Sarah is 1 month old today. (March 1st would be Feb. 29th if February had 29 days...)

Our days are consisting of eating, crying, diaper changes and sleeping. Sometimes Sarah sleeps for long stretches, other times she skips naps in between feedings all together. She does seem to smile socially sometimes, although I know she shouldn't do that for a few more weeks.

My biggest challenge these days is trying to pump in between her feedings so I can build up a reserve of milk for when I go out, and eventually when I go back to work. I can only pump 2 oz. at a time and today she woke up right after I had finished pumping and was very mad when she found it hard to get milk. I ended up feeding her the milk I had just pumped.

Here are the pictures from her 1 month photo shoot. I'll be taking a picture of her each month, her rocking chair, so we can see her grow!


I really wanted her to wear a pink headband. But, as you can see, she would have none of it.


She even tried to flip me off...


This was the last photo of the day...


Yesterday, this photo was taken. So see, she really is a happy baby most times.