The death of pretty

Such a great article! Having a daughter now this hits even closer to home and being a girl I understand the struggle we face.

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-death-of-pretty







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2 months

I cannot believe this little girl is 2 months old. It has flown by! I head back to work on February 6, and am already not looking forward to it but I know it will be fine. We are still nailing down childcare but praying we get that figured out son. She is the sweetest, smiliest thing right now and has started "talking" to me which I love. She is so relaxed most of the time other then a couple little bit fussy hours a day b/c of gas but as long as you hold her she is fine and I certainly don't mind that:)

We had her 2 month appointment and everything looked great. Her head is a lot stronger and she is close to being able to hold it up all the time. As you can see by her stats below she is growing great. She was in the 87% across the board which we sort of expected b/c Robbins has been big all along too. Even though she is gaining weight great she is not a huge eater. She is eating about 3.5-4.5 ounces every 3 to 3.5 hours. This maybe totally normal brother brother ate so much its just a change for us:) She is wearing 3 month or 0-6 month clothes right now as well. She is sleeping pretty good. Probably 4 out of 7 nights she goes from 10-5 which is great but then we have others where she might only wake up once(also great) but sometimes we have nights where she gets up multiple times which is exhausting but part of it. I am trying to remember to do tummy time and all that stuff with her but honestly I forget which I am told is normal with #2 and I am sure when she is in kindergarden know one will know how much tummy time she got as an infant. I think those are the things a 2nd child makes you realize and I am thankful for what she is teaching us that is helping us enjoy our time with her instead of stressing out about every little thing. It makes me see why people have so many kiddos, this phase just gets better each time, seemingly so.

Robbins continues to be so sweet with her and has started showing off for her. He is always saying "Landry look..." and shows her a toy or dances or does something to get her attention. It was fun for them to get to spend so much time together and all 4 of us over the New Years holiday. It was fun and very productive having J.Ed home as well. Lots of cleaning, painting and organizing ensued as we rang in the new year. Robbins continues to get more interested in the "big potty" but nothing too exciting just wanting to sit and then tell me he went when he really didn't. I am in no rush for this, we are just going to keep talking about it and let his interest continue to grow. He has had a lot of changes in the past few months and really as long as he's potty trained in the next year I will be happy. Below are some recent pics of what's been going on, as you can see, not to much.

Loves her hands

Sweet brother/sister time-I love this one

Robbins has learned how to fake pout. He is hysterical, he starts to do it and I call him out on it and he can barely keep a straight face. He starts laughing like crazy.

Merry Merry

School Christmas party

So proud of the cookie he decorated

So artistic:)

Landry and her American Girl Itty Bitty Baby

Thanks Uncle Reno and Bryn, they gave him drums last year, one more instrument and we can start a family band.

The boys and Granny

Alicia and Ramsey came to visit

Landry in a dress is a little strange to me b/c she looks so much like her brother did so it's like Robbins in a dress to me!

Miss Priss

Granny and Landry

Sweet cousins

Opening and yes that is J.Ed in footie pj's. We both wore funny pj's on Christmas morning, new tradition:)

I love this "What are you doing?" face

Sweet brother/sister time

Showing off his skills

These two are hilarious together. If I had a quarter for every time we said "share" I would be a millionaire.

Landry modeling the outfit Poppy picked out and got her

Poppy and the kiddos

I can not believe it is 2012! What a blessing the past year has been.

We had a visit from the Nana and Pops the weekend before and did Christmas and had a great time seeing them and getting into the Christmas spirit.We had a great Christmas visiting my side of the family in Memphis. The kids and I came home the Monday before so we could get some good hang out time in and J.Ed headed our way on Thursday. After Robbins school Christmas party we went to my parents(shout out to my dad for coming to get us and take us so we would only have one car to bring home...you're the best). Unfortunatly all three of us were a little under the weather so we didn't do much but the extra help was wonderful.

Robbins and I went and visited my grandmother in Savannah with my brother and his fam one day and got to spend some one on one time with her which was great. Why do we ignore that generation sometimes? They are so wise and tell the best stories, don't they? Then we headed back to Savannah with the whole gang and got to play with all the cousins. It was so fun!

Christmas morning was a hoot, Santa brought Robbins a bike and a helmet and a few other goodies and we got him his annual, Want, Need, Wear, and Read. It is so hard to keep ourselves under control when it comes to gifts so the 4 gifts from us and then a couple from Santa are working well for us. It also helps us remember the real reason we are celebrating, a hard concept for a two year old:)We also got to visit friends and other family and have some QT out for dinner or drinks a couple times.

Our New Years was very uneventful as I was home with the kiddos while J.Ed went to his cousins' wedding where he had a blast. I am excited to start a New Year, I always am. I love what it represents, continuing blessings and new ones as well. I am overwhelmed by the grace God has extended our family in every aspect and pray it continues in 2012. Praying that He draws our family closer to Himself and that we are always reminded of the blessings not just once a year but everyday. Happy New Year everyone, I hope it is your best yet!