Summer fun in the sun

Maaavelos daaahling! This is the place to be seen. We had a nice hot day for a pool party on Saturday. Lots of nice food and drinks. BBQ pork chops.. yum! No better time to try Lydia's first touch in the pool. She didn't like the first little toe in but we tried again and she liked it for a little longer.. maybe 10 seconds. Guess it was a little cold for her.. she's got to get tougher if she's ever going swimming in Montana. Of course we had to try on her sunglasses which she had a tough time keeping in place... such a tiny nose for support. We managed to get this super cute shot though.

2 months

12 pounds, 10 0unces of baby goodness. Lydia is very healthy, and in the 90th percentile for weight. Only the 60th for height (at 22 inches), so she'll probably start sprouting up soon. She got her first big group of shots today, and did very well. A bit of initial screaming but she calmed right down. By the time I got her home, she seemed pretty sleepy, so now she's having a good nap. So far, shots have not been as bad as I anticipated, but we'll see what happens in a few hours if she gets a fever or finds that her legs are hurting her. I guess we won't be working on her walking today.

Sleep

Well, besides age and weight at birth, the most common question seems to be... How does she sleep? Friends, family, people who work at the grocery store, strangers we meet on walks, everyone wants to know about sleep. So, in case you, like the rest of America, are interested, here is the scoop on the current sleep patterns. Around 7:30 pm, we decide it is Lydia's bedtime. We bath her, feed her, rock her, and either when she is asleep, or seems near sleep, we put her in her crib. She then lays there for awhile, we do a few tricks that work to get her napping in the day, and usually by 8:45 she's out of bed again. She plays until 10 or so, and then after a meal, she's to bed for good. She has been sleeping until 4 or 5ish. Eats, goes right back to sleep, and wakes up at 8. She plays for an hour or so, naps from 9-11, and then usually takes another nap in the afternoon, or a series of short naps. Her bedtime does not seem to get any earlier with more or less napping in the day. It does not help that it stay light until 10:30 or so. Overall, its pretty nice to get that 10pm-5am stretch. The first few times she slept so long, I kept getting up to check on her, almost frantic. But, now I sleep right along with her, so its not a bad deal. So, that's the deal with 2 mths old and sleeping. At least she's going in the right direction from birth. - Polly

Keyword: Interactive

Yep. Lydia is getting a lot more interactive. We're starting to see her use her hands. She's making some new noises now.. like a little girlie squeal. And if she is in the right mood, usually in the morning, we can get her to smile back at us... not just a reflex anymore. We're getting her routine down and I think she is picking up on it. Maybe not every night, but at least she is close.

On another note, I have been shooting trap lately and really enjoying it. That's the one where you say "Pull!" and the little disc flies out and you shoot it. It's a heck of a lot of fun and I'm decent at it. You can tell I'm a computer guy because I've got a spreadsheet that adds up my scores and calculates my average... it's 21. Woo! When you shoot a perfect round of 25 you get a patch commemorating your victory over cornstarch discs. I have yet to get such a patch.

-Rob out.