nearly 10 weeks

here are her stats from our 2 month exam:

height: 22 3/4 inches - 75th percentile

weight: 12 lbs 8 oz - 97th percentile

head: not sure, but 50th percentile (must not take after her big-headed mama!)

other highlights of parenthood to infant kai:
-increased interest in things that make noise (fishtank, tummytime mat, people)
-lots of smiling - she's a pretty happy baby which is a total blessing!
-occasional laughter - doc says most babies don't start till 4 months, so we feel pretty proud (she assured me breast is best!)
-sitting up - she's gone from laying in my lap to practically sitting up a couple of times - talk about strong abs!

here are some adorable pics of her in her bumbo seat (on loan from the schweers - thanks so much!) check out those cheeks!

totally two months

we've had a busy couple of weeks!

we visited with my side of the family the weekend before last for my nephew's birthday - kai hung out with her cousin ryan for a while:



then mid-week we visited with shawn's grandmother:



this last weekend kai got to hang out with her cousin aj:



and tonight, in honor of earth day - i tried to catch her smiling - but it didn't work out and the flash is so bright you can't really read her onesie - but it says "lil tree hugger"



we have our 2 month check up tomorrow - and the first batch of cloth diapers should be arriving any day! i returned to work (not too happy about that one) last thursday and shawn's been working so hard on tiling the kitchen and hallway and back bathroom... it's nearly finished, we'll post pictures when it's done! hope everyone's well... leave us a comment or drop us a line anytime!

sweet seven weeks

can you believe it??? seven weeks already... we went to Dr. Dominique for my 6 week post-op appointment...

unfortunately, I think Kai remembered her as the "awful person who pulled me from my warm mother's womb"



and here's the adorable bath photo:



and asleep in my favorite baby-gap-flower-child-jumpsuit:

a girl's gotta shop!

shawn and i signed up for childbirth education classes prior to baby... at our first class i was surprised to see a couple of former classmates (go IHS)... little did i know that the wife of one would become a dear friend...

the first time we hung out was an afternoon trip to babies r us after i took maternity leave but about a week before i had kai.. it was the 13th... the whole time, annie joked about how scared she was my water would break while we were out and about... she was due 5 weeks later.

we got home and annie left my house to go home...i got a phone call about 15 minutes later and since i didn't answer, a text message a few minutes later "my water broke!"

needless to say, annie gave birth to magnolia that evening (and I was a tad bit jealous!)

these days, you'd hardly know noli was 5 weeks early! she and kai have already become BFF - sporting matching strollers and the question "are they twins" every 15 minutes while shopping



on another note... here's our new dining room chandelier - rehabbed by my very handy husband, donated by the andersons: