Two Months Old

Kayden is two months old today. 

 She is our little sweetheart.  Seriously, sweetest baby ever.  She is so quiet and content 90% of the time.  And when something is bothering her, it is easily fixed (give her food, remove brotherly smothering affection, burp her, hold her). 

While I joke about Levi's brotherly love being a bit much at times, I am starting to notice a little bond happening between these two.  It is amazing to see.  Kayden is starting to watch Levi as he plays or eats...I can't wait for the day that these two can truly play together and make each other laugh! (we'll not think about the fights that will indefinitely happen as well)

Kayden is growing quickly.  She was weighed yesterday and is 10lbs2oz now.  Up almost 4lbs from birth!  Apparently she has only grown 3/4", measuring at 20.5".  I don't know if I trust that measurement since she has grown out of both newborn and 0-3 month sleepers, fitting well into the 3 month size.  If she is, indeed, only 20.5" now, she has yet to reach her brother's length at birth.  I think this girl may be destined to be the small one in the family.  Her weight to height ratio is at the top of the charts, though, at 97%!  So...looks like she'll be short and chubby just like I was at that age!

 From the time we found out that we were expecting again last June, we started praying for a good sleeper this time around.  At that point, Levi still wasn't sleeping through the night more than once or twice every 2-3 weeks.  I was tired and not sure how I would make it through another two solid years of interrupted sleep every night.  It seems our prayers have been answered.  Kayden not only sleeps alot (15-18 hours a day still), she sleeps deeply and at the right times.  She goes down for the night around 10pm, sleeps a 5 hour stretch, eats, sleeps another 3 hours before another feed, then is up for the day about 2-3 hours later.  She dozes on and off all morning then has a 3-4 hour nap in the afternoon followed by an evening of dozing on and off again.  Now we'll just keep working on Levi sleeping through the night on a regular basis...

Our girl is such a wonderful addition to our family.  She is absolutely beautiful...we are often without words at how beautiful she is.  She has blue eyes right now and, while they are darker around the edge, they are still very blue without a hint of brown as of yet.  Perhaps she will be our blue eyed girl?

Kayden is starting to give smiles more and more.  They are few and far between still, but every once in a while she will look you right in the eyes and give you a grin. More often, though, it is a wall, light or the dog that get her cheeky grins.  She seems to be a bit more serious than her ever-goofy brother, but that is just fine.  The world (and this family) needs all types.  It is amazing to see her personality coming out more and more!

Kayden Grace, we love you so very much!  Happy two months, girlie!