Two and a half month update

Maddy is our happy, smiley girl! If you catch her eyes and give her a smile or talk to her, her entire face lights up and she gives you the sweetest, biggest grin you can imagine. She brings so much joy to our family! She LOVES to stare at her big brother Micah and gives him the biggest smiles of all. She literally follows him around the room with her eyes. Micah is always asking about the baby, where is the baby? Is she hungry? She needs a diaper change-I will help! Although he is definitely struggling with some big feelings about this huge transition in our lives, he is very sweet about his baby sister-he always makes sure she is taken care of. If she cries while mommy or daddy are changing her clothes or diapers he demands that we "STOP that" and lets us know "she doesn't like that!" Having two kids is SO HARD but it's also so wonderful and we feel very blessed and grateful.

She is sleeping pretty well for us at the beginning of the night and takes one long nap and several mini naps everyday. She is also already learning to self-soothe and puts herself back to sleep sometimes by sucking on her little fist (thank you sweet girl-we appreciate it)! She is cooing at us and talking (when we call it talking Micah likes to remind us that she cannot talk and is "still learning"). She always wants to see what is happening around her and turns her head toward whoever is talking. She is startled by loud noises and screams her little heart out (daddy ripping tape off of a package, big brother playing the drums, etc.). She loves to be naked, poops about 27 times a day, hates to get her nails trimmed, enjoys her bath, and loves her night time routine baby massages. She loves to nurse, nurse, nurse, and has grown, grown, grown. At her two month well-baby check-up she hadn't grown lengthwise AT ALL but had gained over two lbs! (21.7 inches long in the 13th percentile and 11 lbs 6 oz in the 47th percentile!) Daddy lovingly refers to her as his little tree stump! She has the cutest little cheeks and baby rolls-we just love every inch of her!