Sept 15-21

Sept 15-21

Kaylee

2 Months Old

9-22-15

12 lbs 11.5 oz  79%

23 inches  71 %

Head Circ. 37.5 cm  24 %

She is starting to coo and make sounds.  You can tell she is trying to talk to us!

She stops crying or fussing when you talk to her and immediately starts smiling.  She loves to hear nice voices talking to her and smiling faces looking at her!

She grunts a lot!   In the middle of the night when she is ready to eat she still grunts and makes noises for a while to tell me she’s ready.  She hardly ever cries at that time unless I ignore her grunts for too long!

She has chubby cheeks that go on for miles.  According to our moms, Matt and I both had some good cheeks like that when we were little too.  My nickname was “Walnuts.”

She has beautiful, bright eyes.  They are always looking around and interested in everything going on around her.

She doesn’t love her car seat or the car, but will sleep pretty well in them when we are out and about.  She gets fussy when she wakes up and realizes she’s still strapped in!

She sleeps pretty well at night for a newborn, especially compared to my other kids.  Most nights she only wakes up once, sometimes twice.  She is up for the morning around 7:00 and then takes another little morning nap soon after.  Some mornings she is ready to get up around 5 or 6, but will snooze on my chest if I hold her.

She loves to be held.  I have a hard time getting much of anything done because she cries when I put her down.  I just soak in my holding time, and let some things go!  She still naps downstairs either in her swing, her little seat, or in my arms.  I love to hold her while she sleeps on my chest!

She is starting to GIGGLE!!!  It is the cutest thing.  She loves big expressions and peek a boo and has started to giggle sometimes when we’re talking to her and making faces and noises.  It is adorable!

Emilyn has gotten perfect scores on almost all of her spelling tests so far.  She is loving school, and thinks her teacher and 1st grade are the best ever!  She is loving to read to us, and seems to be picking up the concepts quickly.

2 Months old in her striped dress 9-21-15

Lucas loves his Kaylee baby!  He likes to know where she is and what she is doing at all times!

Lucas in his big brother shirt!

A big day for Matisyn at the orthodontist.  She got her expander out!  Her mouth has expanded, and there is now enough room for the last of her teeth on top to come in.  Another 6 months or so of braces on the top, and then she'll have a break before the full set on top and bottom.  She is very happy to be able to feel the top of her mouth again, and not have to suck and slurp and sound like Darth Vader to get her food eaten anymore!

Kaylee only likes her carseat when she's sleeping.  We usually take her out to go in places and put her in her stroller or in the bjorn carrier because she is much happier that way.  She sure is adorable sleeping this way though!

When Matt was out of town on his Yellowstone trip Matisyn slipped into our bed to sleep next to me in his spot.  She loves our bed!  I know she is growing up so fast, but seeing her with her favorite green blanket and her Wisconsin cow that she's had since she was a baby, reminds me she is still my little girl!

Grumpy Kaylee while she is stretching and waking up, to happy Kaylee baby!

Matisyn adores her baby sister.  She runs to take care of her and keep her happy, loves to talk and make faces with her, and always wants to hold her!

Matt went on a dream trip to Yellowstone with his best buddies Matt and Blake and their older boys.  He had an amazing time.  They canoed in to their camping spot across Lewis Lake to get to Lake Shoshone.  They were in the middle of nowhere, just the way he likes it!