2 Months

Yesterday was Julia's "2 month" mark!  Wow, is it even possible that she's already 2 months old?  She has brought us so much joy.  I had her 2 month check-up at the pediatrician today.  Here are her stats:

Head: 22 inches (37th percentile)
Weight: 9 lbs 4 oz (16th percentile)
Head: 15 inches (33rd percentile)

So, she is a petite little thing.  :)

Julia is eating & sleeping well.  She typically sleeps for a 5-6 hour stretch at night, so that is a blessing for her mommy and daddy!

So, what is Julia doing these days?  She started smiling at Christmas!  It was so precious...  Also, she has started "experimenting" with her voice, making strange cat-like sounds and cute squeeks and stuff like that.  A few times while smiling at us, she made sounds that sounded like a laugh.  So precious!  Her hair has really thinned out in the front but it still quite long in the back.  Her eye lashes were very short and thin when she was born, but now they have grown so long and curly just like her daddy's!  Her eyes are still very blue.  I'm so anxious to see what color they will turn.  My guess is green or gray...  Everyone comments how long her fingers are.  She seems to enjoy when mommy reads books to her, especially nursery rhymes.  She also seems to enjoy music a lot which makes her mommy happy since she's a music lover.  :)    

We just recently became a "minivan" family.  :)  We purchased a 2006 Toyota Sienna and absolutely love it!  We call it our "Swagger Wagon."  If you haven't seen the video on Youtube, you have to check it out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUG3Z8Hxa5I

Here's our minivan

Julia, just "chillin" in her "Swagger Wagon."

When I was born, I was born so close to Christmas that the hospital sent me home in a red stocking and hat. My mom recently passed on this outfit to Julia.

Me as a baby with my mom & siblings.  If you look closely, you can see that I'm inside the red stocking and hat.

My siblings - again I'm inside the red stocking and wearing the hat.

Julia, 29 years later, inside the same stocking and wearing the same hat.

Here are a few more recent pictures of Julia:

Baby's First Christmas.  "Moms in Touch" from my school gave her this really cute blanket!

My brother Phil's family gave Julia this outfit.  Jaime said that her daughter, Ella, insisted that they buy the skirt.  :)  I thought it was so cute, especially because it's such a shiny shirt and very puffy/girly.  Jaime made a cute shirt to match it.    

The other day when I went to get Julia out of her car seat, I saw her asleep like this with her hands suspended in mid-air.  She cracks me up!