Evelyn is 2 Months

I really cannot believe I am already writing your 2 month blog update.  Where has the time gone?  It moves so fast.  The saying, "The days are long, but the years are short" is so very true.  I am trying to savor this time with you being so itty bitty.  I am already missing that little newborn baby I had what seems like just yesterday.  You are already cooing, smiling, trying to imitate the movement of our mouths when we talk to you, noticing objects, preferring some people over others, and trying to grasp objects.

It seems like it took my other two forever to do these things.  In retrospect, I probably said those things happened with them too quickly, also.  It is all such a blur, but a good blur. 😋

You have absolutely melted our hearts.  Every one in this family absolutely adores you.  And we are all very protective of you.  Get use to this, little lady.  I am the baby in my family and that protectiveness does not go away.

You are eating about every 3 hours and drink about 4 oz of formula each time.  You have been adjusting well to your formula and do not seem to be as gassy and uncomfortable as you were a couple weeks back.  During the night, you usually wake up around 2 or 3 am and then again around 6:30 am or 7 am.  Not too bad.  Most of the time you will go right back to sleep after your feedings.  You do like your pacy, but are not totally dependent on it like your sister, Sally. At night you sleep downstairs in your pack and play and I sleep on the couch during the week and on the weekends your daddy and I switch and I get a night or 2 of uninterrupted sleep. During the day you will sleep in your pack and play, boppy seat, swing, Moby, or your crib.  You still love to be cuddled and do your best sleeping when someone is holding you.  You also still enjoy being carried around in the Moby which I do in the day many times because it helps me get things done around the house and to be able to deal with your big sisters.

You are wearing mostly 3 month clothing.  0-3 is getting too small because you are so long.  You are still in size 1 diapers.  You do not like sitting in a wet diaper whatsoever (not that I can blame you).

I LOVE your smile and I see Ava in you the most when you smile.  You smile at your mommy all the time and Ava has gotten a few smiles out of you.  I think you are very comfortable with her and she just loves you and, to be honest, she is very good, gentle, loving, and comforting towards you.  Sally has just begun to really become responsive to you.  She loves to talk to you and enjoys holding you.  I have to watch her a lot more closely when she holds you.  She also likes to burp you, kiss you on the head, and hug you.  You will never be able to deny the fact that you are very much loved.

Evelyn Olivia, you light up my eyes and my life.  You truly do.  You are such a precious child and such a precious gift and I am so undeserving to have you.  But I thank God that not only are you healthy and beautiful, but that He has made me your mother.  You have a very gentle and sweet spirit about you.  You are extremely laid back-almost as if you already knew you were just going to have to go with the flow being the third.  You have been so pleasant that I have been wondering about having a fourth (but rest assured, unless God has other plans, I think we are done).

We love you so!

xoxoxox
Mommy