6 months

Marie is 6 months old today!

Weight: 18 pounds, 8 ounces (~80th percentile)
Length: 25.3 inches (~25th percentile)
Head circumference: 44.5 centimeters (90th percentile!)

Marie's weight for height ratio is basically off the charts. Chunky baby! 

Milestones:
-The day after she turned five months (and two days after she rolled from tummy to back), Marie rolled from back to tummy. And then she didn't roll at all for another three weeks. Lately she's been rolling from back to tummy much more adeptly, but she has a harder time rolling the other direction. This makes her so steamed when she's over her self-inflicted tummy time!
-She has a tendency to scoot backwards when she's on her stomach. If I put her on a blanket, it isn't long before she's off it. 
-When we went grocery shopping this weekend, we sat her in the grocery cart for the first time. It was short-lived, however, because she still can't sit unsupported and she looked pretty uncomfortable leaning against the seatbelt.
-Marie transfers objects between her hands. 
-She can put her pacifier in her mouth! Happy day! Sometimes she puts the wrong end in her mouth, but she seems to enjoy chewing on the hard plastic part as well. She has a harder time picking up the pacifier, but if we put it in her hands, it'll go straight to her mouth (until she pulls it out and plays with it instead). 
-We left Marie with a non-family member babysitter for the first time so Jacob and I could attend the Ogden temple dedication. We were a little nervous how she would behave, but she was awake for about 45 minutes and took an hour and a half nap and woke up right before we picked her up, so I think it went pretty well!
-We've done some half-hearted attempts at sleep training this month, and now we can usually put Marie in her bed wide awake with her pacifier and she'll put herself to sleep. She still wakes up at least once at night (and on really bad nights, more like four times), but nothing to complain about too much. 
-Marie had her first surgery yesterday, which is another post for another day. It went well, though, and other than being a little fussy, she's recovering nicely.

Current likes:
Playing with her toys, being held, sitting and standing with support, getting sherbets on her stomach, blowing raspberries. 

Current dislikes:
-Loud noises (a couple of times when she's heard another baby yelling/growling or Jacob has sung boisterously, her little lip will quiver and she'll start crying), being hungry, being tired.

Nicknames:
-Sweet girl
-Stinker

Other odds and ends:
-We did a terrible job taking pictures this month, partially because the memory card for the camera was full so I had to delete photos before taking any more. I've since wiped the card so hopefully we'll take more this month.
-Marie is is size 3 diapers and I'm contemplating sticking her in 4s at night because she continues to soak through them on a regular basis. Including this morning, when I was feeding her and suddenly felt an unpleasant splash on my lap. 
-We're planning to start solids in the next week or so!

5 months

Marie is 5 months old!

Milestones:
-Marie finally rolled over from tummy to back yesterday! I know each child is a special snowflake that develops at their own pace and whatnot, and I wasn't terribly concerned about her lack of mobility, but it's a little bit of a relief since it seems like all the other babies her age have been able to roll for a month. Of course, she has yet to repeat the action, so we'll see if it was just a fluke.
-Along the lines of rolling, she'll roll from back to side and she also rotates a little bit during tummy time now.
-She had her first real giggle fest a couple weeks ago, which was basically the most adorable thing I've ever witnessed. She's only repeated it a couple times since then, and we've yet to capture it on video, but just trust me that it's delightful.
-We took her to a briar patch to pick raspberries. Not that she did any berry-picking or even came close to the raspberry (bushes? vines?). 

-We went to the park and put Marie in the baby swing for the first time. She leaned against the front of the seat the whole time. We're still working on the sitting thing.

-She attended her first temple open house. Everyone fawned over her.

-Marie got her first rat's nest in her hair. I suppose that's what happens when you're a baby with long hair and your parents don't exactly brush it every single day. Parenting fail.

Current likes:
Looking at Daddy, standing with support, playing with toys, holding her feet, grabbing my hands and staring at them, listening to music

Current dislikes:
Being left alone in a room while she's awake. Gone are the days where we could put her in the swing and do dishes; now, she wants to be able to see us all the time. Well, almost all the time. She played quite happily in her bouncer in the kitchen for a while before falling asleep today.

Nicknames:
-Lately I've been asking her, "Aren't you just a happy little goose/clam/Gus Gus?" 
-Babycakes

Other odds and ends:

-Marie has a habit of taking her pacifier out of her mouth and playing with it. Sometimes she'll try to put it back in her mouth, but she usually puts the wrong end in and chews on it a little. Other times after she takes it out she'll get mad because she isn't sucking on something anymore. There's an easy solution to this one, kid. . . . 
-We acquired a book of traditional children's literature that I've been reading to Marie. She doesn't look at the pictures much (not that there are very many of them anyway), but she usually smiles and looks entranced as she listens to the fairy tales and the different voices I use for the characters. Success!
-We've been putting her in size 3 diapers at night because she kept soaking through the 2s. Story of our lives. Also, she doesn't have blowouts super regularly, but when she does have one, it seems like she's always wearing white. But of course. And to top it off, her last blowout was in her carseat and her pacifier ended up in a puddle. Shudder.
-We haven't started sleep training but she's gotten into some bad sleeping habits since I've gone back to work. I'll try putting her down to sleep earlier in the evening and she'll wake up an hour or so later and just want to play. So perhaps some sleep training is in order. Recommendations? I will say, though, that she can usually have a 6 hour stretch between feedings, so that's been nice. Not that I've been able to sleep 6 hours, because she takes a while to fall asleep after the last nighttime feed.
-We haven't introduced any solids yet but she's starting to look a little more interested in food. She'll stare us down while we're eating.
-I think this morning she was trying to blow raspberries or buzz her lips together, so that's all sorts of fun.

-Lately I've been singing "Alice the Camel" to her while bouncing her on my knees, and she's usually all smiles. I guess Jacob has gotten a little tired of the song, though, because the last time I finished (with "Alice is a horse!"), he said, "I think she already knows that Alice is a horse, because you've sang that song eight billion times." 

4 months

Marie turned four months old yesterday. Which means she'll be getting more shots at her appointment on Monday. This time, we are armed with generic infant Tylenol in hopes that she won't be Miss Crankypants like she was after her two-month shots.

ETA:
Weight: 15 pounds, 8 ounces -- exactly 9 pounds heavier than her birthweight (75th percentile)
Length: 24 inches (25th percentile)
Head circumference: 41.5 centimeters (75th percentile)

Milestones:
-She can lift her head and chest for short periods of time during tummy time, which means she tolerates it a little better than she used to, though she still isn't a fan.
-She's started reaching for objects and trying to put them in her mouth. Her success rate is still hit-or-miss.
-Marie can track objects with her eyes as they're moved up, down, left, and right.
-We finally finished off the size 1 diapers and are solidly into size 2, but I'm a little nervous that she's going to outgrow them before we finish off the Costco-sized box we have.
-We pulled out the 3-6 month clothes yesterday since most of the 0-3 onesies were getting a bit snug on her. Some of those outfits look ginormous! I'm pretty sure the pants would go up to her armpits if we put her in them now. Despite Jacob's height, Marie isn't the tallest kid around. Yet.
-I haven't really spread this information around, but when Marie was born, her ears were pretty hairy. We're talking long, dark hair that fortunately blended in with the rest of the hair on her head. I'm happy to announce that this hair has finally fallen out! It was mostly gone by three months, but I wanted to wait until it had all fallen out before documenting this very important update for posterity.
-Marie went swimming for the first time with us this month. We had been holding off because we didn't want to buy swim diapers lest she was too small for them still, but we went with our friends and they let us borrow one and it fit just fine. She did really well! She wasn't a huge fan of being splashed in the face, but she didn't really fuss at all while she was in the water. 
-We also took Marie on her first hike (a very short hike, but a hike nonetheless). She ended up falling asleep in the carrier, but she seemed to enjoy looking around when she was awake.
-We had free entrance to a Real Salt Lake soccer game, so Marie attended her first sporting event. Let's just say she wasn't a fan, especially of all the loud music. We ended up leaving early (after I had climbed over all the other people sitting in our row like six times because she was crying).

Current likes:
funny faces, being held in front of the fan, looking out the window, playing with her toys, standing with support
Current dislikes:
being put down for naps in the crib, getting her clothes changed, getting the crusty milk cleaned out from her neck folds

Nicknames:
-The only one that's really stuck for the last few months is "Stinker." For the record, Jacob is the one who calls her that. Though I maaaay or may not have called her Stinkerpuff the other day.
-Super Soaker (she still spits up all the time)

Other odds and ends:
-She's started sucking on her lower lip, making her look either pensive or like a turtle.
-Marie tries to sit up when she's laying in her swing or bouncer. Work that core!
-She's still nowhere close to becoming mobile. Not that I'm in a rush to baby-proof or anything. Marie does love kicking and flailing her arms, though!
-Marie will lift one foot in succession when she stands on my lap. I like to think she's dancing. Perhaps a good ol' Irish clogging? She'll also swivel the upper half of her body to look all around her while she's standing.
-Her latest trick is blowing spit bubbles and drooling. 
-For a period of time, her bedtime was getting later and later. After one night of her not falling asleep until midnight, I did some research and discovered that babies her age should be going to bed no later than 6:30 in the evening. So, you know, she was only going to sleep practically six hours later than she's supposed to. That night she slept from 4:15 in the afternoon to 8 in the morning, waking up 3 times to eat. We're still working out the kinks, but she seems to do better when she's put to bed between 6 and 6:45. She's having a rough time with naps in her crib lately and will scream once she's put in there. Alas. Maybe we'll ditch the crib idea for a little while and revisit it when she's older.
-She's started grabbing my hair, which means that I now wear my hair in a ponytail almost every single day.
-Marie will go several days without pooping and then have three blowouts and an additional two poopy diapers in a 36 hour period. Which is awesome for our laundry situation.

3 months

Marie is three months old today! I can hardly believe she's already a quarter of a year old. 
Milestones:
-Marie can sit with support and hold her head pretty steady.
-She's started bearing weight on her legs while we hold her.

Standing like a big girl.

-She brings her hands together.
-Marie has shown more of an interest in books.
-She tries really hard to giggle. I wouldn't qualify her efforts as true laughs yet, but it's pretty adorable all the same.
-This month she's attended her first water park, play, and amusement park. Not that she was able to appreciate them much.

At Roger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Sleeping:
Last night Marie slept from 10 until 5:15! It would've been more glorious if I hadn't woken up multiple times to make sure she was still breathing. And then things got, um, a little uncomfortable because my body isn't used to going so long without feeding her. Her bedtime is still hit or miss -- one night this week she fell asleep on her own at 6:30 and didn't wake up until midnight to eat. Then a few nights later she didn't fall asleep until 11. It's also been tricky deciding whether to swaddle her and put her in pajamas at night because it's been so hot in our apartment. Sometimes we'll just leave her in a onesie and put her to sleep in that and not swaddle her until she wakes up to eat when it's cooler. Also, we're trying to get her to take naps in the crib instead of the swing to help her get into better sleeping habits. She's slept for as little as 12 minutes and as much as an hour and a half in the crib. It's a work in progress.

You expect me to sleep in here? Dream on.

Eating:
Marie still eats around 8 times a day, every 2 to 3 1/2 hours on average during the day. She's become much more efficient, sometimes taking only 7 or 8 minutes. A ''long" feed takes about 20 minutes. So much better than spending an hour like she used to!

This signifies our relationship: I just want to cuddle and she just spits up all over me.

Pooping:
In the last week or so, Marie has pooped between 0 and 3 times a day (for a grand total of 5 times in the last 6 days. Yes, I've been keeping track. Yes, I'm sure she's going to love reading about this down the road.) Considering she used to poop every time she ate, it makes me a little nervous that's she's possibly gearing up to grace us with the Mother Load. In other news, we grossly overestimated how long she would be in size 1 diapers. We bought an extra 2 boxes at Costco some time ago, and we returned one of them earlier this week. She really should be in size 2 (and we've been putting her in 2s at night because I got tired of her leaking out her diaper), but we're trying to finish up the last of the 1s first. I think we have around 25 left, so fingers crossed we'll be done within the week.

Current likes: 
Laying in her bouncy seat and looking at the toys, looking at herself in the mirror of the swing mobile, being held, sucking on her pacifier, eating her fists (which we're trying to discourage), staring at lights, looking at faces, listening to music, grabbing blankets/burp rags/her bib/her hair. 

Current dislikes: Getting dried off after a bath, getting her clothes changed when she's tired, accidentally yanking her hair when she gets her fingers tangled up in it, having air trapped in her stomach and being unable to burp, having her fingers forced open in an attempt to make a darling handprint for Father's Day. (There was much screaming and flailing with that one.)

Nicknames (all of which are preceded with "my little"):
Sweet Pea
Turtle (because when she's on her back, she reminds me of a turtle that's flipped over on its shell and can't right itself)
Lizard (thanks to Jacob, because she's taken to sticking her tongue out and licking things)
Honey Bunches of Oats
Bundle of Joy
Barrel of Sunshine

Other odds and ends:
-The other day I tried measuring her and I think she's about 23 inches long. Not sure how much she weighs, since we don't have a scale. Some of her pants are becoming highwaters on her. 
-She is a morning person! Marie is all smiles and coos when she wakes up.

My little barrel of sunshine.

-Marie still snuggles pretty well, though she does like sitting and standing while we hold her.
-We tried her out in the Bumbo yesterday so I could try to put a headband in her hair. And then she got stuck because her legs are so chunky.

The headband lasted until we got her out of the carseat during Sacrament meeting.

-About a week ago we noticed that she had some dry, bumpy red patches of skin on her arm. We're hoping it isn't eczema, and it doesn't seem to bother her too much, but we've been trying to put lotion on her more frequently to help it improve.
-She's become aware of the TV, so I've been trying to keep it off while she's awake or turn her away so she isn't facing it while its on. 
-We're blessing Marie in church this Sunday! We're excited for our families to come visit and celebrate with us. Now we just need to find a dress . . . 

Two month update

Marie turned two months old yesterday! Time is going by quickly.

Vomit story of the month:
Three weeks ago, I was nursing Marie in bed when she unlatched and promptly threw up all over herself and me. While I was frantically instructing Jacob to get some burp rags so we could clean up the mess, Marie blinked once and then began eating again. Priorities. On a happier note, that has been the last time she's thrown up! I may be jinxing ourselves by saying this, but I think that phase has passed. 

Poop story of the month:
Two Sundays ago, I was holding Marie on my lap during Relief Society. She then proceeded to poop out the side of her diaper, miraculously leaving her own outfit unscathed, but leaving an unsightly puddle in the folds of my skirt. My visiting teacher was sitting next to me and ran to get some more wipes from her husband, while I used the wipes I had to mop up the mess. Once I was confident enough that I wouldn't drip upon standing, I took her to the bathroom to change her diaper. I came back to Relief Society, sat down, and no fewer than two minutes later, Marie pooped again. Loudly. At that point, all I could say was "Seriously?!" and start laughing. My face was pretty red, though! Let's just say I didn't get much out of that lesson.

Milestones:
-After sleeping terribly the first week I went back to work, Marie redeemed herself by sleeping much better the following week. And last week she slept for a five hour stretch between feedings two nights in a row! Too bad I still had to get up a good 45 minutes before she woke up, so I couldn't fully appreciate it. 
- She can hold and shake a rattle for a whopping ten seconds or so at a time, though she doesn't seem to realize that the rattle even exists. 
-On the other hand, she has discovered the mobile on her swing. We can stick her in the swing, and without even turning it on, she'll stare up at the mobile and smile and coo. 
-We've cut baths down from twice a week to once a week, since she doesn't seem to spit up in her hair nearly as frequently as she used to. Glory be!
-Speaking of baths, one day as we were getting ready to give her a bath, she rolled from her back to her side and stayed there for a few moments. When gravity overcame her and she rolled to her back again, she started crying -- must have been startling!
-After stretching out her newborn onesies, we finally moved her up to 0-3 month clothes. She screams much less during clothing changes now. I'm sure the correlation is coincidental.
-She's started arching her back periodically.
-She has also developed a case of cradle cap, which her hair usually hides unless I go hunting for scales that then flake off in her hair. I should probably just leave it alone.

Current likes: Snuggling, looking at her mobile in her swing, listening to Disney music and church hymns.

Current dislikes: Getting saline drops put in her nose, tummy time (though she tolerates it on occasion), being left in her swing or rocker for what she deems too long while she's awake.

Nicknames:
Pooping Queen
Sweet Girl


Other odds and ends:
-I'm not sure how much she eats when I feed her, but she's recently started downing 5 oz bottles in a single feeding.
-It only takes around half an hour to feed her at night, instead of an hour, so that's pretty glorious. 
-She still doesn't have much interest in books, but not for lack of trying on my part.  
-Marie still just falls asleep whenever she pleases. Which on the one hand is nice, because at least during the day we don't have to rock her to sleep or anything like that. On the other hand, it would be nice to have some consistency (and try to figure out a bedtime). Once I get out of school this Friday, we'll work on troubleshooting her sleeping schedule.
-The jury is still out on whether she'll end up blonde or brunette. Her hair is definitely getting lighter, but the overall effect is still brown at this point.
-I kind of can't believe how big she's gotten. We have her two-month appointment on Tuesday, so we'll see how long and heavy she is then. I wouldn't be surprised if she's nearly doubled her birthweight. (For those of you keeping track at home, she was 6.5 pounds when she was born, and I'm guessing she's at least 11 or 12 pounds now.)

ETA:
Weight: 11 pounds, 10 ounces (50th percentile)
Length: 21.75 inches (20th percentile)
Head circumference: 38.7 centimeters (50th percentile)

Also, she was NOT a fan of the shots (which of course, made me cry too), but after nursing she calmed down and now she's sleeping them off. Fingers crossed she doesn't get super fussy tonight.

One month . . . one week late

So apparently the one month update didn't happen. Take a one month + one week update instead.

Milestones:
-Marie tolerated tummy time on the floor for a grand total of seven minutes. Once. For the most part, tummy time is spent laying down on my chest. Which is not really going to help her learn to roll over or crawl, so I suppose I ought to put her on the floor more often. Alas.
-At three weeks, we introduced Marie to the pacifier. At first, her expression was akin to "what the heck are you doing to me?" Now, she happily takes the pacifier most times she's fussy. She isn't very good about keeping it in her mouth, though, much to her frustration.
-Since I'll be going back to work on Monday (cringe), we decided we ought to introduce her to a bottle, as well. She takes it readily enough, though she does dribble milk all over herself.
-We took her on her first road trip the day she turned one month old. We visited Jacob's family in Arizona. She was more or less a dream in the car: sleeping most of the time, taking a bottle when she was hungry, and refraining from throwing up. However, this leads to the next milestone . . .
-Having her first blowout in the car and subsequently getting cleaned up in a gas station. Jacob and I rate how messy her diapers are by how many wipes it takes to clean up.  Jacob, who had the misfortune of being the one to clean up the blowout, rated it as an "eight or nine wipe job" -- the highest number yet!
-She threw up for the first (and second) time at a location other than our apartment when we were staying at my mother-in-law's house. Of course, the first time was the first night we stayed there, and it was all over the sheets of the bed while I was trying to burp her. Awesome. There may or may not have been tears involved.
-She slept for a four hour stretch one night during our visit in Arizona, which is the most sleep I've gotten in one time since her birth. It was glorious.
-Marie has started to make happy noises on occasion. She's also smiles more frequently, which I love. I still can't determine whether they're actual social smiles or not, but her eyes crinkle up, so maybe they're genuine.
-We moved her up to size 1 diapers after several days in a row of leaking out of her newborns, including when she was being held by my sister-in-law Carly. She really knows how to win people over.

Current likes: Being held, sucking on her pacifier, listening to singing and nursery rhymes, baths, eating.

Current dislikes: Getting her nose suctioned out, tummy time.

Nicknames:
Snuffleupagus/Snorter, because her nose seems to be congested all the time. (We finally bought saline drops yesterday, which seems to have helped some.)
Stinkies, because Jacob wants to give her a complex.
Sir Toots-a-Lot, because baby girl gets gassy. I'm sure one day she'll really appreciate the fact that I've documented this little detail about her.

Songs I didn't anticipate she would hear, but that either Jacob or I have sung to her:
-Call Me Maybe
-Bohemian Rhapsody
-Bicycle Race
-Wrecking Ball
-Pretty much any country love song that comes to mind

Other odds and ends:
-She's getting better about holding her head up for short periods of time.
-I can usually get her to burp in just a couple minutes now, as opposed to ten or fifteen. I don't know if this reflects more on her abilities or mine.
-Almost immediately after burping, she tends to get the hiccups, which leads to more spitting up.
-Also, she spits up almost every time we change her diaper -- it doesn't matter how long it's been since I've fed her. We try to drape a burp rag under her chin while we change her diapers, but since she turns her head to the side and moves around, she often ends up with spit up in her hair. Lovely.
-In her first couple weeks of life, we thought she hated being swaddled because she would flail her arms and legs and scream, so we started leaving one arm out of the swaddle. Turns out she was just getting overtired. Once we started getting her ready for bed before she hit her exhaustion point, we were able to swaddle both arms again, with pretty good results.
-Most people who see her comment on her hair. I don't know if I'll even recognize her if she becomes bald. Well, I suppose I would, since I doubt all her hair would fall out at the exact same moment out of my view. (And if it does, I suppose we'd have bigger problems to worry about than her sudden baldness.) On another note, all of this hair is wasted on a momma who has no idea how to style hair. I've tried putting headbands in her hair a couple times and it always ends up looking foolish because her hair sticks up in all directions around the headband.

It was a happy day when she was finally big enough to fit into this onesie. Well, and a little sad, because it means she isn't my tiny baby anymore.

She's much more alert during the day.

Asleep on Mommy's chest.

Meeting Aunt Rachel and Uncle Robert in Arizona.

Daddy singing a lullaby. If by "lullaby" you mean "'To Be with You' by Mr. Big."

Comparing 5-month-old Jackson to 1-month-old Marie.

After a much needed bath because she somehow peed in her hair the night before.

"2 week" update

I started writing this on Monday, after Marie's two-week appointment. And now . . . it's Friday. So much for being timely.

Weight: 7 pounds, 6 ounces. That's right; she's packed on nearly a pound in two weeks. Even so, this still only puts her in the 25th percentile.

Length: She hasn't really grown much in this regard, measuring in at 19.6 inches (up a tenth of an inch) and again, right at the 25th percentile.

Head circumference: 36.2 cm; 70th percentile. To accommodate her exceptionally large brain, no doubt.

Current likes: Her swing, car rides, baths, eating, cuddling.

Current dislikes: Getting her clothes changed, getting buckled into the car seat, waiting to be fed, tummy time.

Things she tolerates: Jacob singing at the top of his lungs in an attempt to wake her up (not that it really works; when she's out, she's out -- just like her daddy); getting her nose suctioned out; diaper changes.

Nicknames:
-One-Eyed Jack, for those times when it's just too much effort to open both eyes
-Sleepy Squirrel, after this book
-Velociraptor (from Jacob)/Squeaker (from me), when she makes those adorable squawking noises
-The Fountain, when she not-so-adorably throws up all over herself, her mama, the couch, the bed, etc. We've started having her wear a bib all the time as a precautionary measure, though it really only protects her outfit against the normal spitting up and not the spewing. The pediatrician isn't terribly concerned about these episodes since she's gaining weight and doesn't seem distressed when she does throw up, but we're keeping our fingers crossed that this doesn't indicate a dairy intolerance or acid reflux.

Cute things she does:
-When I put her up to my shoulder to burp her, she wraps her arm around mine and holds on tightly. This is probably a reflex she'll grow out of, along with the palmar grasp reflex. It'll be a sad day when she stops doing those!
-Other times when I put her up to my chest, she'll open her eyes wide, lift up her head, shake it around, and make cackling noises like a crazy person.
-She gets those fake sleepy smiles that we like to pretend are real.

Less cute things she does:
-Throwing up (see above)
-Pooping in the bathtub
-Pooping out of the side of her diaper (though that hasn't been an issue once we ran out of Pampers and switched to Huggies)

Other odds and ends:
-She tends to alternate good nights and bad nights, as far as sleeping goes. On a good night, she'll fall asleep right away and wake up twice to eat (granted, it takes an hour to feed her, burp her, change her, and feed and burp her again). On a bad night, once the previous hour of feeding takes place, she's wide awake and will fuss as soon as I put her down. This leads to me rocking her or holding her until she either gets sleepy enough to be set down or her fussing wakes up Jacob, who will take over to let me get some shut-eye.
-She can fall asleep in her Rock 'n' Play by herself if she's drowsy enough and I leave my lamp on. If I put her down drowsy and then turn off my lamp, she's suddenly wide awake and wants to be held again. So I've taken to leaving my light on until I'm sure she's asleep, which is probably just setting us up for a future of being a slave to a nightlight or something like that.
-She really doesn't get fussy during the day, which is awesome. Perhaps I shouldn't say such things, lest I jinx myself, but she really is a good baby. Very relaxed and chill most of the time.
-She's becoming more alert for longer stretches of time, and she loves to stare into your soul. Alternately, she loves to stare into the souls of the couch or the lamp. Jacob held a staring contest with her the other night (he won, but it was a close battle).
-Her eyes seem to be taking on a lighter shade of blue, and her hair is much lighter at the roots, which makes me wonder if she'll end up blonde or a light brunette. I've also found three short hairs around, so it's possible she's shedding and will end up with a bald spot. How fashionable!