Lexi at 2 months

Lexi,
   I can't believe how quickly you've grown. In just a few short months, you have gone from a tiny little newborn that needed Daddy and I to do everything for you, to such a big girl.  You are growing so much everyday.  This month at your doctor's appointment you weighed 10 lbs and 4 oz., exactly 4 pounds more than your birth weight.  You are 23 inches long...I can tell how tall you've grown when I try to put on your clothes and your ankles are popping out of the bottoms of your pants.  You are wearing 0-3 months clothes and will probably be in these until the time you are 3 months old.  Your eyes are still blue and we haven't noticed any color change yet.  Dr. Naylor says it's possible they might stay this color.

   This month you have learned so many new things....

-You love to watch the world.  You went from loving to be cradled in people's arms to wanting to face out and look at the room.  You like to sit up in people's laps and observe what is going on around you with your big, beautiful eyes.

-You are getting better at tummy time and can hold your head up and move it back and forth (when you aren't too tired).

-You love music and your favorite activity involves laying on the ground and kicking your feet, especially when people talk to you or there is music on.  Daddy thinks you are going to be athletic because your coordination is great.:)

-You found your thumb and think it tastes delicious.  You love to suck on it instead of your paci.  It's so cute to look at you with your thumb in your mouth and the rest of your fingers fanned out around your face. 

- You celebrated your first Thanksgiving in Longview.  You were such a doll in your little turkey shirt and your blue jeans.  Daddy thinks you look so cute in these and loves to sing "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" to you when you wear them.  Here you are with MawMaw, your great grandma!

-You took your first rode trip to Houston with Mommy.  We visit Mimi and Grandpa in Cypress and had fun getting treated like princesses.  You got a couple cute Christmas outfits, rode on your first carousel and had dinner with your cousins Cassie and Michelle.  It was a great week!

-You are SMILING!  This month you started smiling all the time.  When you wake up from your naps and are laying on your changing table you love to look up at Daddy and I and smile and kick.  Mommy's favorite smiles are the big gummy ones you give her when she talks to you.

-You have learned that you have a voice this month and you love to use it.  You make lots of ooo sounds, gurlges and coos and even sound like you are excited and laughing sometimes.  It is so fun to talk to you because you like to make sounds in response to our questions.

 -You explore with your tongue.  You like to up things in your mouth or lick them.  We have to be careful what we set you on, because you are certainly going to try to taste it.

My sweet girl, everyday with you is a fascinating adventure.  I can't wait to get up with you in the morning, because I know you will be there to light up my day and make me smile.  What a blessed Mommy I am to have a wonderful daughter like you!