Dear Caroline: (Almost) 2 Months

Dear Caroline,

You've changed so much in the last month! At your 1 month doctor appointment you weighed a whopping 9 lbs 6 oz! You gained almost 4 lbs in your first month! Here is a comparison of you at two weeks (left) and you at four weeks (right). I can't wait to see how much you weigh at your two month appointment. Grow baby grow!

Here are some of the things you're up to lately:

Around 6 weeks old, you started "talking" to us and it is the sweetest thing! We love seeing you smile and hearing that sweet baby voice of yours.
You have gotten much better about having your diaper changed. You even smile and talk to us most of the time when we lay you down to change you. We just moved you up to size 1 diapers.
You don't really like the car so we're not getting too far away from home. Twice this week I've had to pull over on the highway and crawl in the backseat with you to console you. I really hope you grow out of this because we have so many fun places to go!
You're not quite sleeping through the night, but we'll get you there soon. Every morning you wake up between 5:30 - 6:00 and begin "grunting". Daddy takes you to the nursery, unwraps your swaddle, and you grunt and toot and "talk". It is your special time with him and I think you both love it.
We've been taking long naps together in the morning after Daddy leaves for work, and snuggling with you is my favorite thing in the world. I hope you always want to snuggle with your Mama like this.

Grandma Sammie and Danielle have been coming to see you every week. They just can't get enough of holding you and loving on you.
You played your very first game this week with Grandpa Rick. He would pretend to take away your beloved paci and you would laugh and open your mouth wide for him to give it back. We had so much fun watching you two!

You also love your Papa Jim. This is what I've started calling him, but we'll see what you decide to call him when you're really talking. When he holds you, you just snooze and snooze. I've also started calling him "The Baby Whisperer".