The half mile drive home from the supermarket was exhausting

Thank You, United States Government

I am so thankful that Tyler has been able to take time off from work to be with you. The difference is amazing! You're really reacting to him and becoming more comfortable in his arms. I was a little concerned that you hadn't had enough time to bond with your daddy, but you seem to have caught up on lost time now.

Working Parents

You know you're too busy when your neighbors get so fed up with the condition of your yard that they get together and mow your lawn without telling you. Of course, you also know that you've picked the right neighborhood when your neighbors mow your lawn when they know you're just trying to keep up.

Look at that belly!

Your arms and legs are still skinny, but your belly is looking pretty rotund these days. Your daddy can't reach his hands around it anymore. We can't believe how quickly you've grown.

Family Time

We realized recently that, while we spend oodles of time taking pictures of other families, we haven't been taking many photos of our own.

Insatiable

Your appetite! You spent most of today eating. You even woke up in the middle of the night to eat.

My Favorite Things

I absolutely love mornings now. When I go into your room to get you up in the mornings, you look up at me with a huge toothless grin and I fall in love with you all over again.

Bath Time

Why do you like to eat the bubbles?

Growth Spurt

I think it's time to get you some new pagies.

Daddy Day Care

Now that your daddy is home during the daytime, you have been spending a lot more time with him. He seems to be getting this parenting thing down.

American Girl

You recently received the most amazing gift: the flag that hung over the capitol building in Washington D.C. on the day you were born.

Laughter!

You giggled for the first time today! You were laughing so hard you could barely catch your breath! You've been making a lot of different noises lately. Your first coos were so sweet. Now you've graduated to higher pitched noises and different vowel sounds (although ooh seems to be your favorite sound). You even seem to be understanding that you need to speak louder to be heard in noisy situations.

Learning Process

You've developed a fancy for putting everything in your mouth, so I thought it might be a good time to introduce you to teething toys. As a first-time mother I am pretty diligent (to put it lightly) about keeping your things and things that you come into contact with clean, so I lovingly washed a couple of teething rings and placed them in the bottle sanitizer. Apparently teething rings aren't microwave safe, because they melted all over your bottles.

The Holy Trinity of Bodily Functions

You must have sensed it was a special day because for the first time you pooped, peed and puked on me all in one day. Somehow I don't think this is the Trinity the Bible had in mind.

It's True!

You do think your child is the most beautiful baby on the planet. Georgia could look like Yoda and I would think the same.

Like Mother Like Daughter

Ouch!

My three-year-old niece's reaction when I told her Georgia went to the doctor yesterday.

Booties!

2-Month Check-Up

I've never heard you scream before today. It was absolutely horrifying to hold you down as you cried while the nurse administered your shots. It was even worse later this afternoon when you screamed in agony for nearly an hour. I never determined what you were so upset about, but I assume it had something to do with the five immunizations you got this morning.

I know it's important for you to be immunized, I just don't understand why it has to be so painful for you (and, therefore, painful for me). Why can't they make immunizations in liquid form so they could be squeezed into your mouth like baby Tylenol? Or better yet, why not make them into those little dissovable strips like Listerine? You could ward off polio and halitosis at the same time.

The good news is that you're developmentally A-OK. You are now 12 pounds 2 ounces and 23.75 inches long. I think you may be tall enough to enter your height on the growth chart in your room.

The bad news is that you go back for another round of shots in two months. It may take that long for me to get over this round.

Exhausted

Monitor Madness

You make some of the cutest noises when you sleep. We hear your grunts, squeaks, coos, snorts and cries over the baby monitor. But our favorite noises are your little toots. Actually, they're big toots. We hover around the monitor in our bedroom and giggle uncontrollably at your gas. How did we entertain ourselves before you?

Thank You For Peeing

Yesterday you peed on me for the first time. Your diaper has leaked on me a few times, but you've never peed on me like this before. At first I thought I was having some strange hot flash on my leg, but I looked down to see a quickly expanding wet spot on my shorts. We scurried up the stairs to change your diaper. It was dry. I was soaked.

How does a nose this small house boogers so big?

Naked Baby!

My Name Is Olivia

and I am a cake-aholic. I love cake and cake-like products. I justify eating an entire 9x13" cake (with icing) in a 24-hour period by reasoning that it contains eggs, a good source of protein. I can eat an entire bag of chocolate frosted donut gems in one sitting. I love to lick the powdered sugar off my fingers after a handful (or two or three) of the tiny pastries. Those cinnamon rolls (with icing) that come in the can and take 9-11 minutes to cook are heavenly. Coffee cake, Danish rolls, Twinkies, Ding Dongs and pretty much anything produced by Mrs. Bairds don't stand a chance when I'm around.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that they don't develop a 12-step program for people like me.

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

Georgia celebrated her 2 month birthday by rolling over from her back to her front. It took quite a bit of effort and grunting, but she did it! Looks like the days of leaving her on our bed and walking away are over.

Why?

Why does Lefty choose the precise moment you fall asleep to bark?

Proof That We Are Born With Cellulite

It's Opening Day!

White Trash Baby

I was so excited the other day when I spotted what I thought was your first freckle on your foot. It disappeared after your bath.

"Hey Georgia, what 'cha doin'?"

"Oh, you know. Just hangin' out in my new bouncy chair."