June - Two Months!

The tiniest little gal pal. I'm already behind, and we're only two months in to this gig. You had your two month appointment (read: all the shots) and are growing like a little champ. You hadn't gained as much weight as I thought you would, but they assured me you were doing just fine. I keep having to remind myself you're not your brother - he ate all.the.time. and put on crazy weight at every appointment; I actually cried at one of his appointments early on fearful he had elephantiasis of the entire body (everyone just loves me at our pediatrician's office). Your dad has been home all dang day everyday on paternity leave, and we're just so lucky to all be together. Paternity leave is just real valuable for healthy family dynamics. It's kind of like living in vacation mode - it won't last, but for now, it's been so nice to have an extra set of hands and move through the day together.

You're smiling so much this month and cooing and talking talking talking. In the mornings, you have whole entire stories to tell, and oh, your sweet little voice is just the greatest sound. You love your brother, and his whole heart pours over for you. He is such a helper, until he tries to pick you up and more pins your face to his chest than anything. You're not too found of that actually, but mostly, everyday I'm grateful you two have each other and love watching your little relationship grow. You continue to HATE the car and cry incessantly while we drive, but that didn't stop us from trekking up to Dallas - it is stopping us from going back anytime in the near future. Oof. We had a great visit with the Hepfner, Martin, Thoele, Conroy gang, and as always, I left wishing we all lived a whole lot closer. A compound would be sufficient.  

You also got to meet two of my favorite people - Lauren and Melissa. Melissa and Ben moved to California this past spring, and you played it real cool while I cried and cried with them when they visited. You slept so soundly on Melissa almost the whole time, and my heart exploded, and then the very same day Lauren came in town with her family to meet you. There's something just real beautiful about my oldest friends being with you. We partied in Jamaican bobsled team onesies, hung at Jester King and spent the most beautiful weekend Austin has had in a long time eating great food and enjoying each other. 

You were a champ through all of the Halloween festivities. Charlie had his Hoot Carnival at school, and you slept through the whole thing and then slept like a freaking dream that night. We thought it was going to be your new normal - it wasn't, but it was so nice to wake-up and actually feel rested. Wanna do it again? We had our second annual costume party, and you were a very cute little sleepy Yoda, and on our rainy Halloween night, you, again, were a very cute little sleepy Yoda. We trick-or-treated through the neighborhood, and right as it started to rain and you began to stir, we headed home. Just real nice and easy.

We ask you to be real flexible almost on a daily basis, and for the most part, you oblige. We're grateful for all the smiles and all your sweetness. Mostly, we're just real grateful for you.