Crib Gymnastics and Other Adventures

Sarah can roll from her back to her stomach! So far she has done it three times, all in her crib in the middle of the night so I haven't actually seen it yet. I have seen her try plenty, though. After she rolls over, she gets stuck and cries because she doesn't even like being on her tummy, and then I find her on her tummy.

She is also learning how her arms and legs work. She can kick her feet to make her bouncy seat play music, and she can hold onto small things and bring them to her mouth (clothes, rattles, her fist, etc---she wants to lick everything these days!)What a smart girl!

Shots!

Sarah had her two-month check up yesterday. She had to get 4 shots and drink some medicine, none of which thrilled her--she screamed for a few minutes but then fell asleep on the way out to the car after it was over. She is growing just fine. She now weighs 10 lb 12 oz (49th percentile) and is 23 inches (75th percentile). We went to Mimi and Pawpaw's for the first time last weekend. Mimi's friend Sue gave me a baby shower and luncheon at a little Tea Room in Greenville. It was a lot of fun, and Sarah got to make her grand appearance at the end of the shower. She has so many new clothes to grow into and toys to look forward to playing with!

Sarah's New Smile

Sarah has been smiling consistently for several weeks now--wahoo! It is so much fun to make funny faces and talk to her and see her whole face light up in a smile. She even has a little half-laugh that is really funny. Watching Sarah smile makes all of the stressful all-nighters she pulls totally worthwhile :-)

Beach Trip

Our family spent the last week in Destin, FL with Jeremy's parents, and we all had a great time. Sarah was quite well behaved for the car rides there and back, though we had to make a few more stops than usual. Somehow we actually managed the seven hour drive home with only two stops, though--yay Sarah! She loved going on the beach and watching the ocean, and she wasn't sure what to think when her feet touched the water :-) Although "vacationing" with an infant wasn't quite like any other vacation I have ever been on, we were grateful to spend time with Mimi and Pawpaw (and Mimi and Pawpaw were grateful to spend time with Sarah, so mommy and daddy did get some much needed time off now and then).

The First Month

I can't believe Sarah's first month has already come and gone! She had her one-month check-up yesterday, and she is doing great. She is in the 48th percentile for her weight and the 75th percentile for her height. Because she was feeling so grown up, Sarah decided to try out her new Bumbo chair--doesn't she look old? Nana says she is not old enough for a "chair," but Sarah enjoys sitting in it anyway :-) Sarah is also developing some new hobbies--her two favorites are smiling at the pendulum on our mantel clock and chatting with herself in the mirror. It's so fun to see her start to be more alert when she's awake!

Sleepy Little Girl

I think Sarah is starting to get the picture about sleeping at night. After one good night with her Nana and two decent nights in the hotel last weekend, Sarah had her best night of sleep ever last night! Yesterday afternoon she cried more or less the WHOLE afternoon and evening, from about 2:00 until 10:00. If she wasn't eating or being burped, she was crying. I am still trying to figure out if something I ate didn't agree with her, if she was having stomach pains, or if she was just plain fussy. With all of the fussing, she forgot to nap, so she was also REALLY tired. Lots of yawning but no sleeping. By 10:00 I handed her off to Jeremy so I could get a little bit of sleep (I was preparing for a long night!). Apparently she fell asleep right after I did, and she slept until 3:00 a.m.! At 3:00, she ate a little and then fell back asleep until 6:30. She ate a little more and slept until 8:30! Sarah, mommy, and daddy got something like 9 hours of sleep last night! She has been crying again this afternoon but is now taking a nap in her swing, so we'll see how much she sleeps tonight!

First "Vacation"

We went to our cousin Grant's wedding last weekend in Rome, GA, and Sarah got to experience her first trip to a hotel. She did a great job riding in the car (slept the whole time), and she slept right through the wedding ceremony, too (whew!). This was the first time in a long time that ALL 14 grandchildren (and all of their babies) on my mom's side of the family were together at one time. Sarah did better than we expected her to do in the hotel for two nights. They gave us a Pack and Play for her to sleep in, and she did actually sleep off and on each night. I think Jeremy and I got about 6 hours of sleep each night. It was really hard to sleep with her right next to us because she kept making little noises that woke us up. We were glad to get her back to her own room on Sunday! All in all, we had a very pleasant weekend, and now we will start planning for our next trip--Destin, FL in two weeks!