2 Months

Dear Lucy,

Last Thursday you turned two months old. I would’ve written then, but hey, I’m a mother and it’s a miracle if I remember to brush my teeth every day, so be happy this is getting written at all! You have changed so much in the last month, it’s hard to know where to begin. You’ve turned in to this happy, little person, with such a big personality. When I took you to Grandma’s work so she could show you off, you laughed and smiled and cooed at every single person who came over to check you out. It’s in those moments when you look SO MUCH like your father. A little charmer already. I can just see the two of you running scams on innocent waitresses and convincing them that, yes, you do deserve a free dessert just because you are you. God help me.

You’ve also begun sleeping through the night on a fairly regular basis. Granted, every few nights you’ll wake up at 2 a.m. just to keep us on our toes, but for the most part, you’ve become quite the little sleeper. This means that you’re up more hours during the day, which has provided for some interesting afternoons. Sometimes I think I am boring the crap out of you with my constant prodding to get you to laugh, but you always give me a bored look and then break out into a huge smile, as if to humor me. And you don’t just smile with your mouth, but with your entire face. Your eyes squint and your nose wrinkles up and you contort your body like you just can’t contain all of the happiness in your little self.

Today we went for our two month checkup with Dr. Waters. He fulfilled the competitive people in your father and I by telling us you’re in the 95th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. Ha, my baby is fatter than 95 percent of all other babies! Ha ha! We win! He also said you’re way ahead in motor skills as you were staring at your hands and opening and closing your fists pratically the whole time. Apparently you’re not supposed to do that for a while. He also said your sleeping through the night is very lucky for us. Ha! Do you hear that?! We have one of the fattest, sleepiest babies with the best hand eye coordination. She’ll be able to shove a drumstick in her mouth in no time!

I’m so excited for this next month. According to Dr. Waters we should have you in an exersaucer in the next week or so, which should provide us with some hilarious moments. In two weeks we take your first big vacation, to the Peters family reuinion in Rhode Island. Yeah, airplane flight with small baby…good times. And no shots this month, yipee! Today was also your first round of baby shots and watching the stunned look on your face when they put in the first of FOUR NEEDLES into your leg was heartbreaking. Your poor little face just looked so sad. Then you fell asleep in my arms in the elevator, and I realized I will never feel more needed or wanted than I do right now. I like that feeling.

Love,
Mama