Bree has hit the 2 month mark! She is such a good baby and we couldn't be more in love with this little girl. It's been a very busy month with lots of first to log in the baby book (aka: this blog).
Bree had her first road trip to the beach with my family. She was constantly spoiled and loved on by the many open arms to hold her. She spent very little time on the beach because of record breaking heat, but we can definitely call it her first beach experience.
Then we headed to Lake Oconee for a luxurious weekend at the Ritz. What a spoiled brat that her first stay in a hotel was at the Ritz?? It's all down him from there baby...She got some quality time with Aunt Nicci and her cousins, strolled around the grounds with her own personal fan and umbrella, and even lounged by the pool a little bit.
At home we've just been trying to get into any sort of routine. We continue to play musical beds around the house between Beau sleeping in his "man cave" basement, Bree napping in swings and bassinets, weak attempts at moving her to her crib, me getting desperate in the middle of the night and putting her in bed with me, etc, etc. With Wade I can honestly say I NEVER EVER put him in bed with me, partly for safety and partly because I was deathly afraid of creating horrible habits that we'd never break. So if it took me longer to rock him the middle of the night, so be it. The big difference is of course now I don't have all morning to catch up and sleep in if we have a bad night. Bree may sleep in till 9:00am, but Wade has been waking as early as 6:30 ready to start the day. So I have to just do whatever I can to get as much sleep as possible at night. During the day when Wade goes down for a nap, I am DESPERATE (and I mean desperate) to get one too. And the only way I can be certain Bree with sleep is to put her in bed with me and cuddle! She will settle into a deep sleep and I love it. It's one of my favorite parts of the day. She does this full body stretch when she's waking up that is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen!
She's eating well and consistently nursing every 3 hours during the day. At night she goes to bed late (11 or 12?) and can usually make it until 5 or 6. I'm doing my best to get to bed soon after, but it's tough. I'm trying get back into an "early to bed, early to rise" routine....
This smile just melts my heart. She has her short windows of alert and happy time and I just want to soak them up as much as possible. She's happiest on her stomach propped on a boppy (hence all the pictures), and will just smile away. Wade thinks it so funny. He'll say, "Beeee happy, she smilin!"
She has great neck control and can really hold her head up for awhile. I think the weight of her cheeks have forced her neck to be extra strong. It's like wearing ankle weights when you workout...
At her 2 month doctor's appointment, she got a good report. She weighs 11 lb 6oz (~50%) and 22.5 inches long (~50%). Her head circumference only put her in the 25th percentile which is surprising, but I guess it's just those dang cheeks that throw you off :) She got her first round of shots too. They're scheduled to get 4, which I think is ridiculous. That's just too much for their little bodies all at once (in my non-professional motherly opinion). So we started with 2 and will go back next month for a few more.
Our hope and prayer is that she just keeps growing and thriving each day!!! We love you Cecelia Bree!!!
Beau's goddaughter (and one of Bree's future BFF's), Celie Crawford, turned ONE!
(Ok, so maybe she's a little big for this basket?)
Disclaimer: No child was injured or put in danger in the making of this picture. (Beau's hands were conveniently cropped out below her head, so yes he's an accomplice too)
Now I just need to actually do something with these, instead of just storing them on my computer. For as many pictures as I take...you'd think my walls would be covered in photos, but they are surprisingly bare!! I better get on it...
She's eating well and consistently nursing every 3 hours during the day. At night she goes to bed late (11 or 12?) and can usually make it until 5 or 6. I'm doing my best to get to bed soon after, but it's tough. I'm trying get back into an "early to bed, early to rise" routine....
This smile just melts my heart. She has her short windows of alert and happy time and I just want to soak them up as much as possible. She's happiest on her stomach propped on a boppy (hence all the pictures), and will just smile away. Wade thinks it so funny. He'll say, "Beeee happy, she smilin!"
Wade started preschool in the 2 year olds class. He was so brave and almost excited to be back! It did help that Mason and Buie Crawford were in parking lot and literally walked him in... 
He walked straight in and found this train toy. Match made in heaven! Miss Kay was ready to greet him. He also had 4 other classmates from last year in his class. He's already saying, "Jack come to my house to play?"
His cousin Cae just started in the 4 year old class! They were so excited to see each other at pick-up...
It's going to be GREAT year!!!
We met up with the Benich family at Lake Oconee's Reynold's Plantation for a long weekend getaway! Nicci met us with Rowan and Ellis from Charleston. And we came with all our gear, Poppa & Dede, and a babysitter!!! I was initially very worried about having such a young baby in a hotel for 3 nights (screaming all night waking up the whole floor), but Bree did great! She made it very easy. And it definitely helped to have Mandy and Erin there at different times so we weren't stuck in the hotel room all day and night.
We took REALLY fast boat rides. Wade said he wanted to go fast, but completely lost it when we hit 50mph. His cheeks were flapping in the wind. Ellis, on the other hand, LOVED the speed...
Bree showed off her BBBF (baby bikini back fat). We'll start her summer bikini diet next year...
We enjoyed a nice dinner (pictures before!) with the whole family...
We actually got a decent picture of the 4 grandkids...
Wade had another "dancing with myself" experience...
We toasted with each other (Wade's bottle included!) CHEERS...
We went fishing off the dock (or as Beau put it, "fed the fish our worms")
We all took turns spoiling Bree...
