8 weeks

It's hard to believe she is already 8 weeks!  I haven't been great about getting the big camera out, but I took all these pictures with my iphone.  Thank goodness for it, because I would miss out on a lot of super cute moments without it.  

I took Lillian to the Dr. today.  She has felt smaller than the boys, and I was right.  She is a normal baby!!!

She was 10 lb. 12oz. (73%)

22.75 in. (85%)

Compared to the boys who were all around 14 lbs., she a peanut!

Some things I want to remember about her at 2 months:

-she doesn't like to bear weight on her legs

-HATES the binky, gags the second it touches her lips

-rarely ever spits up

-won't overeat, won't nurse if she's not hungry

-hardly ever cries, when she does she gives a little cry and then waits to see if you are going to fix whatever the problem is, if you don't then she tries again.

-is still really bobbly in the head

-likes to pull her bows off if they aren't really tight

-has dark eyes already

-still has tons of dark hair

-her skin is very olive, most like Cohen

-is giving the cutest smiles, and lots of crooked Elvis ones

-can fall asleep on her own in her bed

-likes to sleep on side or tummy

-can sleep through all the craziness of her brothers

-doesn't really care for the swing

-loves the bouncy seat

-loves her bath

-hardly ever has a blowout

-still grunts and groans a ton

-sleeps a 5 hour stretch most nights (10-3, then til 7ish)

-still is a momma's girl, is most relaxed when I'm holding her

-is extremely patient

Man I love little sister!  She is amazing!

The last few pics are from our trip to Sonoma this last weekend.  They are the most recent pictures.

Kid Comparison

Lillian

 Landon

 Cohen

Grey

This is all of the kiddos around 6-8 weeks.  Who does she look like?

Out of the mouth of the Carter boys...

Landon saw the very first pictures of Lillian at the hospital on Steve's cell phone. He looked at the pictures and asked, "Dad, is Lillian a little bit China-ish?". Apparently her darker skin and swollen eyes were strange to him. Laughed a long time after that one.

Cohen: When we were talking about how dark Lillians skin was he commented, "At least she'll be really fast!". Ok, seriously...laughed SO hard when he said that!

Greyson: Ball? Yes? Inside? Yes? (nodding head emphatically) Phone down. Lily map, mom. Catch. Yes? (nodding again)
Grey is so cute when he asks and answers he own questions. The other day he wanted me to play catch with him(with an outside ball, hence the inside question) but I was holding Lily in one hand and my phone in the other. He was so funny putting all his wants into one big conversation with me. A very one-sided one, but a great conversation none the less.

Easter Outfits

Trying to get a picture of everyone in their Easter outfits was quite comical.  The boys were ok.  There were 2 good pictures of the three of them out of maybe 50 we took.  Grey is in this silly stage where he "smiles" and he pretty much looks like a pirate.  So getting him to NOT smile and get the older boys TO smile and get everyone to look at the camera...funny stuff!  Then throw a new baby and parents in, just forget it.  But I will say, I loved the kids outfits and loved tying the boys pink ties in with Lillian's pink dress. It was a great day other than Grey waking up with a cold.  I will post the egg hunt pictures later, but wanted to get these up.  

I never got Lillian up close in her outfit.  We were late to church and so we snapped a few quick ones before church thank goodness, because by the time we got home, Lillian had a total blowout all over her dress and Landon had strawberries on his shirt.  

1 month...almost

Can't believe this little sweetie is a month old tomorrow.  She is getting so big.  She is such a peaceful, calm baby and she still sleeps a ton.  Night is hit or miss depending on if I can keep her awake for a while before she gets into that deep night sleep.  She can go 5 hours at night if I keep her up til 11!  She still rarely cries and gives out an occasional smile.  Twice I swear she knew I was talking to her and she got the biggest smiles.  We are loving every second with her.

Lillian's blessing day

Sunday, April 17th, we blessed Lillian at church.  We are in the Alamo 1st ward and for her blessing we just had family do it this time.  For every other baby blessing we had friends or members of the bishopric stand in the circle, but this time it was just Steve, his dad and his brother Jim.  It was a beautiful day and she was so amazing for the blessing.  The things that Steve said were so amazing and it was definitely a perfect day.  She was so peaceful and calm for the whole thing and she looked beautiful in her white dress.  I am grateful for a husband who is worthy to hold the priesthood and for his family who does as well.  He is an amazing man and I am eager for her to read some of the things I wrote down from her blessing someday.  She is such a sweet little addition to our family and we all feel lucky to have her.

Big Girl Bath

It's been a while since she was able to have a bath in the big tub, but it took me a while to capture the moment.  I think she is about 3 weeks here.  She doesn't like getting undressed and isn't sure for the first second or two, but she really loves her bath.  She loves this time of night and if I could figure out how to get her to stay awake from 9-10, she would do amazing, but she seems to be wanting to fall asleep earlier, which means I am up with her more at night.  If she goes down around 10:30-11, she will sleep 4-5 hours.  We are working on figuring things our, but she is an angel.