Two Months Old

Today - November 1st - Gemma is two months old! As you can see, she is a happy baby and really smiles and gurgles a lot (well, you can't tell that by the photos, but trust me, she is talkative and will make cooing noises in response to conversation). In the last week she has started sleeping 7-8 hour stretches at night - WOW - and still takes long naps during the day. Obviously she is growing and learning a lot these days.

Today she had her 2 month check-up and first round of immunizations. She screamed a bit but overall was very, very good; the nurse said, "Oh my, she is a happy baby." Gemma is currently upstairs napping after the traumatic experience (sore thighs). Baby Tylenol helps. Mom and Dad did okay too, except that the gem had a massive poopy diaper at the Dr. office and messed all up the backside of her onesie. Naturally we didn't have a change of clothes but at least we had a fleece jacket and a blanket to put over her.

Here are the stats:

• 11 lbs, 5 oz (she's gone from 10th percentile at 2 weeks, now at 50th-75th percentile)
• 23 1/4 inches (75th-90th percentile)
  

Our neighbor Kelly gave Gemma this cute pink turtleneck and jean dress.




We are looking forward to Gemma's first road trip coming up this weekend, driving up to Wheaton for a Fall Break of sorts. Gemma can't wait to show some smiles to Granddaddy and catch her first Wheaton soccer game. We'll see how she does in the car as we haven't gone more than 5 miles from home yet!