So first things first, Penny rolled over later the same day I did my last post! I'm so proud of her! She's grow up so fast and it's so fun to see her grow. I was looking through pictures of old videos of her yesterday and it is crazy how fast it's gone by so far! She's not a tiny newborn anymore. She laughs and smiles daily, I remember how exciting it was to see her smile and to hear her laugh for the first time. It's still super fun and I love every second of her smiling and laughing but it just isn't the same heart squeezing experience. The other day I took 60 pictures of & videos of her! I just couldn't get enough of her! It just of every day things. Her playing on the play mat, play with Chris, giggling you know the norm but I was like a paparazzi! Oh well I love the photos I got and I figure I won't look back and be like oh dang I took waaaaayy too many pictures of my baby! lol If anything I'll be saying why didn't I take more! So for your viewing pleasure billion more pictures of my beautiful little girl. 

 Getting loves from daddy!

 Hmmm how cute am I? Very? Yes baby you are.

 She just had a blow out so that's why she's nakey and it was bedtime which is why she looks tired here but she's still so cute.

 Super baby!

 Penelope this morning. I'm telling you I just can't seem to get enough of her!

back so soon?

I know I just blogged a couple of days ago but I took some pictures. Annnnd I'm kinda in love with a lot of them. She is just so stinken cute!! Oh and I got pictures of her pretty much rolled over.. she's so close it's pretty ridiculous.

So the story behind the pictures.... last night Penelope decided that instead of staying asleep after eating it would be much more fun to wake up and play. Normally I'd just leave her in her bassinet and wait for her to fall back to sleep. But she was being very noisey and was starting to wake up Chris so I took her out and unwrapped her so she could play to her hearts content. I was playing with the ipad and looked up to see her like this! Nearly completely rolled over. If she wasn't so occupied with sucking on her hand I'm sure it would have been a complete roll. Oh well she'll get it soon enough.  

 And these were of this morning she was just playing away when she realized I was on the couch behind her. It was like she was saying "Oh hii mom! When did you get there?"

 This is my new favorite picture of her! I think she looks so cute!

 Doing some serious tummy time. She rolled over mostly by herself here, I nudged her bum to let her know it was time for tummy time and she rolled the rest of the way over AND got her arm out from under her. I repositioned her arms to more comfortable looking spots though

 Look at all her hair! I'm glad that the bald old man look didn't stay for long. (around 2 months old she really looked like she had a receding hairline lol)

 Playing with one of her favorite toys

 And just looking adorable

4 months

 Penny is 3 days away from being 4 months old now! It's so crazy how the time has flown. Quite a bit has changed since I last blogged. Penny giggles daily now, and has had quite a few laugh attacks! So stinken cute! She is so so so close to being able to roll over. She still loves to stuck on every and anything she can get close enough to her mouth. That has included but not limited to: her hands, her toes, my hands/fingers, Chris's nose, my cheeks, her clothes, the legs on her octopus toy, the hanging sun on an other toy, burp cloths and so much more. She been doing this thing where she'll chew on her pointer fingers while talking it's pretty funny. She also has been know to try and fit her whole fist into her mouth lol. She blows raspberries... well I'm not sure if I should call them raspberries she doesn't do it with her tongue but with her lips. We make that noise to her and now she does it too! She has become very vocal! She'll talk and squeal and make chewbacca noises. And can be very VERY loud with them. She goes down for naps sooooo easily now. In fact I'm in love with how easy she's become. She hardly throws fits anymore and usually is in a good mood. It is so so nice! She also takes her vitamins more easily. She used to kind of choke on them a bit. But she swallows them like a champ 

now.

 

 

 She likes to take showers with daddy and will try to lick at the water. She doesn't mind getting dried and dressed anymore. She usually isn't smiley but she doesn't mind it now.

 She still likes to snuggle up on my shoulder and is my lovey little girl

 She likes to smile but it is really hard to get on camera because she usually finds the camera distracting

 She does this a lot where she'll hold the binky and suck on her hand instead

 Here she is chewing on the sun

 Doing tummy time... still doesn't love tummy time but still doesn't mind it.

 She is very sensitive to noises and want's to know where they are coming from. So she is always try to look at the TV when it's on... here she is bending over backward to try to look at it.

love

I love my baby, I know that is one of the most obvious statements ever. But I love so many things about Penelope. I love watching her drift off to sleep while she’s nursing. I love that sometimes when she cries all I have to do is pick her up and snuggle her. I love kissing her chubby little cheeks. I love that she is so happy to see me in the morning. I love that she loves her daddy. I love that she has dimples that you can only see when she makes certain faces. I love that I’m the only one who has been able to make her giggle so far. I love that she smiles while she’s falling asleep. I love that she has her daddy’s eyes and my nose. I love when she sucks on her hands if she makes a loud sucking noise it startles her. I love that she is so alert. I love that she’s gotten to the point that she goes down so easily for bed at night time. I love the she sleeps for such long periods during the night. I love that she loves to take baths but hates being cold and naked after. I love that there is so much of me in her personality already. I love that she is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. I love that when she’s supposed to be going down for a nap she’ll lay there and talk to herself for a bit. I love that she’d rather nurse than take a bottle. I love that she is my sleeping beauty. I love that as soon as you unswaddle her she’ll stretch her arms and legs and arch her little back. I love that she is my baby and will always be my baby and I will always love her.

2 months

So update on our little princess, she is adorable! She can have major melt downs at the drop of a hat. People at church probably think I'm crazy because I'll get up with her as soon as she makes any grumpy type noises but that's just because she escalates so quickly. She is getting better at taking her naps. By the time Chris comes home she's ready to play, take a little nap and go to sleep for the night. I'm glad he doesn't get home later than he does or he'd only see her when she's tired and grumpy. She still sleeps really well at night! She sleep at least for 5 hours for her long stretch. But has slept for 9 hours straight two nights in a row this week and slept for 8 and half last night. She's talking more and more (not actually words of course but coos) She smiles lots! She likes to play with mommy and daddy. She does fine with tummy time, she doesn't love it but she tolerates it well enough. She is very strong. Her eyes are getting lighter and I think will be just like her daddy's once they're done changing.

She had her 2 month appointment on the 5th and she did so well! At all the other appointments she'd get so mad that she had to be naked and didn't like be touched by the doctor much. But she was happy even though she was naked and even smiled at our doctor. She weight 11 lbs 10 oz (75%) and was 24 (90%) inches long. Poor girl had to get three shots and one oral vaccine at the end of the appointment so she wasn't too thrilled about that. But still did a lot better than I expected, she cried but Chris was able to calm her down after just a little while. And then she was really happy when we were home. It wasn't until that evening that she got really needy and didn't want Chris to put her down. Even though she'd fall asleep as soon as he'd try to set her down she'd wake up and cry. He wouldn't even let her go yet just her back would be on the couch and she'd wake up.

That's all I can really think of for now. Here are some pictures.

 Playing with daddy in front of our full length mirror

 Doing some tummy time

 Showing off her band-aides from getting her shots.

Penelope

My baby is getting so big and is as beautiful as ever! She sleeps really well at night, it's getting her to lay down that's the problem. It takes us a few hours to get her to go to sleep and stay asleep. We'll get to her sleep and then put her down in her bassinet several times before she'll be down for the night. She sleep for 10 to 15 mintues then wake up and need to be rocked or nursed back to sleep each time she wakes up. But once she's asleep she sleeps for at least 5 hours before needing to eat and be changed then goes right back to sleep. It's interesting that she doesn't need help going back to sleep. I'll put her back to bed awake and she'll fall asleep on her own. She has been less grumpy and most days only is fussy when she needs a nap or some other basic need. Which has always been the case but she's better at not getting so upset about them. Here are some recent pictures of her.

This is what she wore to church last Sunday (Nov 20th)

That same Sunday asleep in Chris's arms. So sweet!

 

And these are from today. This is what she wore to church today! It's a gift from Josh and Cherry and I just love it! So cute!

Look who's smiling!

I know I haven't done blogging since she's been born ... oh well I'm not going to go back and do posts about the first few weeks I just don't have a whole time of time to blog and to be honest I just don't want to. She's been smiling for awhile now but today is the first time I've got it on camera! I was trying to get pictures of her in the hat Maren made for her since she has a big head and the hat is a bit small for her. And I caught her at in a happy mood! Look at this cutie!