8 Weeks (plus one day) Old....Gabriella Is Getting Big, Fast!

*sigh*

A mere 5 short days from now Gabriella will be a whole 2 months old! And I can't believe how huge she's getting! Her two month check-up is next Monday and aside from getting 4, yes that's FOUR immunizations - she's also getting weighed and measured and an overall wellness check. I don't suppose though seeing as how she's getting all those shots, that's she's going to be too happy afterwards. I sure wouldn't be!

Here's our little stinker, last night.....



Not too much has been going on - other than watching Gabriella grow by leaps and bounds and trying, but not succeeding, to get her to sleep longer at night. Well, that's not totally accurate...there have been some things going on, but alas, it's just boring stuff that no one would be interested in anyhow. A close friend emailed me the other day and asked where all the funny posts on the blog had gone. I replied and said they were all still here to which she replied that wasn't what she meant, she meant that I'm losing my sense of humour. I don't think I've lost it per say, I just think it's on hiatus until I can get a decent nights sleep. But never-fear, I'm sure I'll do some dumb-ass something-or-other and end up posting about it. That should tide everyone over for a while.

And hopefully some day soon I'll get back to my occasional rants. I was watching something on CSAPN this morning that I'd love to have the time to post about and get some feedback on, but alas, I've not got the time to go and make sure I understand everything this guy was saying. To surmise, the author of a book called, - and I think this is the correct title, it was afterall 5am this morning when he was on- "Warfooting", was speaking to the (again not sure I'm going to get the name of this group correct) Women's National Repulican Club about the threat of EMP warfare from the likes of Iran. He also talked about what a total waste of an organization the UN is, and after all my reading about the various corruption and scandal, I'd have to agree with him on that point. I found the entire talk interesting and would really like to know if his points about the EMP threats to the US are valid. But then again, maybe I don't want to know. I already worry enough about the world Matt, Meg, Zack and Gabriella are inheriting. Why give myself any more foder for nightmares?

Enough of that already...back to the baby, she's much more interesting and for the most part, much less scary or scandalous. For the time being anyhow.

It's been a few days since I've posted some photos, so here are a few from the past couple of days.

Bathtime is getting easier....she no longer screams, just sort of takes it all in stride, tolerates it. I do think she's discovering that if she puts her hand down hard enough into the water that it does something very interesting....it SPLASHES MOMMY!!!!



As you can see from the above pic, we have done away with the baby tub because its just too small for my miniature horse! And I've discovered the insert that was designed for baby tubs but that I was not using because it got too cold, works wonderfully in the sink by itself. And the trick to keeping it warm is to keep plenty of warm water underneath it. Gabriella also loves to have the tap run over (running water) her gently. I think it tickles her because I get tons of smiles and giggles whilst doing this. And just look at those fat little legs! She's becoming such a chunk!

Gabriella also loves her big colourful Baby Einstein blocks, especially the yellow one with the picture of the ducky that quacks!



She's still not too big on tummy time though, so we use the boppy a lot of the time for that. Her ped says its fine, as she can hold her head up and turn it from side to side, so he's not concerned. She just is not at all fond of being on her stomach.




And I can't not include this one. I don't think it's a habit yet but if and when it does become one, we'll see how long she relies on her thumb to self-soothe. I'm not too worried either way. It did bother me when I first thought about it because I had a friend back in high school who to this day STILL sucks her thumb and I think who through college, wet the bed. I remember sleep-overs (there was a whole group of us that went to the same church) and she'd be there, 13, 14, 15, 16 years old, sitting there in her PJ's with the rest of the group, sucking her thumb and twisting her hair. However, I think she had *issues* that Gabriella will never ever have to deal with. So, again, I'm not too worried about the thumb sucking. Besides, she really doesn't even do it often anyhow.



I still think it's a darling picture and she was doing this whilst sound asleep. That and she managed to once again, bust out of her swaddling. We'll see how long THAT lasts too.