We caught a smile about two weeks ago. She smiles a lot actually but somehow the camera is too slow to catch it!

Josie had her two month doctor’s visit yesterday. She weighed in at 11 lbs 1 oz and is 23 1/4 inches long. That puts her at about 80ish percentile for height, 60-something percentile for weight and head size. In the last month she’s learned new skills like: following a toy the entire way from her right to left with her head/eyes, coo-ing and making noises like ‘ah-oooh’, she is starting to grab things with some limited success, and her head control is very strong. She still hates tummy time.

One of the baby books says to pull up on the baby’s arms to pull the baby to a sitting position and see the changes each month with her head control. Somehow Josie did not get the message because when I pull on her arms, this picture demonstrates what happens.

Cleaning out my parents’ basement we found a baby sized promotional frisbee! Josie got the hang of it quite well. Bit behind on the blogging/photos so this one is two weeks old.

Not much is consistent with Josie except that she keeps changing. She’s slept through the night twice, but generally she’s up twice to eat. (yes at seven weeks I know I’m lucky to have gotten those two nights at all) She’s started to hate her car seat and riding in the car and so it takes careful timing and consideration to have a quiet car ride. Some days (Monday) she slept through most of the day, but yesterday she didn’t take a nap except while in the wrap and wanted to eat non-stop to make up for sleeping through the previous day. Thankfully all signs point to a healthy baby, she weighed in at 10 lbs 6 oz this week. Here are some pictures of me posing her on the couch!

 

This weekend we played golf-like games twice! Saturday we went to play mini-golf in the afternoon. Josie was sleeping to start with, but then she woke up. So she and I played golf together. I figured I deserve at least a two handicap for playing this way, so Jordi and I tied, or I won. Sunday after rearranging my parents’ basement on fathers day, we all went to the driving range and hit some golf balls. Josie was again displeased and spent most of the time on the golf course nursing in between sessions of fussiness. Then she passed out and let us enjoy dinner out in peace, waking up immediately once I finished eating.

The cats are getting more desperate for attention these days. When my lap is free I often end up with someone furry trying to cuddle with me. Fred likes to rub his head on Josies feet while she’s nursing. Ezzy likes to sit on any books I attempt to read or settles for laying on the burp cloth. Mio is standing over the keyboard as I type. George is even willing to permit the baby to sit on him, so long as he’s on my lap too.

This past Saturday we had our first post-baby party with a bunch of CMU friends. This group has reproduced at planet-repopulating rates in the last year and so we had quite a few babies in attendance. It was crazy hot this weekend and so we bought a little kiddie pool for the babies and they had their first swim! Fun was not had by all, Ryan was the only one who seemed to really enjoy it so far. The water was chilly compared to a nice warm bath, so maybe next year it will be a bigger hit!

This past weekend was Arlington’s Greek Food Festival at the Greek Church. It is a fundraiser where they sell lots of yummy food and arts and crafts. We went on Friday night for dinner since cooking and cleaning is still a little too much to bear most nights. Josie was her usual self, sleeping through the beginning, eating precisely when I get my food in front of me and then wanting to dance to the music!

Last Friday Jordi and I took Josie into Kendall Square to meet Jordi’s IBM ex-coworkers and my coworkers. She was very well behaved and enjoyed eating and napping throughout lunch and dirtying her diaper. We now know to check the handicapped stall when trying to find a changing station. Here is our friend Lee, one of Jordi’s current co-workers holding Josie: