2 months

Dear Ayla,

I can't believe that it has been 2 months since you turned our world upside down, in a good way! You have fit in so nicely to our family and its hard to imagine what life was like before you. We are falling more in love with your every day!

2 month Stats:

Weight: 8 pounds 6oz (as of Dec 4)
Length: 20.25 inches

You have grown so much and you love getting dressed in the morning (except you ALWAYS kick your socks off)! Newborn clothing is still a little too big for you (but thats ok) and you are wearing newborn diapers too (but that will change soon).

This month you have been much more alert and interacting with mama and daddy more. You are willing to do tummy time, but when you can't roll over you get frustrated. You are so close and you often throw your bum in the air.

When daddy gets home, you LOVE spending time with him, especially doing "jumpas". You LOVE to jump and when you are a bit stronger we will have to get you a Jolly Jumper. You even visited Cartwheels and did your first "jumps" on the trampoline. You also love to be upside down! You have started tracking mommy and daddy with your eyes  and we have started to see some smiles :)

You spent a lot of time meeting new friends and you love hanging out with the family. We are almost finished our baby time group at Newton and have started to go to one in Cloverdale. We have also been going to story time at the library on Wednesday morning. You LOVE listening to the songs and joining in.

This month was Hanukkah and you really enjoyed looking at the candles.

 Saba and Safta had us over for a Hanukkah party at their house. Her are pics with Grandma Melamie, Cousin Sophia and Uncle Shaun.

We had a power outage that lasted from 8:00pm to 4:00pm the next day, but we couldn't miss your favourite time of the day...bath time. Here you are enjoying a bath by the light of the menorah.

You had your first visit to Children's hospital for an ultrasound on your hip. You had a slight click in your left hip at birth and they just wanted  to check it out to make sure everything is ok. As the Dr said "everything is tickity boo!"

Every night we do bath time because you LOVE it! We have started pouring water down your head more and you are trying to drink it...its so cute! The more water we pour, the happier you are! You can be in a grumpy mood, but the moment we walk to the bathroom, you get so happy. You enjoy looking at yourself in the mirror while in the bath.

You are starting to sleep more at night. There have been many nights where you have gone to sleep at 10:30 and only woken up at 4:30 or 5:00 for food. This makes mama very happy!

Here are a few more pics from the month:

Looking like Daddy! 

Sleeper from great grandma

Trying to smile

Look how big your are getting!!!

I am loving watching you grow and learn and can't wait to see what next month brings!

Love you Gator!

Mama

1 Month

Dear Ayla,

It has been 1 month since you turned our world upside down with your dramatic entrance into the world. You decided to arrive early, as I was only 37 weeks and 2 days pregnant with you and NOT ready at all!! Although it was the scariest day of my life, I would do it all over again to have you in my life. After spending 3 nights in the hospital, you came home, happy and healthy, and made yourself very comfortable in our life! We have had our ups and downs, you struggled to gain weight the first few weeks, I can now say that we are on a great journey together.

Birth weight - 5 pounds 9.7 oz
Regained birth weight by Oct 30
Weight as of Nov 3 - 6 pounds 7 oz
Length: 18 inches at birth

You have grown so much, that you are no longer fitting into preemie sleepers. While I was sad to pack those away, I know its a good thing. For now you still fit into the onsies, but the pants are getting a bit short too!

You are sleeping well at night (thank you) and you usually go to bed at 10:15 and sleep until around 2:30 when you get up to eat, go back to sleep until around 6:00 when you eat again and then sleep until about 9:30.There was one night that you slept from 11:00-6:00, but that hasn't happened again. Mommy and daddy are very thankful that only 2 nights did you decide to wake up every 30 minutes!

You have already been a model - and your pictures will be used at an arts fair to model knit wear. You were 5 days old when these were taken. Thank you Alybaby Photography for these images.

We also had family pictures/newborn shots done when you were one week with Santana Nicole. Here are my favourites:

Bath time is your favourite time of the day! You are so relaxed in the bath, you seem like you could be there forever! We do bath every night as part of your bedtime routine. The moment you hit the water, you turn your palms up and just relax.

In your first month, you have made multiple trips to the mall, grocery store, Dad's work and Mom's work and have attended 2 parties in your honour, a Diwali celebration and a retirement party. You have also had LOTS of people come by our new house to meet you. You love being held and passed around between people.

Here are pictures showing how much you have grown in the month.

Love you Punky!!

Mom