Mona Lisa Smile

It is very hard to get a picture of Tessa smiling. She is smiling all the time now but whenever you pull out the camera she loses her smile and makes a funny face.

However, David has been persistent in trying to catch her smiling.

And his persistence finally paid off today,

A whole 2 months old

Time has gone by so fast. Tess is already two months old and boy has she grown. At her two month appointment, she measured about 23 inches long and 11 pounds. So from her two week appointment to her two month appointment she has gone from the 10th percentile to the 50th percentile in weight and from the 40th percentile in height to the 79th percentile in height. I'm already starting to think about pulling out the 3-6 month clothes. She still fits into the 0-3 month clothes but they are getting tight especially her one piece sleepers length wise. And trying to get her squirming arms into clothes that just barely still fit can be a bit tricky.

New developments:
She has really started to like batting at things. Especially toys that rattle. I think she is getting more control of her arms and is actually trying to bat at the toys and not just flailing about.

She continues to learn how to make new sounds. Unfortunately, occasionally she thinks the best time for practicing new sounds is between the hours of 1 and 2 in the morning. :P Her favorite sound is still "gah" but she has also learned to make the "b", "oo", and "h" sounds. She also can occasionally repeat a sound for the ever popular baby sound "gagaga". I like to hear her learn and practice. It will be so incredible when she can actually communicate with us. She has started smiling socially occasionally.

I recently started back at work and that is going well. I of course miss her during the day but she is doing really well with David. Here she is with dad napping in her sling leaving David hands free for working a few hours a day from home.

We've recently been spending nearly every evening interviewing potential nannies and that has been going well. We have had about 40 applicants so far so we've been doing a lot of phone interviews and have just started doing in person interviews. I feel like we've met alot of really great people and I'm hopeful about finding the right person soon.

A little after turning two months:
Just a few days after her two month appointment Tessa seemed to become a whole new baby. She started smiling way more, becoming much more talkative and looking at us in the eye more. It's been really fun to be able to engage with her more lately. I love sitting her up on my knee and looking at her and chatting and smiling.