Nearly Two Months Old!

Our sweet Penelope is nearly two months old...unbelievable! We are in constant states of awe; she changes and grows so quickly! Here are some recent photos of our little gal! Here she is playing in her activity gym, with Grizzly keeping a watchful eye on her:

She is just now getting big and strong enough to sit in her Bumbo chair! We have a tray for it, on which we'll soon be able to place toys and whatnot...when she begins to grab and hold things! Look at how big she looks sitting in the chair:

We continue to adjust to life with our daughter. Every moment with her is a precious gift, even though sometimes, at the moment, it seems so hard! Lately she has been terribly fussy, I think she is going through a growth spurt. She isn't sleeping as well as she was a couple of weeks ago and she generally seems more stressed, again more than a couple of weeks ago. With that said, she continues to eat well and our adventures in breastfeeding continue! It has become so much easier but I still cannot say we have it down...we still struggle. I am also trying to resume some of my pre-Penelope activities--namely school. I have begun to use a Maya Wrap (introduced by Karin and Jennifer from church...thank you, gals!) to sling her up so she can be near me and I can have my hands free to type or whatever else. It has worked pretty well...just like everything else, I am hopeful we will get better at that, as well!

I am still pretty darn exhausted, even though Penelope tends to sleep in good chunks at night. I have also made myself nap during the day with her a couple of times a week, although it is sometimes so difficult to seemingly "give up" that time to sleep when I have schoolwork, housework, laundry, etc. to do. I have let go of a lot of my neat-freak stuff but boy has it been difficult!

Life continues to be exciting, exhausting and fun, that is for sure. We'll see what this week brings!