Madelynn, Claire and Natalee -- You are TWO months old!

(...a few days late...)

I cannot believe you girls are TWO months old. You are changing everyday and finding out more and more about life and Daddy and I love watching you discover it day by day.

Madelynn and Claire --

Claire, you are 7lbs 8oz and Madelynn, you are 7lbs 4oz and both of you are eating 3.5 ounces of Simalac NeoSure formula about every 4 hours. Madelynn you are still on a slow flow nipple. Mommy is trying to get you on the next nipple because it takes you so long to drink your bottle sometimes, compared to your sissy who has had the medium flow nipple for awhile now. It's ok though, you will get it when you can and you are getting better and better each day. Sometimes at night you both will go 6 hours between feeding, and Mommy is getting ready to start teaching you the 12 hour night-time sleep schedule. I think you both will do just fine when you learn.

You both love bath time but hate getting out and getting dressed. We are working on that.

Your favorite places are your boppy pillows and laying on your Daddy's chest. Madelynn, you don't really like the swings or any of our vibrating/bouncy seats yet. You rather lay in your boppy on your back or tummy or lay in your cribs. Claire, you love the swings but haven't loved the vibrator/bouncy seats too much yet. However, you both love the vibration of your pack-n-play, it puts you right back to sleep.

You both love to suck on your hands when you are laying on your tummy during tummy-time. This is still both your favorite position to sleep, but we are not letting you do this much anymore. You both love to sleep in your boppys now too though, on your back, so we are encouraging that. That's how you sleep most nights now, and of course you love your swaddle me and it puts you guys right to sleep!

Claire, you are so strong with your head and neck control. Sometimes you push your hands up to push your whole body up when you're on your tummy and it looks like you are going to crawl away. It's amazing and Daddy and I can't believe how strong you are. You actually rolled over for the first time on 02.23.11, your two month birthday!! You rolled from you tummy to your back, going to the left! Daddy and I couldn't believe our eyes!! You have been doing it more and more each day, but you get very mad once you realize your on your back and you can't get back on your tummy. Claire, you have also started to sigh so sweetly. It's so cute and you are doing it more and more each day! It's a completely different sound than your cries and we love listening to you. We can't wait until you start "talking" to your sisters.

Madelynn, your head is so strong and you have so much neck control also. You follow in your sister's foot-steps constantly, so I don't think it will be long before you roll over either. Dr. Maggid did say that you girls were super strong for your age! You both have almost started smiling at Daddy and I. Other people say they have seen it, but I haven't yet, so I'm not counting it. I'm sure it will be any day now though.

You love to stick out your tongues out at Mommy and Daddy too! It's so cute!

You are both staying awake more during the day but still love to sleep a lot. Mommy loves to watch you sleep. You both have the most beautiful, angelic faces.

You both love to stare at anyone who holds you and take it all in. You especially love your Nana, Grandma, Grandpa and Auntie, who all come over regularly to see you.

Daddy and I tell you girls everyday that we don't want you to grow anymore, but there is no stopping it, we know that. We are taking in every little moment with you both. You two are super cute and we love you so much. You have the most kissable cheeks and we love giving you lots of kisses. You both are such a blessing to us and we can't imagine our life without you girls in it. We are so proud of all you accomplishments.

Here are your photos at two months old:

 Madelynn

Claire on her favorite spot..with her Daddy!

Madelynn (in purple through rest of photos)

Claire (in pink through rest of photos)

****I posted a lot because I just love their changing expressions in the photos and I wanted everyone else to see too!****

 Natalee --

You had another very stressful month but proved to be as strong as ever. You are still the strongest person your Mommy has ever met. You continue to amaze your Daddy and I.

You are now 4lbs 8oz and are eating 3 ounces of breast milk or Similac Sensitive every 3-4 hours. You never miss a meal, now that you can properly digest food. It takes you no longer than ten minutes to eat. You are such a good eater, but you almost always get the hiccups after eating.

You love your bath too and hate having your diaper changed. Mommy thinks you do it just for attention, but that's ok, you can have all the attention you want. Your hair is starting to grow back and your cheeks are getting bigger like your sissys. You are so incredibly beautiful. Your eyes are brown like Mommy and Daddy's, where your sissys have blue eyes. You have the loudest cry in the house, and for such a small little girl, it's too cute! Your cry is still a newborn cry, however it's as loud as a child's. It sounds more like you say "nah, nah, nah" rather than anything else. It's so funny!

You love your boppy too and you love the vibrating bouncy seats so much. We do not put you on your tummy at all because of your incision. Speaking of your incision, it is looking better and better each day! Mommy can't believe how good it is looking compared to how it did look when it was all infected. We do not need to keep dressings on it anymore and so it is drying up and is finally completely closed. Mommy cannot wait to go back for your follow-up to the surgeon so she can thank him for saving your life! He will always have a special place in our hearts, he was so sweet when Mommy and Daddy were so scared for you. But of course you pulled through and were so brave! You spent 13 days in the NICU once again, so out of the two months of your life, you have only been home with Mommy and Daddy for two weeks. You are home for good now though and we couldn't be happier!

Also, you are still in preemie clothes, however, some of them are getting too small now, so we know you are growing. You love to stretch your arms and you are always awake and looking around! We think you are taking everything in and don't want to miss a thing! You have the biggest eyes!

You are so sweet and we love that you are our daughter! We are so proud at how strong you are and you have taught us more about life and love than you will ever know, Natalee. A million kisses wouldn't be enough for you, you are so beautiful! We love watching you grow each day!

Here are your photos at 2 months old: