2 Month Update

It has been 2 months now and Francesca continues to amaze us everyday. She now weighs 11 pounds and is begining to get a nightly schedule and sleep around 5-6 hour stretches at night. She has become so much more alert and has plenty of happy awake time through out the day. She has also started to entertain herself and not need someone to hold her at all times.

She has really gained some great head control. You are not required to support her head all the time now. She also started lifting her head up when she is laying on her stomach. Speaking of stomach, she hates to be on her stomach. I try to be the good mom and give her 'tummy time' but that is crap. I leave her there for 30sec or so and once she starts screaming we flip that baby back.

Dom got 5 days off around New Years. We were party animals. We watched Ryan Seacrest in Dick Clark's Rockin New Years Eve Party in NYC. Then when the ball dropped we opened our bottle of Chapagnae from Costa Rica (that is another story all together. The hotel in Manuel Antonio brought us a complimentary bottle and Dom wouldn't let me drink it b/c we were trying to get pregnant. But I knew that I wasn't. I was so sad. But we brought it back to FL & then up to NC with us.)

After New Years Dom's Mom and Nana & Papa came to stay with us. We had a great visit and Dom and I went out for the first time. Then my Dad came up to get some work done at the house. Dad installed motion lights out back, added a glass door to our front door, and put dead bolts on all of our doors. He and Crystal watched Francesca while Dom and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary from when we started dating.

Toby & Val also stopped by for a few days. What a great time Val & I had together. It was great to sit around and take care of your baby, but have someone there with you to keep you company and be doing the same thing as you are. Francesca & Toby don't notice each other. But they sure are cute together. Toby was a solid brick compared to floppy Francesca. We also had our first snow of the season and the first of the babies lives. We watched it from inside and didn't get to take them out in it before it melted away.

Bath time has also become a favorite. She lays in her little tub and never fusses. Dom gives the baths around here. He scrubs her and makes sure all the dirt that she has picked up during the day is washed away(he really does SCRUB her.)

Her and I went to FL for a couple of days. It was a great trip and she did wonderful on the airplane. She also took her first swim in the hot tub at Mom & Dad's, which she loved. I can't wait to go back and spend more time with our families and friends.

I am ready to have another baby. Francesca is so good, how hard could it be to add another?