Amélie Two Months

This post is a little late since we were on vacation last week (more to come on that later this week), but this little one you see above turned two months old last week. I took her to be weighed this morning and she is right on track at 11 pounds and 9 ounces (5.26 kilos), right in the 50th percentile. Today's fun event was in the few seconds she was on the scale sans diaper, she peed, obviously. 

In the past few weeks, she's started smiling and cooing more and more at us! The first real smiles happened around 6 weeks and were towards the monkey attached to her bouncy chair. (Though she's much more into the penguin these days.) Most days she's a pretty happy girl particularly in the mornings when she is the most smiley. Of course she has her moments with what I like to call "scream crying," but it usually doesn't last very long. She had her first set of vaccines a couple weeks back, which wasn't too fun. Before the appointment, I put her in her bouncy chair and she was very smiley and getting along very well with the monkey. Later on in the day after her injections, she didn't smile once at monkey and kept shooting him evil looks (I think she thought monkey had something to do with those mean injections), it was very cute. 

Other developments - she's officially grown out of all of her newborn clothes and moved on to the 0-3 month sizes. I can't believe how much she's grown in just a few weeks. I'm still solely breastfeeding and it's going well. Rather than every 2 hours, I can sometimes stretch it to more like 3 or 4 hours during the day. She still clenches her fists so tight when she's eating like she'll fight anyone who even dares to try and come near her milk. Also, we've had a bunch of nights where she's slept 5-6 hour stretches, which is awesome for me! The new thing she's done in the past week is munching on her hand when she's hungry. She used to cry, but now that's becoming less and less as I am also learning to read her cues of when she's hungry/tired/cranky, etc. I've always heard you can tell the different cries of a baby, but they also sounded the same to me before I had Amélie. Now I know this to be very true and can tell when she's just pissed off or if something is wrong. 

It's really nice that she is becoming much more alert and interactive. I see this when she's in her play gym and she focuses on certain toys. She also loves looking in the mirror and trying to figure out exactly who that baby in the mirror is :) Other than that, it's been really nice out this past week and we've been going out for walks. We've signed up for a baby sensory class and she'll go to swimming classes on Saturdays with A both starting in September so lots to look forward to. We are just more and more in love with her every day and can't get over how sweet and adorable she is. She really is the best. Happy two months little Amélie. 

^^One of her favorite positions to sleep in.

^^Smiley.

^^The many little faces of Amélie.

^^My fav of this week, a little night time tummy time with bunny. 

Weekend Fun

^^This is my favorite family picture of us so far!

Though there were no 4th of July celebrations here, we still had a fun weekend with A's friend Toby visiting and family day at Rolls-Royce. Luckily the sun was out in between a few clouds and we were able to have a couple delicious meals too. 

 ^^ First we checked out the summer garden party in our neighborhood. A and Toby had some fun with the "soak-a-scout" game. Amélie on the other hand was exhausted. 

^^We had some pre-lunch ice cream while the sun was shining. 

 ^^Amélie was very happy to meet Toby. 

 ^^We had lunch at The White Swan, a pub in a small village called Bosham near us, that we have been wanting to try. It was well worth it and we had a really great meal. We shared this starter with homemade bread and chutneys. 

 ^^Next were salt baked prawns. 

^^For the main, I had the duck breast (yay for being able to eat meat less than well done!) while the boys had lamb. All of it was delicious and perfectly cooked. 

^^Back at home, these two had a little dance party to will.i.am and Miley. 

^^Then after dinner, these guys made us dessert - bread and butter pudding! and it was very good! 

^^The next morning, it was off to our favorite spot for breakfast, Wellies. It's so cute inside with chalkboards, jars, burlap and twine everywhere. 

^^The little one napped while we ate. 

^^The Full English is so good here with just the right amount of food. 

^^Friends since they were little. 

^^Next, we were off to Family Day at Rolls-Royce. 

^^It's very different from Ferrari as it's just one huge building with the officers and manufacturing. 

^^The assembly side of the building. 

^^We checked out some cars, but couldn't go on one of the chauffeured rides because of the little one. We'll have to wait until she's little bit older!

^^Then, we checked out the assembly line.

^^And saw lots of finished cars.

^^It was a beach theme, hence the fake beach and sun chairs. There were bbq stations, ice cream, a giant slide, a puppet show. Lots for the kids. 

^^Amélie decided she was too tired for it all, so we headed home. She did like the leather animal souvenir. 

^^Lastly to end the weekend, a chocolate chip ice cream sandwich, yum. 

Amélie has her immunizations tomorrow so hopefully she won't be in too much pain. Then we're off on our first family vacation to Wales later this week. I have so much to pack. I have a feeling I'm going to end up bringing everything since we are going by car! 

Happy Fourth of July

 ^^Even though we are not living in America, I still wanted to celebrate the 4th of July with Amélie. She is half American after all! I finally got around to erasing the old 36 week chalkboard and quickly did one for the 4th. Her Auntie Tiff bought her a dress perfect for the holiday so she was all set with her red, white and blue. 

^^A and I started off the day with whole wheat toast with almond butter and festive fruit. 

 ^^A went off to work and the little one was in a good mood this morning so we did a little photoshoot! Those cheeks are just getting so big, love them! 

 ^^It was a really nice and sunny day, so we ventured out for a walk in the afternoon. I ended up with an ice cream, Amélie took a nice nap. 

 ^^A was back and it was time for a few star-themed nibbles, but I don't think Amélie was too interested :) The cheese and crackers were my fav and those star shaped watermelon were a pain to cut out especially with a small watermelon with tons of seeds. Oh, Pinterest. 

 ^^I couldn't help but make another tassel garland, this one red, white and blue. Amélie loves the pink, gold and cream one in her room. She is always staring at it when we are in there!

 ^^Dinner was very simple - hot dogs, sweet potato fries and corn on the cob. I really wanted to make a flag cake like this, but since I didn't want to end up eating an entire cake (because I totally would!), I just made a little fruit flag instead. 

No fireworks or barbecue, but I was still happy to have a little Fourth of July celebration. One day, we'll be in America to celebrate! 

^^Lastly, we tried to take a family selfie, but these two did not want to cooperate with me! 

Happy 4th of July!