Today Audrey is two months old and we celebrated by taking her in for a check up. My littlest chicken is growing like a weed and apparently we make long babies. She weighed in at 12lbs 6 oz and 24 inches long, both in the upper nineties for percentiles. Our doctor told us that she had two 4 month olds come in recently that weren’t nearly as long as Audrey is. I find this hilarious because my nickname from my childhood was The Little. I was teeny, tiny and never once have been told that I was tall or long. I guess we know that Barry’s genes are working.
Last weekend my parents took Maggie back to Anacortes for the night and left Barry, Audrey and me to do as we please. Here’s the difference between your first and second child: with Maggie we probably still hadn’t left our house when she was close to 2 months old. We certainly weren’t doing normal things like taking day trips to Seattle! After Barry, Audrey and I took Syd for a walk, we hopped in the car and headed for Ballard. When we got there it was raining cats and dogs, but we still loaded Audrey into her snowsuit and carried her through the massive rain storm. Again, with Maggie we NEVER would have found ourselves out of the house, let alone in Seattle. We wandered, shopped, chatted and Audrey came along for it all. At one point we all three squeezed into a changing room and took turns trying on clothes, I fed Audrey while Barry took his turn.
The night before we went to see Chach in a play and Audrey and my dad came along while Maggie stayed at HBHQ with my mom. Audrey pretty much slept through the whole play (sorry, Chaya!) and we accidently dressed her in glow in the dark jammie. Again, I marveled at the fact that we were actually out of the house doing something normal…and it didn’t feel stressful.
I can’t say that I’m a better parent or that Audrey is a better baby. I can say that I’m a different parent and that Audrey is different than Maggie. We’re all a bit more laid back about things. Audrey probably cries more than Maggie did when she’s trying to tell us something, but I feel like she’s more content to watch things happen around her for longer stretches too. Maggie puts on a great show.
Since the first moment I held that sweet girl, Audrey Bell, I’ve felt like she’s been here forever. So tonight as Barry danced around the kitchen holding her, we both could hardly believe that it has only been two months since we first laid eyes on her. I’m so glad she’s here and it’s probably lame to say that it’s going to fast.
Two month post & pictures to come soon….
