Colby: 2 months old

A few Zoe facts...

Her eyes are turning brown and when she looks at you it's like she's looking into your soul
She has dark, long eyelashes, ones that make me a little jealous.
Her smile melts me...every time
She can find just the right times to smile sometimes...like when she's up, again, at night after only an hour and 1/2 then just bobs around on the boob. Meanwhile I'm thinking, "OK get on with it or I'm closing up shop." Then she looks at me and we have a smile-fest! OK....take your time love :)
She is now seeing toys and batting at them. It's nice to see her looking at and starting to interact with the world around her.
She can hold up her head pretty steadily.
She has hit her 8 week fussy mark, throwing sleeping strikes at night...*flash smile here* Thankfully we're over that and are now back to good sleeping at night
She still isn't sleeping super long stretches...4 hours, which is much better than 2 or 3 hour stretches
I think she's got my nose, which my dad always called the Bundschu nose, must have come from my Grandma Betty, seems fitting Zoe has it
She is 2 months old TODAY...February 18...already!!! (although some of those sleep strike nights, 2 months feels like forever)
She got her first shots this week. She was pretty brave, mom was kind of wimpy.
She is now starting to out grow some of her newborn cloths...*little tear*....

A few Colby facts....

I'm back to running and actually feeling pretty good about it, thinking that May 8th 1/2 marathon is TOTALLY doable!
Likes to run with the Bob stroller because it's an even better workout and I kind of feel bad *ss
attempts to go to the gym at 5:30am 3 times a week (why so early you may wonder...I'll soon be doing a group personal training this time and want to get in the habit of getting there this time...why am I choosing a group training this early....got me?) but so far my best is 2 times a week (and not always at 5:30am)
my attempt at reducing my refined sugar intake is going well (my New Year's resolution along with losing the baby weight and being a good mom), but not without some caving in to frozen yogurt and creme filled cookies
lost 4 lbs in one week, yahoo!
is a milk MACHINE!!! Thinking I may need to find someone in need of breast milk to unload some in the freezer.

A few JohnnyO facts....

He's more patient at putting Zoe to bed than me
He cooks dinner almost every night (how lucky am I!)
He drinks Bud Light now so we can save for Zoe's college *insert laugh here*
Oodles and oodles over his daughter
When he's holding Zoe, he's holding Zoe, very little multitasking going on like us women do (it's cute)
Loves to do dance party with Zoe, it quiets her almost every time (but takes kind of a lot of energy)
Is looking forward to spring break in March, but wondering how it will be going back to work full time with a baby at home (Colby may have to pick up some slack....like figure out how the heck to make dinner with a baby)

A few Hurley facts...

He finally got a hair cut...no more dreads for awhile
But he still has not got his nails cut, they are so long they look like they are starting to curl. John and I use cutting his nails as a barter...."if you cut his nails, I'll *insert chore here*"
When I go out with the stroller and Hurley, Hurley gets more attention than Zoe.
He gets even more attention than me or Zoe when he's IN the stroller in a store, he's a show stopper (see picture below)
He is super lovey with Zoe, gives her kisses, cuddles with her, recognizes she's one of his people :)
He gets a ton of complements on how well behaved and well trained he is (which I take as a compliment to me :)
His latest trick is "on the sidewalk". I use this when we're out running and I'm on the street but don't want my little 6.3 lb dog in the street with me. When I tell him "on the sidewalk" he goes bounding for the sidewalk and runs along side me 'on the sidewalk'. What a good dog!
He's really happy Zoe started sleeping in her crib, that means he gets to sleep in the bed again!!! Sweet!
He's pretty darn good at putting a smile on anyone's face.

A few pictures of our week....

I said to John, "Hold her off for a few minutes, I need to go the the bathroom." This is what I returned to....brilliant daddy.

John can't believe how much suction she can make and can't believe she uses that on my nipple!

New trick

Fun with daddy

Buddha Baby

Valentine's Day...nice dinner at Et Voila, Herbert's new restaurant.

John being silly...Hurley kind of liked it :)

Zoe recieved a new toy from Marci....it has the markings and mane of a zebra, a nose of a pig, human hands, bird legs and feet, a long snout like an ant eater....what the heck should we call it?

Here's Zoe's play date with Zebra-Pig:

I love Zebra-Pig! Thank you Marci!