Baby Laughter & Body Tricks

Rossleigh has this rocker chair that we call "the mouse chair".  Why?  Because it is a baby chair with a picture of a mouse princess on it.  Anyway, the mouse chair pretty much stays in my office so that she can hang out with me while I am working on stuff from time to time.  She doesn't sit in it often, so she usually is not a huge fan and when she does sit in it, it doesn't last long.  Today, however, she was rocking out in the mouse chair!  THEN, when I pulled the little flower on the toy bar for the music to play, her face lit up in a smile and she would coo!!  She did it every time!!  Watch the video to see what I mean.  :)

I think I mentioned yesterday or the day before that Rossleigh breastfed for the first time and that my friend, Nicole came over.  So while she was here, she was trying to teach me about the art of hand expression.  I just couldn't master it (it truly is an art, and one that can only be appreciated if you need to know how to do it).  So I have been trying unsuccessfully ever since, but failing miserably.  What's worse is that I haven't been able to get Rossleigh to breastfeed anymore since that day - until today.  I watched YouTube videos per Nicole's suggestion and FINALLY mastered it - on one breast anyway! When you can do this, you can literally spray milk from your breast across the room.  It truly is a sight to be seen...or not. 

FUNNY STORY - So I was so excited, I ran downstairs to show Lance my new trick!!  I went to express the milk...and accidentally sprayed him in the eye!!  Needless to say, he was not amused.  Nope, not one teeny tiny bit.  I apologized and tried to comfort him by letting him know that he should really be thanking me.  After all, breast milk does have healing qualities.  What if he had an oncoming eye infection he was unaware of?  I probably just healed it!!  He smiled, but still wasn't too impressed with my new trick.  I'm pumped though (no pun intended).  :)

Worky Stuff and Appointments

Well, it's official...I returned back to work today (but only part time until the end of the year).  I balled like a baby when I left Rossleigh before heading to work!!!  I stayed pretty busy while I was at work, so I only cried twice while I was there.  Yeahhhh, I know...I'm a wimp!  I just didn't want to leave her.  :(  It will get easier with time, I'm sure.

On top of leaving her for the first time, she had vaccinations at her 2 month checkup this morning (poor planning on my part). Cuddling my little one when she was fussy was not in the cards for today - for me, anyway.  THREE shots in her widdle wegs (that's "little legs" for those of you that don't speak babytalk) plus an oral vaccination.  Poor baby!  She's a little warrior though and she has the pink camo bandaids to prove it!!  LOL

It turns out that she is 10 lbs, 10 oz now, but hasn't grown a smidge in length!  So she's growing, but just in her tummy and cheekies!!  Little stinker!

TOMORROW - swallow function study!  Please pray that she is able to tolerate thinner fluids now.  We're praying for regular milk consistency so that she can finally take breast milk, but we'll even settle for half nectar consistency.  Even if she's still at the nectar stage, it's fine, but we're really hoping that she's had some muscle development and improvement in her throat. I'll give an update tomorrow with all the details of that!!  :)