Camera Shy

Amy loves to play "The Hand Game" as we call it. She laughs, squeals and smiles when we play this game and last night was no different! I was singing to her and wiggling her arms and she was REALLY loving it, that is until Alphonso got out the video camera to capture the adorableness on film. It was like as soon as she saw the video camera she was DONE with the game. It was hilarious.

SeaWorld!

This week Amy visited SeaWorld with her Aunt Caitlin, Grandpa Leon, Grandma Carol and me. I was prepared for her to be a grumpy butt all day, but to my surprise she was cheerful and really seemed to enjoy the day! She was quiet and spent the whole day just taking in her surroundings. She would nap, but then as soon as a show would start she would be WIDE EYED and listening with everything she had in her. I had a lot of fun, I hadn't been to SeaWorld in years! It was very overcast and cool all day long, so when Caitlin, Leon and I rode Atlantis, and got soaking wet, we were cold the rest of the afternoon. The ride was worth it though.
Amy did finally have a meltdown at the very end of the day while we were walking to the car, Caitlin was laughing at my poor baby's screaming while I was begging my mom to make her stop! I was powerless in the driver's seat. They will pay for their insolence, perhaps a poopy diaper will come in handy... (evil laughter)

A Mexican Tradition

We decided to honor the Mexican tradition of infant ear piercing today! We took a very cheerful and well rested Amy to the mall to get her ears done, she handled it rather well.... Here she is before the fateful event:

Here is how she reacted:

Because her head is so large, its difficult to take a photo showing both earrings at the same time. So here is a view of her pretty earring once we were home and she was calm:


She looks so cute with her pretty earrings and we are glad we put her through this misery now instead of when she is old enough to remember and cry louder...

2 Months Old

Amy had her 2 month check-up yesterday! She is growing well, and now weighs 11lbs 10oz and is 23" long. We discovered at the appointment that Amy did get at least ONE thing from me, heat rash! Poor little girl got her momma's sensitivity to the heat. She might grow out of it, but until then, she and I will be together in the shade with our sunscreen on! Amy was being so sweet to the doctor, smiling and cooing and kicking her sweet little legs with joy; it broke my heart to see her so happy knowing that any second the nurse would come in with 3 needles for my baby! When Amy got that first shot, and that sweet little grin turned into a bright red, teary face that was gasping between screams, I wanted to cry with her! Poor little girl was sensitive the whole rest of the day and had a rough night too. Turns out the taste of cherry flavored children's tylenol is almost as bad as the shots in her opinion. The face she made was absolutely hilarious when I squirted the medicine into her mouth! Next time she needs tylenol, I am going to video tape it.

As a two-month-old, Amy is a delight. Her hours of endless screaming seem to have relaxed a bit, we've had 5 days without hysteria, and are hoping this continues! She loves it when I sing to her and when her daddy talks to her. Alphonso likes to talk about tools and garage stuff with her, always cursing things that are made in China (he's trying to indoctrinate her early). She seems to think her daddy is hilarious, because she is always smiling and rolling her head around when he is explaining why old is better than new.... We are enjoying every bit of our little girl and I hope she is enjoying every bit of us.

Gummy Smiles

Amy started smiling a lot this week! I finally caught one on camera, not the best quality picture, but its the first documented smile! I am so happy she finally started flashing me a big gummy grin every now and then. Before she smiled, her only emotions were angry, sleepy and hungry. Unfortunately, those three emotions all manifest themselves very similarly in a newborn... But now, after a long day of cranky screaming baby, or sleepy and uncooperative baby, I get a little bit of joy. She smiles when you make eye contact and talk to her. She seems to really enjoy giving me those big smiles, because I keep getting more and more of them every day!

INSOMNIAC CHILD
So Amy is an insomniac. Everyday, without fail, she refuses to nap. She will scream and cry for hours until for some reason, she finally decides its nap time. This video is a short tidbit of my insomniac baby today after she had been awake for 4 1/2 hours. She didn't go to sleep for a real nap until about an hour and half after this video was taken. Even at night lately she has been fighting sleep. She wakes up to eat, and is happy and cheerful until she falls asleep. That would be fine, except she doesn't stay asleep. She will wake up 2 minutes later and scream. Its getting tiring, and I am really hoping she grows out of this soon. My ears are starting to bleed from all the screaming. lol

The First Month

So since I have been procrastinating with this blog, a month has passed already in Amy's little life. Here I have complied some of my favorite pictures of her, and a few of my favorite anecdotes.

Changing Table Antics:
Amy is a feisty little girl. For some peculiar reason she decided that the changing table was the most awesome place EVAR. She can be in the middle of screaming bloody murder, if I lay her on the table she instantly quiets and starts looking around and making faces. Perhaps my child is a nudist and enjoys the feeling of the open air on her nether regions... The above photo is one of those changing table faces.


Jealous Dog is Jealous:
Poor Samson. Our 1 year old Mini schnauzer was the center of attention and love in our house until that fateful day when Amy came home. At first he was afraid of her, running away anytime she screamed. Now he isn't afraid, he is just bothered by her. If she cries he runs over to where ever she is and waits for one of us to come and comfort her. If she is REALLY screaming, he barks at her, I think he is telling her to stfu... lol. The most interesting thing he does happens when I am breast feeding her. He goes and gets a toy, shoves it into my legs or lap, or jams it under the couch and then cries for me to get it out. Its a guarantee, baby needs to eat, doggy wants to play.


My Big Girl:
Amy has gained quite a bit of weight! I am so happy because for the first few weeks my extreme paranoia and panic over if she was eating enough drove me batty. The fact that she is growing out of clothes and diapers has erased my feeding fears. She enjoys the bathtub now, this photo was taken after a bath. So far I feel I have mastered feeding, bathing and changing; now if only I could master the fine art of keeping a baby happy and making her sleep...