8 Weeks Old!!

I can't believe that my sweet, precious Ellen is 8 weeks old. She is such a perfect baby. The past 8 weeks have just flown by.

She eats well and sleeps well... she is now 13 lbs. 9oz. and 24 inches long, which is in the 97th percentile. I went to Dr. Newell yesterday for her 8 week appointment and he was surprised how much she had gained so fast. He said that if I hadn't had similar results at her 6 week appointment (13lbs. 5oz.) that he would have thought that someone accidentally had an elbow on the scale or something.

Life with Ellen has been so wonderful. She's so perfect. She's starting to smile more often, which I love, love, love. And she is so strong. She has really great head control and she has even rolled over a few times. The first time she did it, she rolled from her belly to her back at exactly one month old. I was so proud of my super-baby.

Things are getting easier. She is sleeping longer and eating less often. She has also stopped messing in every single diaper. She had diaper rash for a while there because she would leak some out pretty much constantly, so she was constantly sitting in it. She hasn't had a dirty diaper (and by this I mean more than wet) in a few days now, but today she had a monster poo. It was all over everything and it took a whole new diaper to start to wipe away the mess, not just a wipe. Using a wipe would have been like trying to clean up a mud puddle with a kleenex.