Elise is two months old!

Elise is two months old today! She is such a sweet little girl, and we are so very thankful for her life.

She is growing well and still eating every 2-3 hours round the clock. Within the past month, she has had one night of sleeping a 5 hour stretch, and for that we are very grateful! However, she hasn't kept it up, and her schedule seems to be going as follows:

Wake around 7ish, eat and play
Morning nap around 8:30ish
Eat around 10:30ish
Another nap
Eat around 1ish
A little bit longer nap
Eat around 4ish
Play for a while
Eat around 6ish, and then cluster feed for the next few hours (eating around 7:30, 8:30, 10ish)
Go to bed 10:30ish
Wake up Mommy at 1 AM; sometimes eat, sometimes just takes a passy and goes back to sleep
Wake at 3 AM, eat and stay awake for a while (usually back to sleep around 4:30)
Wake around 5 AM, eat... and then up again for the next day at 7ish

Elise is smiling lots and lots, too, these days! She is definitely a charmer. She loves to coo and make smiley faces at Steven and me. (And we love it, too!!) Here is a video of some of her sweet sounds:



She loves to swing in her big aquarium swing in our kitchen and watch the fish mobile above her. She also enjoys time on her playmats, looking at the hanging toys and batting at them.

She's still taking a passy, and she very much likes it! We'll see if it's a keeper or if she disowns it early on like Isaac did...

Elise is a well-traveled girl at such a young age. We've taken her to several restaurants, Target, Walmart, the movies, and the mountains! Everywhere we've gone, she's been such a gem. She really seems to have a laid back personality and goes well with the flow of our lives.

Here are some pictures from our monthly photo shoot:


Our monthly comparison shot:


At one month to compare:


Sweet little face:





Thank you, Father, for our precious baby girl!