Happy 2-month birthday!!

Today is Miriam's 2-month birthday. I feel so sad when I look at the box of clothes she already outgrown in two short months! Everyone keeps telling me to "hold on" and that the next baby stages will be so much easier than the newborn stage, and I understand what they mean but... I've LOVED the newborn stage. Even with her confusion between day and night, and the colic, and the eating every two hours 24/7. I've just loved it! She's been so warm and mushy, and she wants nothing more than to snuggle in my arms all day... who wouldn't love that? But now she's starting to hold her head up, and she likes to be by herself more and more, and she actually gets sick of being held sometimes! Sad.
She had her 2-mo check-up yesterday. Everything was wonderful. We finally found a formula that works for her sensitive little system, soy. She weighed 10 lbs 12 oz. And she was 22 1/4 inches long. She's exactly on the 50th percentile for height, weight, and head size. She was supposed to have shots yesterday, but she's just getting over a cold, so they'll do those next week. Shots and all other things relating to pain or blood are Jason's department. I'm a fainter.
Well, that's all for the 2-month update. We're glad that you're all getting at least a glimpse of our baby through the blog. Sorry we don't update as often as we could. But we love you all!
~Mandy

It's so hard to get pictures of her smiling. You gotta be pretty quick.

She's JUST starting to be a little ticklish.

Formula tongue. Yuck.

I think it's funny when mom opens my onesie and screams, haha!



All of a sudden I can't remember why I used to hate baths so much. Oh well.

I was working so hard on throwing a fit (since I was
being dressed against my will) that I fell right asleep.
It's hard work!

VIDEO: Miriam smiling at teddy bears

6 weeks old already?

Where has the time gone? I'm still getting to know my mommy and daddy. They started making me sleep in my own room all night, every night, and I'm trying not to take it personally. But I actually like my room, and I can really spread out in my big crib. I got weighed on the 5th and came in at 9lb 3oz. I'm gettin' fatter and fatter, and mom says "that's how we like 'em". As you can see in my pictures, I discovered my reflection this week... MAN I'm good lookin'!! See ya later!
~Miriam

I wish I could be naked ALL the time.

Grandma Kirschenmann's badge of honor

Look at those LONG, curly lashes!

There's a mirror on the other side of that leaf...

... and she loves to check herself out!
She smiled into that mirror for almost an hour the other day.

She's quite a spitter.

I'm a month old!

Miriam just had her one month check up on Monday the 25th, and all is well. She had failed her hearing test in one ear at birth, so they tested it again and it was just fine. She's right on track with all of her "milestones", she started smiling on purpose this week, YAY. She jumped from the 5th percentile in weight to the 50th percentile in two weeks, we were pretty happy about that. She weighed 8lbs 8oz on Monday at the appointment. She's already outgrown all the preemie clothes that she wore for the first two weeks of her life (sad). And she's starting to outgrow some of the newborn sized clothes too (really sad). She's growing like a weed.

Sittin' on the couch like a big girl.

Sometimes we find ourselves just staring at her,

we still can't believe how blessed we are.

Mira's Shower

On Friday, the ladies in our church threw Miriam the most beautiful shower. It was so much fun! She got LOTS of new outfits to show off her cuteness, I just hope she gets a chance to wear each of them before she outgrows them! Haha. Oh, and the food was amazing... lasagna, salad and bread (the same meal as at our wedding) with cheesecake, and pink cupcakes for dessert, YUM! We feel so blessed by the wonderful people in our town, and our church... we love you all!

Miriam's new Friend Ali

A lady in our church made Miriam a BEAUTIFUL quilt!

She's very talented!

My first Sunday in church

I just had my fist Sunday in church! It was so fun. Everyone was looking at me and telling me how pretty I was. I liked it. It was the fist time I got to dress up, but mom had a hard time finding a dress small enough for me. I was pretty uncomfortable, but it was worth it because I looked like a million bucks! I got to meet my first set of Grandparents this week. Don't tell anyone, but I think they might love me even more than they love my mommy and daddy. Ssshhh.

Like my first Sunday dress?

I love my Daddy

And I love Grandpa too

A few of you have asked for a copy of this picture,
so here ya go... download away.

I'm 11 days old today!!!

Miriam is the best baby ever! Jason and I are just so in love with her. Things are still going well, although last night was... long. I think she just must have had a tummy ache. So we just walked around the house for a while. We don't have much else to update you with right now. Paperwork will be done on Monday, so after that things will be a little more "permanent". We'll keep you all posted when more happens.

Miriam's Bodyguard... are you afraid?

She gets lost in her seat

Wow, I'm tired!

Well, we made it through two nights and we're beat, but we're pleasantly surprised with how easy the baby has been, relatively speaking. She never cries for no reason (yet), and she eats well and sleeps well. She's got some pretty dry skin, so last night we gave her a sponge bath and greased her down. I'm sure she thought we were trying to kill her. It was so sad.

First smile we were able to capture. Dreamin' about daddy.
She has one big dimple on each side.

"but I thought you loved me"

Our little burrito

SOMEBODY is giving the dog a little love.
She hasn't been getting much from us.