Friday, October 10, 2008

Miss Kennedy-almost 8 weeks


Kennedy is almost 8 weeks old now. She's really is growing like a weed. At her 6 week check up (and ear infection appointment) she was 12 lbs already!
She is still sleeping in her bassinet, and doing much better at night. She only wakes me up to nurse twice a night for the most part. She LOVES to be swaddled in the special blanket Aunt Kimberly sent. (Special note for other Mommies- the Miracle Blanket is a MUST HAVE. I wish we knew about it when Madison was a baby. It's AWESEOME! I want 10 more so we always have one clean and ready to go! HA!)
Kennedy is still in her size one diapers but has moved up to 3-6 months clothes. Tonight she is wearing a 3 month sleeper as the temperature keeps dropping (58 degrees and dropping at 8pm) and her feet are stretching to the bottom. Looks like we may be moving up to 6 month sleepers already! She is very hot natured so at night her short sleeved onsie and the swaddle blanket are more than enough to keep her content most nights. This cold snap is changing things up a bit for us.

She is a super strong baby. We struggle to get her to lay her head down. She is insistant on having it up and looking around. This is a problem when she gets sleepy because her neck isn't strong enough to hold her head up very long. She ends up head butting our shoulders and chest and, of course, getting upset about it. When we hold her up to burp her she puts her feet down and stands on our laps, too. When we hold her up when she's upset she pushes one foot down like she is stamping her foot!
Her new best trick is smiling, though. She smiles in response to us now. The smiles seem to get bigger and better every day! She's cooing and kicking all the time, too. Miss Kennedy still has beautiful steel blue eyes, but is losing her dark hair. Her hair line is reseding (just like her Daddy!) and she's getting thin and patchy in the back. We are anxious to see if she will lose it all and what color will come in behind it- or if she will be a baldy like her sister for a while.

Here are a few of favorite recent shots.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

hey its noelle i was looking up my name on google(im not concetied lol) and i saw your blog with the pics of madison on it....she is getting so big. i rember when she was still a baby and was just starting to crawl.lol OMG kennedy is sooooooooo cuite she looks just like you! i can't wait until we get to come visit you guys again...well give my love to auntie matt,madison, and kennedy