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The SEVEN DWARFS in their relation to Rosalie Kae:

DOC:  Well, two months has already flown by and when we went to the "doc" we were reminded of just how fast our baby girl is growing up!  Rosie weighed in at 10lbs. 3 oz. (25%) and measured 23 3/4 in. long (75%).  They re-measured her length because it seemed a bit tall for the size of our little beauty and it was just a bit off.  The second measurement showed she was 23 1/4 in. long.  She got her first vaccinations and handled them very well (she never seemed to get a fever with them like Cash and Vanna always did) although she broke my little heart with her crying.   Rosie is healthy as can be and just doing so well. We're so grateful for such a good and healthy girl! 

And just a side note:  Rosie is starting to discover her hands a bit more.  She is usually found sucking on them (even when she's not hungry).  She has also started placing her palm on her face or grabbing at my shirt or something with her hands while she's nursing.  It's so fun to see her learn and grow and this is only the beginning!

HAPPY:  Rosalie is a very happy and well behaved baby.  We couldn't be more pleased with her.  She has started to really smile at us this month and is even cooing too - I guess I had forgotton just how adorable this stage is!  We have such a ball listening to her tell her little stories.  The kids love to get right in her face and with high pitched voices, try to get her to smile and coo at them.  And it usually always works.  She's a little performer!  The swing also makes her happy.  She will nod right off in it!

DOPEY:  Rosalie really performs for our ceiling fan too, which we think is so funny (although I like to think maybe she has someone special watching over her that she sees up there) - she really focuses right in on the fan and goes to town with her smiling and cooing.  Hmmm.:)  There's also been a couple times where Ty holds Rosie just right when she's getting upset because she's hungry and she'll try to suck on his arm.  he teases her and says, "Rosie, don't you know by now that you're not going to get any milk from Daddy?"

SNEEZEY: Oh - everyone knows an infant's sneezes are just the cutest! And although it's not sneezes, I thought I'd talk about Rosie's hiccups. She has been plagued with the hiccups since birth (she'd have them several times a day and they'd make her a bit upset, especially when she'd just fall asleep and they'd wake her up) but they are finally slowing down now. She only gets them maybe every other day now :).

BASHFUL: Rosie Posie is not at all bashful about filling her diaper. I can usually tell when she's about to let it rip just by the funny face she always pulls before filling up her (usually freshly changed and clean) diaper :)!

SLEEPY:  Technically, six hours of sleeping is considered "sleeping through the night" and on average Rosie sleeps anywhere from 5-7 hours in her first stretch at night.  Then she wakes up once to eat, and fifteen minutes later, we're back in bed for another couple hours before she wakes again for the day.  I'm telling you - she is so good to us!  During the day, Rosie takes a good hour or so nap in the morning and about a three hour nap in the afternoon and again another hour or so nap in the evening.  Then she's ready for bed by about 10:30pm.  I really need to get out the recorder again too and record all her little sounds when she grunts, yawns, etc. as she lays in her little bed and falls to sleep.  I cherish all those infant sounds and don't want to forget them. 

GRUMPY:  Now, I just wrote all about how well Rosie sleeps but that is only after she finally gives in and does fall asleep.  The little stink often (not always) fights her sleep something awful for such a little girl, I think.  I will often nurse her and she'll just about doze off when she comes back awake pretty grumpy, then I'll soothe her and we start all over and go through the process a couple more times before she finally nods off.  Silly girl.  Rosie also does not seem to care for her carseat much and gets pretty grumpy when we put her in it.  Should make for some interesting trips to see family (5-6 hours in the car - fun! ;).  The only other time Rosalie gets grumpy at all is when she's hungry and who can blame her - don't we all?!

We love our little girl!!!