Bad Nurse, Good Baby

Lula had her 2 month check-up and she is doing great! However, the shot part of the check-up was not so great! The poor little thing was just laying there being so good, thinking the nurses were there to play with her. Then they stuck those needles in her and she screamed like crazy! It was so sad! Thank goodness it's over!! She weighted in at 9 pounds 4 ounces and she is now 22 inches long. I'm certain she will pass me up in the height department by the time she is 10 years old!
Lula is such a great baby! She has truly blessed our lives! Ruger is even getting better with her. Need more proof that she is a great baby? Well here it is...she has been sleeping through the night for over a week now! It's glorious! Oh, and have I mentioned that she NEVER spits up! How great is that?!? OK, I'm done bragging. Here are some cute snapshots of lovely little Lula!

Last Sunday, I had my “almost” professional photographer sister take some photos of our new little family. She did a great job and gave me many to choose from. Unfortunately, Lula was not on her best behavior. She was grouchy and just had to have that dang binky! Of course, as soon as our little photo shoot ended, Lula decided it was time to be Miss Content. But by then Greg had already left for church and I had taken off her cute dress and headband. What a stinker!
Later, as I scanned through the photos, I had two almost simultaneous thoughts. First, was that I wished the camera could miraculously take away 15 to 20 pounds of my fat. Second, was that in several photos I can tell that my patience with Lula is starting to wear thin. Those two thoughts led to the following thoughts...I wish my fat would wear thin instead of my patience. It would also be nice if I could lose my fat as fast as I lose my patience. I have all this fat that I don’t need but very little patience, which I do need! I need fat patience! Wouldn’t it be great if my patience could be as chubby as my body and my body be as thin as my patience! That would be fantastic! But then again, if I did lose fat that easily and that often, I’d probably be dead. There wouldn’t even be anything left of me! I guess the up side is that at least I’d be kicking it in the after-life with some thunder thigh sized patience!

Hope you enjoy the pics!

Perfect Present

Greg's thirty-(well lets just say)thirty-something birthday was on Wednesday. I wanted to get him a gift from Lula but couldn't think of anything. Finally I decided on a mini cake with little pink flowers on it. I know that sounds girly but I figured it's what Lula would pick out and Greg is a little girly sometimes. (The dude takes longer showers than I do!) Well apparently I shouldn't have worried about getting him a gift from Lula cause she came up with one all on her own...she started smiling! It was the cutest thing ever! And it wasn't even gas although she IS the tootenest thing ever! We went shopping for Greg's birthday(see I told you he was girly) and I had set her car seat down on a rack of clothes. When Greg walked up to her, pulled her binky out of her mouth and said, "Hey there little baby." Suddenly she was all smiles for him! It was awesome! He couldn't have asked for a better present!