Second Month...

So, this is the second month, and it's as fun and exciting as ever! I am now on evening shift, which is 2 pm-10 pm, and that has been absolutely great so far with the baby! I get to sleep at night, or at least, when the baby finally goes down! Like right now, it's midnight, and she's still fussing. What she seems to do is she will fuss and fuss and eat and eat, and then she'll calm down when I rock her, until she falls asleep. I usually wait at least an hour before putting her down so I will know she's going to stay down. Tonight, I only waited about 30 minutes, but she was soooo quiet and calm that I truly thought that she was good and asleep. I stood up... waited... she didn't stir. I walked to the bedroom... waited... she didn't stir. I kissed her head goodnight... waited... she didn't stir. I layed her in the bassinett... and BOOM! Her eyelids flew open so wide you'd think she heard a great big noise! So, I turned off all the lights in the room and closed the door to see if she would go back to sleep, but after 10 minutes of crying, I could take it no more. I picked her up, and discovered that, as usual, she had fussed so hard that she regurgitated her dinner and spit up all over herself. But, as soon as she was in my hands, she got quiet again. She is very particular and when she wants to be held, she wants to be held right then and there with no questions asked! So, I changed her diaper and outfit, cleaned her up a bit, and she coo-ed and baby-talked to me and her grandma, as if it to say, "It's the middle of the day and I'm supposed to be wide awake!" After that, grandma decided to try and rock her some more, and I brought her vibrating chair upstairs just in case that didn't work. Well, after only a few seconds of rocking, another spit up!! So, grandma gave up and brought her upstairs, where she is now sitting in her vibrating chair that I am rocking with my foot while I type. And guess what? She is still wide awake. She is yawning, but that just means she's sleepy but fighting it. She didn't get a good nap today because she and I went out. We went to Carter's and bought her some new cute outfits since she's growing out of all her other ones. She is only 2 months old and is now too long for her 3 month outfits! I had to get 6 month ones, and those look like they're going to be just too big! So, what does one do between 3 and 6 months? Either put something on that's too small or too large! Anyway... After Carter's, we went up to the police department to show off. Officer Joyce Combest held her and didn't want to let her go! All the ladies from courts and records were leaving at the time, too, and when they saw her, they all oohed and aahed over how adorable she is! We then went upstairs and saw the other dispatchers that I work with. They all thought she was beautiful! (Of course! She is!) After that, we met grandma for dinner, and then we went to Jenny's house to pick up my jacket, then back home. So, she didn't get a nap at all today! Except this morning. She woke up about 9:30 am and ate, and we were both still very sleepy, so I just held her close to me and she fell asleep in my arms. We slept like that until noonish. It was so nice to just hold her. When working night shift, I wouldn't have been able to do that. Anyways, so that's what my day was like today! And now it's a quarter after midnight, and she's still W-I-D-E awake!! I guess we'll just have to go downstairs and rock some more and watch some more cartoons on television! Yippee! Goodnight!