Time flies when you're having fun!

What to do with the hundreds of pictures we take these days? My two month old daughter has got to be the most photographed child on this earth. In the 2 months of her life alone, we have taken around 600 pictures. Sure, some are similar, with many of her crying or mommy just waiting for that 'perfect' smile. We try to capture the perfect pictures but looking back through all the 'rejects', I realized that the less than perfect pictures are the most perfect of all. The 'rejects' capture her personality and our memorable experiences. And by 'rejects,' I simply mean those pictures that we say "oh let's take another one" or "oops, that wasn't the happy face i was looking for!" (I firmly believe my daughter is the most beautiful girl in the world and couldn't POSSIBLY take a bad picture if she tried.)



I have been trying to put together an online photo book to have printed of my girl's life thus far. Rather than getting each individual picture developed, why not save the photos digitally on the computer and turn our favorites into a book.



So anyway, while assembling my photo book, I have realized that the past 10 weeks of my daughter's life have gone by WAY too fast and she has changed daily. Looking back at pictures of her first days, you would never guess she is the same baby I am holding in my arms as I type (which is not easy by the way). Other parents had warned me that children grow up so fast but I never really believed it. In ten weeks, my daughter has gone from sleeping 20 hours daily, waking every 2 hours to eat and being so helpless to sleeping through the night, 'talking' jibberish, smiling like crazy and responding to her momma's voice.



Tomorrow we have her 2 month appointment with the pediatrician. Karla has not been to the doctor since she was 6 days old. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces, down 8 ounces from birth but up 7 ounces from just 3 days earlier. She was also overcoming her jaundice. We can't wait to see how much she weighs! She has been healthy as a horse and has had no reason to go back until tomorrow... when the dreaded first set of shots are scheduled. I don't know who this will be more difficult and scary for, me or my baby girl. Thank goodness the love of our lives will be there to support us both <3