Well, since I last posted Michael and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. We had a nice night out the week before for my birthday and our anniversary. Since we decided to pretty much knock out all of the special occasions in a two month span (Olivia's birthday, Lillian's birthday, my birthday, Mother's Day and our anniversary), we usually end up combining a little. We had a wonderful dinner @ home with the girls courtesy of Omaha Steaks. It also included a nice bottle of wine and I decided that we needed to eat on our china since we have never done that before. It was a great way for us to celebrate...with our two baby girls.
We took the girls to the zoo on Labor Day. We went with one of Michael's best friends, his wife and their little girl who is almost a year older then Lillian...they also have a bun in the oven. We had a blast and the girls really enjoyed each other's company. It was a really hot day but we went right when they opened so that we could beat the heat. Good thing we did because basically as soon as we got in our car the bottom fell out of the sky...which turns out to be PERFECT napping weather, because the heat took so much out of us. 
We took the girls to the zoo on Labor Day. We went with one of Michael's best friends, his wife and their little girl who is almost a year older then Lillian...they also have a bun in the oven. We had a blast and the girls really enjoyed each other's company. It was a really hot day but we went right when they opened so that we could beat the heat. Good thing we did because basically as soon as we got in our car the bottom fell out of the sky...which turns out to be PERFECT napping weather, because the heat took so much out of us. We took Olivia to her 2 month check-up on June 1st. Our two month old weighed 12 lbs 2 oz. This is what Lillian weighed at 3 months...let me tell you how much I am loving the pudgy cheeks and the rolly polly legs. Too cute. She is eating like a champ. Since about 3 weeks until just 2 days ago she was eating 4 oz. every 2 hours on the dot. Just today she has made the transiton to 5 oz. every 3 hours. She sleeps through the night and has done so almost entirely since 6.5 weeks. Right now she goes to bed around 8 and sleeps until about 6 every morning...can't beat that! She is smiling all the time and talks like crazy. She has mastered the neck control and can now raise herself up on her forearms when she is laying on her belly, although I have to admit that I am not working with her at all on doing tummy time. Unlike with Lillian, who I was so excited about moving to the next step, I am in no hurry to have her crawling or walking like I was with Lillian ;-)
Lillian went to Nana's Second Annual Summer Camp all last week with her cousins. I know that she had a blast and came home exhausted every night. I was in turn able to get a couple things done around the house. It's amazing how much I can get done these days just having one child. I cleaned and painted and organized. It was nice but I missed my little girl. She has become such a little girl too. She says the funniest things. The other day we were driving in the car and Lillian was talking to herself in the backseat, when I answered a question she asked she promptly yelled at me "No mommy, I talkin' to Gaga!!" I got yelled at because I interrupted her and her imaginary friend. She talks to Gaga a lot. The other day I asked her if she was talking to Gaga (she was talking to herself again) she told me no she was talking to Casey, Gaga was at work...where does Gaga work you might ask. Well, he works at the bank with her Daddy! Pretty cute! She has also just started calling us Mom and Dad...like she's a teenager already. Although we haven't really followed through with potty training like I had planned at this point she is definitely ready. She ofter requests to use the bathroom so we let her run around with her diaper off. She is very good at using the potty (reward: 2 jelly beans) and wiping. She even went #2 in there yesterday. All I am doing is waiting for a weekend that is not so busy so that we can hunker down and hammer it out. So far Lillian's summer has been filled with play dates with all of her buddies and I really think she is enjoying herself, plus it gives mom a little break so I can socialize with the mommies too. 
Lillian is an excellent big sister...sometimes a little too excellent. She is ALL OVER Olivia. Olivia has been bitten on the hand, bitten on the foot, hit on the head with a book, head butted numerous times and endured a lot of "love pats". Most of my friends have a boy first and then a girl so I have no one to compare the "mothering" stories with. She is super sweet and means well but has a little trouble differing between Olivia and her baby dolls. She also gets really jealous so finding time in the day to spend with just Olivia has proven to be a little difficult. I was so fearful that when Olivia came along I would have so much trouble finding the time to spend with Lillian because infants are so consuming but I have found just the opposite. Maybe it's because Olivia has been so easy and Lillian is so much more fun to interact with at this point. I don't know. But I do find myself feeling really bad because when Lillian was Olivia's age I held her ALL the time. Please don't hate me Olivia...it's just really hard.
Lillian got a hand me down bike from the neighbor. She loves to get on it but hasn't quiet mastered the riding part yet. But don't you dare attempt to help her...it's always, "No, I do myself!!!" Totally two!
So here is a sweet picture of my baby on her 2 month birthday...sweet smile. This is something that I didn't do with Lillian but plan on doing with Olivia. I love to see the rolls that she has accumulated in one month. Too much!! Love the pudge! 
So, I promise that I will get better with this...until next time!
