2 Weeks & 123

Marlee Grace is two weeks old today! In some ways it seems like she has been here forever and in some ways it feels like she just got here. It's usually in the middle of the night that I think she just got here, you know, when I'm delirious. In all actuality, Miss Marlee is a joy. Lane was an easy baby so I didn't know if I could be so lucky twice, but Marlee is a very easy baby. She only really cries when she is hungry. She spends a couple hours a day awake checking things out. She puts up with her Mama's need to put big flowers and bows in her hair. And, she is fabulous at sleeping through her brother's loud noises and toys.

I never realized how loud Lane is until Marlee got here. That boy is always jibber jabbering about something! Just today as we were eating lunch he looked down, out of nowhere, and counted to five all by himself without any prompting from me. We've been working on his ABC's and numbers forever. He will try to sing along his ABC's but he rarely counts, so for him to count to five by himself was very exciting. As usual, he did it in his own way on his own time.Today at Marlee's Doctor appointment we got an update on how she is doing. She is...
8 pounds, 8.5 ounces the 63rd percentile (girlfriend has gained 13 ounces in one week!)
20 inches long the 38th percentile
her head is 36.9 cm the 75th percentile (her head must be big to fit her big brain)
Lane was very good while Marlee got checked out. He wanted first wanted me to hold him so he could watch Dr. Chang check Marlee out and then he wanted to sit on the exam table with her. When we had to leave the room to have Marlee weighed Lane even got my purse and carried it out to the scale for me. I couldn't have asked for a better helper.