Two Months

Here's Miss Kelly at two(ish) months. Will somebody send me an email every month around the 16th? Otherwise, I think we're going to have a lot of (ish) elephant photos!

She's a great sleeper (I'm not supposed to say that out loud, am I?) and her tummy seems to be giving her less trouble as she gets older. She's loves to eat and chows quite frequently throughout the day. At her two month visit to the pediatrician she was 12 pounds and 12 ounces.

When Kelly's fussy, we do the "shh-shh" dance.

Her current nickname is Big Eyes. (Yep, we're pretty witty around here.)

Kelly is smiling, cooing and babbling up a storm. She gives her biggest grins to her big sister and that other baby in the mirror on her playmat.

Irises

The previous owners of our house were gardeners and we inherited some beautiful trees, shrubs and perennials. (We've also inherited all of their wacky homegrown weed control ideas from over the years; we've pulled out fabric, carpets, trash bags, screens, mesh, rocks, etc from our beds outside!)

Right now all of the irises are in bloom and they are gorgeous. A perfect excuse for a photo shoot!

I got these shots by telling her that there might be candy inside. :) So now we call them candy flowers.

Look at the size of these guys!

Didn't want Kelly to miss out on modeling the blooms, so I brought one inside.

Who can resist a nakey baby?

"Show Mommy Your Cute Smile."

Yep, that's the one.

Smiley

I love this part of babyhood. How can you not melt when she flashes you one of these?

And Kelly is also starting to laugh and coo.

The only thing that rivals this adorableness is watching both girls... Shannon loves to try to make her smile and has already developed quite the routine of doing huge cheesy grins and saying "Hi!"

Cinco de Mayo

My Spain Girls and I have started an annual reunion. The first one randomly occurred on Cinco de Mayo and we decided it was a great time of year/way to remember and plan for our get-together.

In attendance this year: Monica and Addie from DC and Alexandra from New York. We missed you, Brette and Cheryl!

Our agenda was largely dictated by the little people this year, but we sure had fun! We played with toys...

...loved on Kelly

...sat around and chatted

...played dress-up

...and of course, ate yummy food! Our mandatory visit to Rita's was on Saturday afternoon and the girls help make banana pancakes for breakfast on Sunday morning.

Thanks for coming, ladies!