Thoughts on Fannie Bradley's 2nd Month!

How is it even possible that we have a two month old?

To commemerate this special occasion, we found Fannie B swaddle free this morning. She had wiggled her way out of her blanket. But, it was one of the smaller swaddling blankets that we really shouldn't be using anymore because she is too long for it! So hopefully when she gets back in her muslin wraps (they are all in the dirty laundry pile) she won't break free, I'm not ready to move her to a sleep sack just yet.

She has given up the baby crack (John thinks she will do better with the baby crack chair when she can really start kicking her legs and get it bouncing) and moved on to the Graco Newborn Soothing Center that her friend Gray is letting us borrow. She gets in there, chills out to her lullaby playlist (that her mommy made) on her ipod and usually sits there content for an hour before closing her eyes.

This is what Fannie Bradley is listening to right now:

Good Ole Boys Like Me ~ Don Williams
A Mother's Prayer ~ Céline Dion
Godspeed ~ Dixie Chicks

Mother ~ Katrina Carlson
Unborn Lullaby ~ Dean Backholm

The Rainbow Connection ~ Sarah McLachlan
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) ~ Billy Joel
What a Wonderful World ~ Louis Armstrong
Mother and Child ~ Dean Backholm

In My Life ~ Crosby, Stills & Nash
Hush Little Baby ~ The Weavers

I Bid You Goodnight ~ Aaron Neville
Amazing Grace ~ The Little Series
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ~ Elizabeth Mitchell & Lisa Loeb
Somewhere over the Rainbow ~ Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Banana Pancakes ~ Jack Johnson
I'll Stand By You ~ Pretenders
Morning Has Broken ~ Cat Stevens

Georgia On My Mind ~ Ray Charles
I Believe in You ~ Don Williams

Lullaby ~ Dixie Chicks

Messiah, oratorio, HWV Hallelujah ~ Atlanta Symphony Chorus


FB is smiling big time and not just because of gas.

Biggest smile award: Uncle Jake, who calls her Frankie
Pretty good smile award: Daddy, Grandmommy Nancy and Grandmother Angie
No smile award: Mommy

Last Tuesday (8 weeks), I witnessed her full out laughing at her Uncle Jake.


New nickname of the month: Fannie Wannie

If you wake her up and it is time to eat, by golly you better have her bottle ready or you will hear about it! So after some trial and error (really just some loud screaming), we get her bottle warmed and in place before we even think about getting her up.

The few times she does scream, her very long legs girate up and down. Hysterical.

She is awesome during bath time. Just lays there chillin'. But don't put any cold water on her...she might just tell you what she thinks about that.

She is really starting to fill out. And those cheeks sort of just appeared one day.

She is sleeping 8-9 hours at night (has been for weeks) and would go longer if I didn't wake her up for breakfast.

That bottom lip keeps on getting bigger and bigger.

She has a hard time going to sleep if she thinks she is going to miss something eventful, like at church or any social gathering with more people than just her Mommy and Daddy in attendance. Typical woman.

Best way to soothe her these days is to hold her against your chest, don't cradle her in your arms. She also likes to have her cheek stroked.

Her umbilical cord stump fell off on July 4th. She was 6.5 weeks old. I think that should be in the Guiness Book of World Records. I like to think that she wasn't ready to fully let go of me. YEAH RIGHT!

I keep saying this but she really is a very good baby. Knock on wood. Cross your fingers. Say a prayer. Wish upon a star. I have done them all!