Happy two months, Margot!

A lot has happened in these two months.  At the one-month mark, we felt like Margot still slept all the time, and in those rare moments awake she was fussy.  Now, she's awake more often, has much more of a personality, and is just as smiley and reactive as Ford was. 

I went back to work at six weeks, and she started daycare at seven.  She's been doing great, they say, though they don't give many specifics since she doesn't do much of anything yet.

She's sleeping from 10:30pm to 4am, then wakes up again when we do to get ready for work.  We have no idea how much she weighs as she goes into the doctor tomorrow, but I'd guess a little over 10 pounds.  I feel like she's getting so big on us already but as Ford says, "Margot!  She's tiny!"

By way of comparison, here were Ford's two month pictures.

At home with Margot + Halloween

Margot is six weeks tomorrow, so today marks the last official day of my maternity leave.   It's been a wonderful month and a half...it's been an exhausting month and a half.  Dealing with a toddler in the throes of his terrible twos (it's bad, y'all), plus having a still-teensy newborn (she's still only about 8.5 pounds) that doesn't sleep through the night has been  far and away the most difficult job I've ever had - and I used to deal with murderers on a daily basis.  I'm relatively ready to have adult conversations again, and to not dwell in a world where I reward myself just for showering, but I'll miss the hell out of my Moms & Marms time.  

We have taken a ton of pictures, so I'll let them speak for themselves.  We're smitten with our beautiful, temperamental little girl, and wouldn't change anything about the time we've had with her so far - diaper blow-outs, sleepless nights, and all.

First, at home as a family of four:

 Fun at the pumpkin patch and decorating our pumpkins:

And, last but not least, Halloween!