Miriam Elayne, you are two months old!  Wow, what an awesome month you have had!  Talking, cooing, smiling – you have become quite interactive and continue to be our sweet, flexible, and (mostly) patient baby.  Mommy is always impressed when she has hour-long work phone calls and you just snuggle with her the whole time, listening and learning.

This month brought lots of talking and cooing – you truly enjoy talking with Mommy, Daddy, and siblings!  You are recognizing Mommy and Daddy’s face quickly now.

You are very fun when you’re waking up – you stretch and stretch for about 10 minutes!  You love getting oriented back to the world around you.

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This month also brought your first sickness 🙁  Mommy and Daddy had a scare when your temperature got too high but you were a champ and fought off your runny nose/cold all on your own.  The next day you were back to your happy, energetic self!

One really cute thing we noticed this month is that after you sneeze, sometimes you make a sweet little sigh; as if you’re so relieved by that sneeze.  You also make a super-cute wheezy, inhaling sound after your bottle.  We just love all your noises!!

Your Mommy and Daddy love to run (and Mommy missed it a lot while she was pregnant with you).  We all took our first run together on 8.20.14; it was hot and humid but together we made it about a mile and a quarter!   Mommy has a lot of work to do but you were patient 🙂

You had big days on 8.13 and 8.14 – you started cloth diapers which you have done so well with – no diaper rashes to date! – and you gave us your first genuine smile!  What a joy it is to receive that blessing each day from you, our little miracle!

Mommy and Daddy are also blessed by your sleep habits.  You started sleeping all through the night this month! You slept from 10pm to 630am on 8.18-19.2014, and have kept nearly those same hours since except for a few short feedings here and there.  Wow!

One sad part of the month was that you had a nightmare the night of 9.5.14 – you were just getting over a bad cold/runny nose/slight fever from the week before so that may have been part of the  reason but Mommy and Daddy have never heard such a blood-curdling scream 🙁  Mommy was so sad for you and cried with you … it lasted only a few minutes but it was a really tough few minutes!  Daddy and I talked with you and you finally settled down by nursing with Momma.  We hope that never happens to you again!

We went to visit Grandma Pam in NE this month, and you got to meet your Great-Grandma Lila too!   You were thoroughly enjoyed that day.  Even Great-Uncle Greg came by to see you:

Miriam, you are our truest joy!  You melt our hearts each day and we are so thankful God gave you to us.  May you continue to grow healthy and strong, and may you always know that we love you deeply.

You are our sweet, strong, beautiful, and brave Miriam.

You are our beloved sunshine!