8 weeks and back to work

Ava is now 8 weeks old! I can't believe how quickly the time goes. I can see that she is growing. This week Ava weighed in at 9lbs (after feeding). She's getting to be such a big girl. This week she has made some major changes.

She loves to sit up, with assistance of course.

She can't stand to lay down.

She can hold her head up pretty well.

She looks around at things.

She loves her feet. She looks at them like she wants to eat them!

She can roll from side to side and she loves to sleep on her side.

Her hands have more control. She doesn't smack herself in her face quite as much as before.

She found her fingers. Amazingly she will use her fingers to tell us if she's hungry.

She cries if she pee's and has a wet diaper.

She will now cry if one of her socks comes off, like it did on my mom's walk this morning and she was able to find it on the ground not too far away from where she was.

Ava loves her big girl stroller.

She loves being bounced around. Bumps while in the stroller are her best friend.

She hates to sleep but needs it.

She smiles and her eyes light up and her entire face just shines. Its so amazing. Looking at her face when she smiles she expresses pure joy.

Last weekend we had our first trip to Virginia City. We also took some family pictures on Sunday. Monday we started our adventure of leaving Ava at Grandma's house. I did ok. I think I have more of a problem with it than Ava does. She loves everyone. I will miss her a lot when I'm away at work. Tuesday Ava and I went to our lactation class. Then at night we had our friends over for dinner. Today (Wednesday) I dropped Ava off at Grandma's house and I was gone from 8:30 until 3:30. That was the longest I've ever been away from Ava. It was hard but I was so busy it sort of made it easy. If I had been sitting around I would have had more time to think and I would have been really upset.

Tomorrow is my first day back at work. I'm really nervous about it. I know that Ava will be loved and cared for. I just wish I could be there every day with her. She is such a special girl. She is so smart. I'll write over the weekend.