Matt, the Husband of the Year

I was clipping Elise's nails as she slept in my lap (and lamenting the fact that clipping them now couldn't heal the scratch she had already made beside her eye), and as I clipped, I thought of my terrific husband. He's still at work right now, even though it's after 8:00pm. He works so hard for our little family. Today he really did so much to make sure I was able to do the things I wanted to get done.

His day started with a 7:00am mandatory meeting at work. I had an interview today for a Hall Advisor position (I didn't get a second interview, by the way), and he came home from work just to watch Elise while I went. Then I sent him to Walgreen's to pick up my birth control and prenatal vitamin prescriptions, of all things. I also had him get a couple of food items because I was making dinner for a bedridden sister in our ward. He then went back to work for a couple of hours before coming home again to watch Elise to make sure I had plenty of time to make the meal for the sister and get it to her at a reasonable time. Then he did the dishes. I sent him back to the store when I realized I didn't have an ingredient I needed. Then he tolerated my flustered mood when I was running later than I wanted to delivering the meal I'd made. Now he's back at work, and it's taking longer than they planned to finish setting up for an event in the morning. Matt, how do you handle all the craziness? You're just amazing, I guess.

P.S. Matt didn't get home until way after 9:00pm. Then he put Elise to bed. He's such a great dad, too.

Dos meses sounds much better than two months.

Well, doesn't it? Not that I prefer to speak Spanish. I couldn't even if I tried (even though I took three semesters of college-level Spanish classes). I just think this particular phrase sounds much nicer en español, ¿no?

Anyway, Elise is now officially two months old! Yeah! She turned two months on Monday. Talk about a whirlwind. She had her two month well check yesterday with her pediatrician, Dr. Clayton (who I think is terrific, severely pointy nose and all). For those interested in the stats, she was 23 1/2 inches long (When is it that people stop being long and start being tall?), weighed 12 lbs 2 oz (!), and her head was 37.2 cm. That makes her 90th percentile for height, 80th for weight, and 30th for head size.

Like any new, concerned, paranoid, overprotective, loving mom, I was a little concerned about Elise's head being small. Since Ryland was diagnosed with craniosynostosis (unfortunately, we're still awaiting the results of his CT scan) I have been more than a little obsessed with her head. (If you don't believe it, ask Holly.) I'll try not to worry. Or call Holly so much.

At two months, she is doing so much! She's such a happy, social kid. She started smiling at 5 weeks and pretty much hasn't stopped since. She is just learning how to roll from her back to her side, how to bat at a toy, how to put a toy in her mouth (almost), and how to shake a rattle when I put it in her hand. She has also become an expert drooler all of a sudden. (I really hope she isn't teething yet.)

She also loves to suck her thumb when she doesn't have a pacifier. This is great for us as parents because she is terrific at putting herself back to sleep. (Did I mention she has been sleeping 6-hour stretches at night since for a couple of weeks now? Hallelujah!) To sum it all up, she's just a terrific baby. We love her so much!

rolling, rolling, rolling . . .

holding a ring during tummy time

. . . keep that baby rolling . . .

tired out after tummy time

a little smile

trying (unsuccessfully) to eat the rings

batting

(Sorry about the poor quality. If you want to see better videos, help me petition Matt to get his video camera out already!)

Welcome, baby Elise!

Elise Hope Asay was born on September 8, 2010 at 1:20pm. She weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 20 in. long.

the proud parents and the hungry baby

Aunt Natalie and Uncle Mike came to visit.

coming home

Almost There!

Here I am at 38 weeks! So excited for the baby to come soon!

Pregnancy

This is me at 24 weeks pregnant. Now I'm 29 weeks, and I'm not sure I feel like having my picture taken. :)

We're Having a Girl

These are our ultrasounds at 20 weeks. It's a girl!

We're having a baby!

We're so excited to be having a baby! These ultrasounds are from our first visit, when I was about ten weeks along. Now we're out of the first trimester, and beginning the second. The baby is due on September 12th. We can't wait! Only six more weeks or so until we find out the baby's gender!