8 Weeks Old!

My baby girl turned 8 weeks old yesterday! She continues to be nothing short of a superstar! Things she's doing now...

She continues to smile basically anytime you look at her!
Her favorite thing to look at is faces, particularly mine ;)
She loves loves loves to look at herself in the mirror. When she catches sight of herself she makes the most fun face- I tried to catch it on camera here (its not easy to hold her and take a picture of her in the mirror at the same time)

She prefers to be held over my shoulder or facing out so she can see what's going on.
Her favorite place to be is laying on my chest but I have to be careful because she'll almost always instantly fall asleep.
She's just started reaching for toys. When she's really determined to touch one she sticks her little tongue out just like Connor (still) does when he's really concentrating on something.
She loves to hear the sound of her own voice, she gets so excited.
In general, we think she's pretty darn amazing and still can't believe we are so lucky!

Another big change that's happened in the last couple weeks has been in Connor's reaction to her. Since Leyla's been here he's moved from jealousy to tolerance and now to interacting and being a protective big brother! He frequently asks to hold her (but only wants to for a few seconds!) The other night he asked if Baby Leyla (he still calls her Baby Leyla) can sleep in his bed with him because he "needs to keep his eyes on her all night." Whenever I go in to get him in the morning the second thing he always asks is where she is (the first is always what's for breakfast). Last Friday Andrew worked from home so I left Leyla here when I went to pick Connor up from school. About half way home he bursts into tears and said "Oh no Mommy we left Baby Leyla at my school! We need to go back and get her right now! She's too little to be at school all by herself!" Poor guy was so upset!

2 Month stats to come following her appt. next week. I'm already dreading her shots :(