First round of vaccines

Today, Ally had her 2 month well-baby checkup at the pediatrician's office. They measured her at 23.5 inches long, 11 lbs 3 oz in weight, and a head circumference of 15.5 inches, so she is growing right on schedule. She also got her first set of vaccines, one by mouth and two sets by injection. Ally enjoyed the oral vaccine, as it tasted sweet and salty, but she did not especially enjoy getting jabbed in both her thighs with syringes. Luckily there were two nurses in the room, so they gave the injections simultaneously. Of course, Ally howled, but it was not her loudest (she gets a lot more worked up in her car seat when riding in the car), and she quieted down very quickly when Ben picked her up. She is currently snoozing in her swing, so all seems to be well.

The pediatrician recommended that we should now start establishing a routine with eating and sleeping, particularly at nighttime. Ally generally goes to bed around 11pm, wakes up around 3-4am, and then again around 7-8am, although she has slept through the night on a few occasions. The pediatrician said that we could start getting her to drop the 3-4am feeding, as it will be a lot easier to get her to do it sooner than later. Also, we will be doing a lot more tummy time, as Ally is getting quite good at holding her head steady, so we'll keep reinforcing that with different positions other than just sitting up and lying down on her back.

Ally vs. the caterpillar

And the point goes to. . .the caterpillar?

A new way to play Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor

One of my fellow bell choir members sent around this video of two people playing a section of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. It is quite humorous and a lot of fun to watch!

Another new baby girl!

I am sending a shout-out to my high school/college friend Karyn (Spence) Bondi and her husband Paul, who welcomed a baby girl yesterday morning. Karyn and her baby have the same birthday, which is pretty cool, and she was even able to do a home birth like she had planned. She, like my friend Michelle, also had a quick labor and delivery, with the whole process lasting less than 8 hours. Congrats guys, and we hope Ally gets to meet a new friend soon!

A girl cousin on the way!

So a couple posts ago, I mentioned that Ally has 3 boy cousins and possibly another boy cousin on the way. Well, the possible boy cousin is actually going to be a girl cousin. Paul and Alicia are pregnant with a little girl due around the end of October/beginning of November (the OB made a guess from an ultrasound at 12 weeks, but when they had their big ultrasound at 20 weeks, it revealed the doc's first guess was wrong, haha!). So we Evans' are very excited, and Ally is looking forward to having a girl cousin so close in age.

Videos from the cabin

The first video is one that Ben took of Ally working on getting her right hand in her mouth (note: she has gotten better at this within the last few days). The second video is of Marty and Paul boxing each other on the Nintendo Wii.

Ally meets her Evans relatives

Last weekend, we got together with Ben's parents, Ben's sister Megan, Ben's oldest brother Paul and wife Alicia, and their two little boys Isaac and Ethan. We rented a cabin in the Smokies and had a great time. Everyone was excited to meet Ally, and I think she was happy to meet them. Ally is the only girl Evans grandchild; she has 3 boy cousins, and possibly another boy cousin on the way. It will be really fun to see how the cousins all interact in a few years; for example, will she want to wrestle with Isaac, Ethan, and Simon, or will she think that they are too barbaric and decide she would rather play with her dolls?

Below are a few pics from the weekend.

Megan and Isaac reading

Isaac and Ethan playing Mario Kart on the Wii

Ally catching some zz's in the mountain air

Ally and her Nana