Evie had her two-month check up on March 23. At her two-week check up, she weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20.67 inches long, putting her in the 61% for weight and the 66% for height. Before taking her into the doctor, we made guesses about how much she would weigh. I was sure she'd weigh at least nine pounds, probably ten, but Dan thought she couldn't weigh more than nine pounds. When I put her on the scale and saw 12 lbs. 9 oz., my mouth dropped open and I asked the nurse just to make sure I was looking at the right number. Her length came in at 22.5 inches. Currently she's in the 52% for height and the 88% for weight. Recently I had to get out Anna's six-month clothes for Evie. She can still wear some of the newer three-month sized outfits, but some of the outfits Anna wore a lot are getting too small and Evie has a hard time straightening out her legs in them. I love all her little rolls and chins. It's so fun to have a chubby baby.
Evie is smiling more and more these days. When I go to get her up from a nap, I can usually get her to smile at me if I talk to her.
Evie is an amazing eater. These days she can drink up to eight ounces at a time, but usually it's more like seven. She's also sleeping really well. She's usually awake between eight and ten in the morning. Then after some tummy time and a bottle, she'll often sleep until the late afternoon, waking up between three and five. She usually wants one more bottle around seven or eight before going to bed for the night. These days she only gets me up once, between one and three in the morning. I'm still exhausted in the morning, but I've given up on sleeping in and now I get up with Anna. I've learned that if I keep Anna's door closed (she still can't open the door and I'm not teaching her how), she'll often stay in her room until 7:45 instead of running into our room at seven.
When I get a chance, I love to "talk" with Evie. She's great at gurgling and cooing back. I recently got out Anna's gym mat so that Evie can work on batting at toys. She's just beginning to try to reach any toys dangling over her, but she seems to use her entire body.
I've also noticed that she is showing signs of recognizing my voice and focusing on my face. The pediatrician pointed out that Evie seemed to be turning towards me and watching me while the doctor checked her breathing and heart rate. Today we took Evie to Church for the first time and she slept the entire time. I was a little nervous about RSV, so it was nice to be able to keep her in her car seat and covered up. She seemed really content, except for when I would make comments in Relief Society. Then she would start to fuss and fidget, but as soon as I stopped talking, she calmed down.
I've been trying to spend more time just playing with Anna, so as part of that effort, I bought her a basic set of water colors. I took a water color class in college, but after I learned that I should have taken the drawing class first, I gave up on the hobby and dumped my paints. I wish I would have kept them. Maybe I'll just get my own set of cheap paints so that I can paint with Anna instead of just sitting beside her and dying a little every time she takes the brush from the red paint directly to the yellow without rinsing. She's having fun and the paints were cheap.
During General Conference weekend, Anna decided she liked sitting inside her lego box. Dan likes to ask her if she wants to be "tumped" over. I think that's East Texan for dumped/tipped over. Dan also likes to ask her how the bobsledding run is going.
Anna is still putting all the stickers she can find on Evie. Evie mostly just puts up with it, but she doesn't look too please, does she? 
Now that we have two kids, I decided that I wanted a new double jogging stroller for my birthday. It only took me a full month to actually purchase the stroller and then once I got it, it seemed to snow or rain every time I got up the courage to get it out. But finally the stars aligned this past week. The weather was nice and Evie finished her bottle in time for us to take a little walk around the block. It was wonderful to have such nice weather and to be able to get outside and enjoy it.
Saturday morning we went to my parents' house for breakfast and to see my sister Katie and her husband off as they move to Arizona. I had been holding Evie, but she was a little squirmy so I put her down on a blanket. Then my sister Christa picked her up and I followed Anna out into the backyard. When I came back in to check on Evie, she was back on her blanket and asleep. She often falls asleep on her blanket and would probably sleep really well there, but I usually pick her up and move her since I never know when Anna's going to try to sit on her or fall on top of her. 
Today was Evie's second Sunday at Church since we were home last Sunday for General Conference. Earlier this week I dug out one of Anna's dresses to see if it would fit Evie. I bought this dress for Anna when she was six months old, but it was always a little short, so she didn't get to wear it very long. It works great for Evie right now, although the sleeves are a little long. 
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