3 Months

Blogging has fallen to the way side recently. I had the 2 month post sitting in the cue forever just waiting for pictures...and now shes already 3 and a half months old, time is just flying by. Things have been a bit crazy around here for us. We promised each other before we had Kora that we wouldn't let having a baby quell our (mostly my) thirst for travel. We went to Vancouver BC, the beer festival in redmond, stayed at my dad's house in Sammamish for the 4th of July weekend, went to Westport and lots of other small travels between. Through all of the craziness we lost Roberts Grandfather a week ago, and did our best to stay in Seattle as much as possible during that time (Sadly we couldn't make the trip to the Philippines with the family). We have constantly been going, going, going...  Some other big news, we put on offer on a house on the other side of Bremerton, we absolutely love it and hopefully everything will work out! The plan is to be moved in by the time we are back from San Diego! Speaking of San Diego we leave in less than a month! I am a mix of excited and apprehensive. Things are always up in the air, we still do not know which apartments we will be in while we are there and or the exact date we will be home...but like always we just roll with the punches. 

Her sleeping has been amazing lately, she usually sleeps between 6-9 hours straight! I never count on the sleep which makes the rough nights easier. I have read so many things about sleep and babies, I finally just gave up...my philosophy is she is growing and changing everyday, some days her body will ache or she will just be more fussy, and trying to force her to sleep or cry alone doesn't change the fact that she is feeling uncomfortable and wants comfort. I will feed her when she is hungry and snuggle her when she needs it; so far she sleeps like a champ and I wouldn't change a thing. We do our nightly bedtime routine wherever we may be and if she isn't in bed by 8 (either because we are not at home or because she is awake) then o well.  She is flexible and so are we.

I remember my sister telling me how sad she was when she couldn't find the videos of her baby when she was small and that got me thinking about how important it was to take small clips of Kora. I try to shoot a few video clips regularly to capture the silly things she does and her little nuances. They change all the time, and even going back and watching the videos of her crying when she was a few days old make my heart smiley.  She currently rolls from both back to front and front to back! She has a sound or "word" that she makes when she is hungry (it is "neh"). She smiles all the time, blows bubbles, tracks us with her eyes and head, bites so hard.....drools like crazy, has found her hands, and chats all the time. She loves being in her carriers and currently thinks her name is beanie...lol (that would be our fault for always calling her that..) 

Here are some random pictures from our adventures!

feet :D

Lynn Canyon in Vancouver BC

Beanies 2nd Mariners game

One of my favorite Photos of Robert's mom, (she rarely smiles in photos) even though this day was incredibly difficult her smile was so radiant!

2 months

It feels like a lifetime with her and it has only been 2 months. She has grown so much in the past 60 days. Her smile melts me. Although its tough always having a human attached to my boob and constantly needing me, it is so so fulfilling. I was really worried about the whole postpartum depression and although I've had bouts of weird sadness, overall I feel great.
I struggled at the beginning with letting others hold her (I still do a little), I guess you could call it first time mommy syndrome. I cringe thinking about germy hands or I have crazy thoughts of someone accidentally dropping her. I really don't like when she cries---not because it is annoying but because it makes my heart hurt a little. It has gotten a lot easier though, I am more comfortable with others holding her but I am still uncomfortable leaving her alone with others (unless its Robert) for long periods of time. I am so craving just a little bit of time though, just so I can go on a motorcycle ride with Robert. Robert seems to be loving the daddy life; he gets so excited to come home and play with her. I think he mostly loves putting her to sleep so he can cuddle with her. He has been working forced over time since he has been back at work--10 hour days 6 days a week. We send him pictures while he works and he always says he loves getting them. Sleep seems to come and go, some nights she does so great I will get a solid 4 hours with a feeding and another solid 3 hours and some nights shes up the entire time. Honestly I don't really miss the sleep I just crave the block sleeping like at least 4 hours at a time, well that an caffeine. Because I breast feed caffeine really effects her so I avoid it at all costs.  Overall though things are great!
We got some news that we would be going to San Diego again, at first we were told it was a longer stay (from July to February). Now they have changed it again so we are expecting August to October (just like last year). We are excited for the little get away but nervous about having our place all alone over here. Here are some photo updates!