The Harris Family

It’s hard to believe Elsa is already over two months old!

It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital and started adjusting to a new member of the family. Now, two months later, it’s hard to imagine what life was like before she was here.

Some things have remained the same. Elsa was a big baby when she was born, and as of her two-month checkup, that hasn’t changed. She’s tracking in a high percentile for length, weight, and (especially) head circumference. She still has blue eyes, although they’ve changed from a dark, almost gray-blue when she was born to a brighter, lighter shade. We’ll know by mid-summer or not whether she’ll keep the blue eyes or develop brown eyes like her mother did.

Elsa’s hair, on the other hand, has gotten progressively lighter. Looking at the pictures from shortly after her birth, the change is very evident. Right now, I’d describe her hair as either light brown or dark blond. Because it’s so thin and sparse, it’s hard to really tell though.

Elsa is a very spirited baby and loves to be awake, talking and commanding social attention. She love to play, smile, and chat, but like most infants, she is also prone to over-excitement. We’ve read that two-month-old infants should be sleeping 15-18 hours per day, but Elsa rarely takes more than a few short naps through the course of the day. Happily, though, over the last couple of weeks Elsa has started to dependably wind down around 8 or 8:30pm and to sleep through 7am or so (with only one or two interspersed feedings.) She’s usually good for at least one 5- or 6-hour contiguous sleep period during the night, which is a godsend.

Here are a few pictures of Elsa wearing one of the shirts Lynne herself wore back in the early 1980s:

Elsa – Week 10