Zehr Family Blog: July 2009

Jazlyn is 2 months old today by the date or 8 weeks 5 days by the day of the week (Friday). Jazlyn now weighs 7 lbs 13 oz and is 21 1/2 in long. Her doctor told me today that she is going to be small and petite like her mommy. We are okay with that though. :) She is below the 5 percentile in weight and between 10 and 25 percentile for length. At this appointment she was also tortured with her 2 month shots. She got 3 shots and one liquid vaccination. She screamed her head off for about 2 minutes and then when mommy picked her up she calmed down...until I had to lay her back down to put her clothes back on. I prepared daddy to be ready when we got home because she was probably going to be mad at mommy and want daddy to comfort her. Surprisingly, she got over that pretty quickly and was in such a good mood when we got home. She smiled and cooed a lot.

Since it has been a long time since I have posted I will try to capture as much as possible as to what's been going on with Jazlyn. About 3 weeks ago Jazlyn started 'noticing' us more. She began to have more eye contact with us. When my dad was holding her and I was talking to my dad, her eyes would follow me as I moved around the room. It was an exciting milestone. That same week, she also began to smile when she was awake. Prior to this she would smile while she was sleeping...she must have been having some pretty exciting dreams. Now she smiles, laughs and coos when she is awake. It just brightens our day. She definitely hears mommy and daddy's voices and turns her head towards us when she does. Jazlyn also got to meet the IU head basketball coach Tom Crean and get his autograph. Daddy was very proud of this moment. Jazlyn experienced her first chiropractor appointment. We were experiencing a lot of gassiness and fussiness with her, so we decided to take her to a chiropractor to see if that would help. She did not like her first visit so much, but after going three times, she seems to be doing much better. After the devastating loss of baby Cora (Jazlyn's cousin), Jazlyn got to spend some precious time with Aunt Mellie and Uncle Kyle in Indianapolis. We spent three days with them. Daddy missed us back home, but he understood and talk to us every day. Mommy sent daddy pictures that were captured while we were gone. That made his day. Jazlyn got to experience her first holiday celebration for the 4th of July. We had several people over to our house on July 3rd...thank goodness because that was the only beautiful day that weekend. She didn't quite like the fireworks. We watched them from inside and looked out a window.

Ever since Jazlyn was born she has picked up many nicknames from the family: SUGAR (no particular reason...just came out the day she was born and has stuck with mommy and daddy), TURTLE (when she stretches she looks like a turtle), LIL' FART (she gets it from her daddy), MONKEY (she makes some cute monkey faces), MAGGIE (she sucks on her pacifier like Maggie from the Simpsons) and JAZ (for short). Not sure how many of these will stick with her as she gets older.