Lila Cate is such an easy going baby. She only cries when she is hungry. She smiles a lot when we talk to her or sing to her. And she loves to 'talk' back to us. She has a sweet, soft voice. She loves her brother, and smiles at him when he talks to her (and gets in her face), which is pretty much all the time.
She usually wakes up twice at night, between 2-3 am and 5-6 am. Her eyes are brown and her hair is still dark.
Lila loves to 'stand' and put weight on her legs. She also likes being held upright. She hates being held in the feeding position (unless she is eating). She still loves kicking around on her play gym on the floor. Her head control is pretty good, and she can hold it up with minimal support. She finally started taking a pacifier at the end of this month. It took about a week for her to adjust to a bottle, but now she has it down.
On January 11, Lila had her first babysitter (besides her grandparents). Kali came over to watch Cullen and Lila for my work holiday party.
I went back to work on January 27. It was EXTREMELY difficult for me. I enjoyed every minute of my maternity leave. Spending all day with Lila Cate was perfect and being able to pick Cullen up early from school was awesome. It was also a real blessing to get to spend 4 weeks in Louisiana. My parents came up to Charlottesville to watch Lila Cate my first week back. Lila started half days of daycare on February 3. She is at First Steps Infant Development Center. Cullen also went to daycare there, but he didn't start until he was 1. I am very happy with the baby room, but it's still really hard to not be with her every day. I'm going to feed her every day at lunch which helps.
