Since Lark started out life in the NICU, her doctor told us to keep her mainly indoors away from the general public until she was 2 months old to prevent her from catching anything else. She’s now 2 months and 2 weeks, so we celebrated by taking her out into the world this afternoon to run a few errands. Among the many new things she saw was some art at a framing shop and art gallery and lots of plants and trees at Cactus & Tropicals. She had a grand time. And I have to say it feels fantastic being able to take her out of the house – we can now do things together as a family in the outside world. Yay!!! Tomorrow, she’s going on her first trip to the grocery store and on Monday I’m taking her with me to the salon.
Also new, we’re starting to relax a little bit. Lark’s currently sleeping in a bassinet next to our bed and when she went to bed, we went to bed because we were too nervous to leave her alone. Now we’ve hooked up our baby monitors and when Lark goes to bed, we don’t necessarily go to bed. But I still check on her regularly. Before we know it, she’ll be in her own bed in her room. Hmmm… or not. I really like having her next to our bed and it’s so easy when she wakes up just to grab her, feed her and then put her right back down to sleep, not to mention the ease in checking that she’s still breathing. I often check to make sure everyone in the house is breathing while they sleep of which Martin likes to tease me. I say you can never be too careful 
. Anyway, unfortunately we all must progress, so I’ll let Lark sleep in her crib… eventually.
Lark also had her first round of immunizations this past week. She’s almost 13 lbs (12 lbs 14 oz to be exact) and measures 23 inches. Martin had to be the strong face while I hid myself during the shots because I couldn’t stop myself from crying knowing what her reaction to the shots was going to be. There’s nothing worse than hearing your baby scream in pain. But she was a super trooper. She screamed for several minutes, and then after we got her dressed and held her for a bit, she calmed down and was happy again. The next day she did come down with a mild fever which we were warned could happen. She’s all better now and the day after her fever, she was happy as a… dare I say… Lark. Badda bum ching.
Perhaps the cutest development this past week was her gift of gab. Granted, she’s not really talking yet… but she’s talking baby talk which consists of a lot of little chirps, squeaks, squeals, and ooos and aahs. She’s already figured out that you take turns talking to the person you’re conversing with. She’ll say something, then I’ll respond to her, and then she responds back… she never tries to talk over me or interrupt (I know, just wait until she’s a teenager). And she’s very passionate in trying to get her point across. She gets this look on her face that says “you’re not getting what I’m trying to tell you, so I’m going to keep talking until you get it.” And then when she thinks you understand, she gets really smiley. It’s quite darling.
