Behind Yet Again!!!!

So we have been VERY busy at our house over the last few week, or at least it seems that way! That's probably part of the reason I've gotten to be SO far behind yet again! So I'm going to try to get caught up all in one big post!
A week ago Monday Paige had both her first appointment with her ENT and it went well. We didn't find out much new, but we really liked him! Then that afternoon (I know, long day for a little girl) she had her 2 month check-up with Dr. Byrne. She weighed 13 lbs 6 oz and was 23 inches long! She sure is growing! That put her in the 95th percentile for weight and the 75th for height. For comparison, at Kyra's 2 month check she was 11 lbs 2 oz and 23 1/2 inches long. :) The results from her hip/kidney ultrasound came back clear (Praise God!!!!) so she won't have to wear an icky sling to help keep her hips inline. When Joy, the medical assistant, came back in after the doctor had done her check to do vaccines with one of the other assistants Kyra started crying. Apparently she's figured out that when TWO ladies come in with gloves and needles there are going to be shots! She calmed down pretty quickly once she figured out the shots weren't for her. Paige was sleeping when they came to do them and cried just a little bit, then went back to sleep. She spiked a fever and was sort of fussy that evening and a little cranky the next day but by day two she was feeling pretty much better. I've decided to start a second blog to keep track of Paige's medical stuff regarding her little ear so it's easy for me to keep track of and doesn't take over here when she has a bunch of appointments near each other. I'll put the link in the sidebar here for anyone who's interested. :)
She's cooing and babling now and is just so alert! It's hard to believe how fast she's growing and changing. A couple we're friends with at church had their baby last week and she is a tiny peanut (5lbs, 14oz when she was born) and compared to her, Paige looks toddler size! Paige got a new papasan stlye bouncer (well, new to us, Yay for Craigslist!) that can sit in the bassinet part of her pack-n-play to try sleeping in at night to see if she'll go down any earlier. She's been wanting to go to sleep for the night around 2 a.m. and then sleep in, which would be fine if Kyra didn't get up between 7 and 8! The bouncer seems to be helping some. Last night I got her down to sleep for the night before midnight and she slept in her chair for over 7 hours! Definitely worth the $8. :)
Kyra has been a busy little bee the last few weeks too. She's adding new words/signs every day. We've started singing songs that have hand motions with her now and she LOVES it! Especially "I Just Wanna Be a Sheep" (a song I sang at camp when I was little, there are videos on youtube) because she can sing along on the "baa baa baa baa" part really well. She still dotes on her little sister and loves to kiss and hug on her, tickle her and help Mama burp her. She's eating like crazy, but still sitting right around 21 lbs weightwise, she's just so busy she burns it all off! Sunday is probalby her favorite day of the week. After church we come home for a quick nap and then head off to softball. She is a great sport and claps whenever anyone else claps, regardless of which team they're cheering for. She's catching on to the fact that her dad is doing something out there and looks for him now when I point out that he's on the field. She loves seeing the other little girls and visiting with the other spectators.
Yesterday she had two "big" moments. She used the potty for the very first time.... sort of. (I noticed she was needing to go and grabbed her and took her in there to sit on it and she went.) We have a nifty toilet seat where there's a child-sized seat that folds down out of the lid of the regular seat for people with little bottoms and this was our first time trying it out. I know this isn't a huge step towards potty-training or anything (we don't plan on potty-training until November) but one less icky diaper to change is one less and that's always exciting! The second "first" of the day was that she remembered how to climb down off the couch by herself without help! We've really been working on this one because she has a tendency to get up there and then forget how to get down and sit there and yell until someone comes to help her turn over and scoot down. Of course, after doing it right once, she forgot the next time and needed to be reminded. :)