Pip Squeak

Oh, my little Sadies! She is a little pip squeak. We went to their 2 month app at the end of Feb. and I actually thought Mercedez was getting chunky. She's always had good squishy cheeks and her thighs were starting to get rolly. Also, her head grew so much! So I was surprised when she was only in the 3rd percentile for her weight, height and head!!! The doctor called her a pip squeak and the nickname has stuck. I said "Well, yeah, she's probably low because she was premature and we're going off the regular percentile scale." But low and behold, she was the same on the premature percentile scale as well! She's small, but it wasn't low enough to be concerned.
Here she is only a few weeks old.
Here they are 2 months old! I can't believe how fast they grow!!! In 2 months Mercedez went from just under 5 pounds to 9.25 pounds. That's almost double her weight in just 2 months!



Also, she went from fitting premie clothes, (on the left) to newborn within only one month. The newborn size looks huge compared! It's only been 3 months since I've had this little girl and I've already forgotten how teeny she was. So here's to remembering.....

She literally could fit in Justin's hand if she was curled up in a ball.


She looked like a little doll! Again, here's her premie pj's compared to her newborn pj's. They look like doll clothes. I was holding them and couldn't believe she actually fit in them.
....and here's some cute pictures of her since. I sure love this little pip squeak!
Nicknames: Sadie-pie, Sister, Miss Sadies, Sadies, My Sadies, Munchkin face, Pip squeak, Princess, Princess Pei-Pei
-She still has a yell-cry, or really more like a squawk. She squawks a lot.
-She got sleeping down real quick. She's like her mom. Sometimes sleeps 12 hours at night.
-Still can beat her brother in a feeding race.
-Loves patty-cake and started grinning this month.
-Loves to stand
-Still has the cutest little firm squishy cheeks that I love to kiss and cute little bird lips.




Justin loves to give them shoulder rides and they'll grab onto his hair to hold on. It's pretty cute. She really is such a little princess. I think it's crazy how different she is from Sawyer and how her personality traits have been with her since the day she was born. She was a little fighter from the beginning. She was all business when it came to eating and still is. She would shut her little eyes and suck vigorously at her bottle in the NICU, trying to show us she was ready to go home, but it took 5 days for her little body to prove she could hold her own with eating. Up until just recently, that is how she always ate, eyes closed sucking it down. Now she opens her eyes more, but she is still a fast, efficient eater. She also is getting better at burping. It used to be pretty hard to get her to burp. She hardly ever cries, unless it's time for bed. Then she starts squawking and getting fussy and all you have to do is swaddle her real tight, put the binky in, lay her down and she's out! I sure do love this little girl!