8 Weeks

Odell turned 8 weeks old a week ago tomorrow, but her checkup was on Monday. Here are her current stats:
She weighs 11 lbs. 4 oz., in the 60th %. She's 24 inches long, in the 83rd %, and her head circumference is in the 99th %. The nurse even double checked her head just to make sure, but yes, it was the 99th. She and the doctor kept over emphasizing that 99th % is still proportional, like I was going to be concerned about it, until I assured them that my other kids had big heads and that they come from a long line of big headers, so I wasn't surprised. In fact, the hat she is wearing should be for like a 6 month old baby, maybe fitting snugly on a 12 month old. That's okay, though, big heads mean big brains, right? Something like that.
Fun things Odells is doing:

• Being the cutest baby in the world. That goes without saying, though.
  
• Starting to coo when she is happy. One of my most favorite moments of the day is when she's fed and slept and burped and she stops and looks at me really intently and wiggles her arms around ferociously like there's something really really important she wants to tell me but just can't get it out.
  
• She smiles when she's happy too. I also love it when she's either gasing, or just happy to be around us all and she gives us a crooked, gaped mouth, giant grin. You can't not laugh when she does it, it's adorable.
  
• She fits into Chloe's old clothes finally! Hooray! Her wardrobe has now tripled in volume at least.
  
• She sleeps 7-10 hours a night. We are the luckiest parents in the world- all of our kids were sleeping through the night by the time they were 8 weeks old, Odell has been doing it for about 3-4 weeks now. We're so proud.
  

She had her blessing at church on Sunday. We had a few family members there and it was just sweet and simple and it was a good day. This girl has great things in store for her and we are happy to be a part of it.