7 month update and beach vacay

I can't believe that my sweet girl is seven months old.  I was just writing her 6 month up-date! (literally)  This month I feel that she has grown so much in personality as well as physically.  She sure knows how to wrap anyone around her little fingers.  She is talking up a storm and standing on everything!  It is becoming more difficult to cuddle with her because she is so darn nosey!  I feel like I will be planning her first birthday party anyday now.  She is also talking up a storm now, she started off with dada (boo) and now says mama and baba. 

Age 7 months

Weight about 14 pounds. 

Length no doctor visit this month..

Size (diapers, onesies, etc.) size 2 diapers, 3-6 month clothes

Eyes turning more green in the middle with blue around the outside.

Hair blonde

Sleeping she goes to bed around 7:30-8 until about 12 and then in bed with me.. nipple in mouth!

Eating breast milk.. fruit veggie at breakfast lunch and dinner

Milestones she is now standing holding onto anything and everything

Memorable outings.  first trip to the beach

Favorite toys/activities her play table

Words/sounds mama dada baba

Nicknames Emelia Bedelia, Emme, little lady (her feet are constantly crossed)

Funny moments eating sand on the beach

Looking forward to! sleeping through the night

We also had our first trip to North Carolina this past week and loved every second besides the long drive.  All 3 kids loved it and I loved seeing my long lost friend, I cannot wait to go back again. 

6 Month Update

Even though little lady has been 6 months since the 9th, I wanted to wait to do her monthly update until she had her doctors appointment.  The doctor had a family emergency so her check up got pushed back this month.  I am still having a hard time believing that my little baby is already half a year old.  That just boggles my mind, it doesn't seem possible in any shape or form.  She also seems less like a baby this month.  When I hold her she is moving every which way to get a peek at what is going on.  She is also CRAWLING, hands and knees crawling, everywhere!  Her favorite thing is to go over to the TV when the other 2 are watching a movie, she will look RIGHT at them and pull the plug.  She then giggles and keeps looking at them.  She is a stinker.  She also has become a bed hog.  When she is in bed with mommy she sprawls out, arms and legs everywhere.  It feels that just yesterday she was itty bitty and constantly sleeping in my arms.

Age 6 months

Weight about 13 lbs 13 oz (10%, still itty bitty)

Length 24 1/2 inches (also 10%tile)

Size (diapers, onesies, etc.) size 2 diapers, 3-6 month clothes for the most part, still a little big

Eyes blue, kind of green in the middle

Hair blonde but is mostly bald

Sleeping she goes to bed around 7:30-8 until about 12 and then in bed with me.. nipple in mouth!

Eating breast milk.. getting oatmeal in the morning and then a fruit or veggie at dinner

Milestones crawling on hands and knees.. full out laughing.

Memorable outings.  the slides at the park 

Favorite toys/activities getting into her brother and sisters toys

Words/sounds cooing and babbling

Nicknames Emelia Bedelia, Emme, little lady (her feet are constantly crossed)

Funny moments when ella in on the swing and i am pushing her, E will SQUEAL and laugh, it is so cute.

Looking ! saying your first word (which will be mama, DUH)

Mother's Day In A Whole New Light

Even though I have been a mommy for a little over 5 years now, this Mother's Day felt completely different.  Ever since I had baby E, I feel that I appreciate my other two children more.  I always felt blessed to have them but never realized how lucky I truly was.  I am not sure if this happened because E was in the NICU or if it was because she spent a week in the hospital at just 2 months old.  I remember looking at my little baby and feeling completely helpless.

She was struggling to breathe and there was nothing I could do to take that pain away from her.  To be honest, I am not even sure how I had the physical energy to stand and rock her.  But I did, it seemed to be the only thing to soothe her.  I went almost 5 days with barely any sleep just trying to comfort my baby or making sure she wasn't getting any worse.  I remember that Sunday morning ( our third morning in the hospital) being woken up to a nurse yanking my baby out of my arms and calling for the doctor.  My heart broke as they quickly put a feeding tube down her nose and called for respiratory.  At this point, my little lady had barely nursed in a couple days.  Every time she tried, she would gag and throw up.  The new treatments brought relief to my girly and while my husband kept an eye on her, I was able to catch a little rest.  I heard the doctor come in and speak to my husband even though I was half out of it.  She told him how lucky we were and how they were talking about transporting her to another hospital.  In that moment, I realized how lucky I was and from then on, I treasure my baby. 

 

I don't care if she sleeps in my bed, I don't care if she wants to nurse every 2 hours.  I don't care if she doesn't sleep through the night.  I don't care if she wants me to walk around the house for hours at a time or be extra clingy.  Because before I know it she will be Ella and Kollin's age and these moments will be gone.  Before I know it, my arms will ache to hold her and she will want to be off doing her own thing. I wish I would of been in no rush for the other two to grow up.  I wish I would of let them cuddle as long as they wished when they were this tiny.  I will never take them for granted again that is for sure.  It also made me appreciate my own mother more.  It is true you do not understand your parents love until you are a parent yourself.

 

 

All in all, we had an awesome Mother's Day and I enjoyed every second with my three little babies.  We also spent some quality time with our own mothers which is always nice! How was your Mother's Day?







5 months old

 

 

 

I can't believe my little lady is already 5 months old.  It is just flying by, insert tear here, before I know it she will be having a first birthday.  I just want time to slow down.  This month Emelia has become more mobile and crying way less.  I have figured out that a lot of her sleeping issues were due to her being over tired, so I try to get her to sleep somehow every 2 hours.



She normally naps for about 30 minutes and then is as happy as can be.  She has been so smiley lately and the smile radiates all the way to her toes, it is too cute!  This week I started giving her a couple spoonfuls of carrots.  She seems to like them and just wants to grab the spoon and chew on it.  I am hoping in the next week or so to start making my own baby food, we will see how it goes.  Although Emelia has been rolling for sometime now, she is now a professional baby roller and can go both ways rather quickly.  She also does this thing when she is on her back and picks her butt up and scoots across the floor.  She just wants to move and play with her brother and sister! 

Age 5 months

Weight about 12 lbs 8 oz

Length ...

Size (diapers, onesies, etc.) size 2 diapers, 0-3 month clothes (starting to get in between clothes, 3-6 are still too big)

Eyes turning into a lighter blue

Hair blondish, starting to fall out more.  Start dark on the bottom

Sleeping much better!  She will sleep from about 7:30pm til about 1-2am and then come into bed with me.

Eating breast milk, starting solids

Milestones rolling, scooting, sitting, "talking" laughing nonstop

Memorable outings.  We celebrated her first Easter and egg hunts. 

Favorite toys/activities jumperoo, playing with any toys that crinkle

Words/sounds cooing and "talking" away, laughing more

Nicknames Emelia Bedelia, Emme, Buggy

Funny moments eating carrots for the first time, stealing the spoon and getting them everywhere!

Looking forward to crawling! saying your first word (which will be mama, DUH)

 

Rolling like a pro

Doesn't this picture melt your heart?!? He is an awesome big brother

 

The rest of our week has been pretty good, we actually had a break in the weather which went into the 80's!  We were loving it!  I can't wait to kick the cooler weather and enjoy sunshine again.  Today is my mom's birthday so I made my great grammy's cooked icing, I cannot wait to try it! Hopefully it turned out just as great as I remember.  Any family cooking recipes that have been passed down to you?

 

Easter 2013

I hope that everyone had a great Easter Holiday.  We spent the morning at home, finding Easter eggs and hidden Easter baskets.  My husband's family always hid their Easter baskets and they would have to find them Easter Morning, we adopted the tradition into our own little family.  I wanted to 'grow magic lollipops' this year but I forgot the jellybeans in my husbands car and he got home from work long after I went to bed, maybe next year. 

After the 5 of us finally got dressed ( and mommy was done sneaking candy) we headed up to my husband's Aunt's house.  We decided to do the egg hunt before it started the rain.  The boys hid 108 Easter eggs throughout the yard!

After that we all just hung out until it was time to chow down on ham and mashed potatoes. YUM.  We had a great holiday but they always seem so long and wear this momma out!  My poppop has an Easter dinner the weekend following Easter which means more food and Easter festivities to come! 

This was the only somewhat decent family photo we could get. 



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4 months

Well, this week Miss Emelia had her 4 month check up.  ( a little late but better then never) 
She continues to be my smallest baby and only in the 25% percentile but no worries.  She shed a couple of tears ( and momma too) while getting her shots but quickly was distracted by Kollin wearing his big brother cape and talking to her.  That boy melts my heart, he knows how to put a smile on his baby sister's face.  Ella also had her 5 year check up that nice and was brave throughout her shots.  I cannot get over just how perfect the 3 of them are.  I count my blessings multiple times a day that I have not 1, but 3 beautiful, healthy, happy (for the most part) babies.  I know that there are many people in the world that would love to pick up fruit loops off the floor for the 7th time in 10 minutes, or find a racecar under their pillow, or even hear their 5 year old talk back to them. Here are the girls updates. 

Emelia

Age 4 months

Weight 12 lbs 1oz

Length 23 1/4 inches

Size (diapers, onesies, etc.) size 1 diapers, 0-3 month clothes

Eyes blue like her brother and sister!

Hair blondish, reddish, brown.  curious to see what color it will end up being

Sleeping HAHA whats sleep

Eating breastmilk

Milestones you are rolling over like a champ and can go in a circle while on your belly.

Memorable outings we don't get out much with the cold weather

Favorite toys/activities loves walking around the house and bouncing  up and down

Words/sounds cooing and "talking" away

Nicknames Emelia Bedelia, Emme, Buggy

Funny moments peeing on her brother

Looking forward to crawling! (and sleep)

 

Ella

Age 5 (wahhh :( )

Weight 42 pounds

Length 43 inches

Size (diapers, onesies, etc.) size 5 or 6 clothes

Eyes blue

Hair long and blonde

Sleeping 8pm bedtime and sleeps until 6-7

Favorite toys/activities loves playing mommy to her babies and teaching her brother letters.

Nicknames Ella Bella Boo, elle bell, girlfriend

Funny moments ohh she is full of funny things, she loves telling Emelia that she is her mommy!

Looking forward to- kindergarten! so bittersweet. 

 

                          How seet are my babies?!?! I could die from their cuteness.