seven months

What a joy! This little seven month old girl is still smiling! She's a squealer, a giggler, and a bubble blower. She's so happy that random people in the grocery store stop me to tell me how blessed I am to have such a sweet baby. But, I already knew that!

At seven months, Hollin:

*has two front, bottom teeth breaking through

*has eaten oatmeal, butternut squash, mango, avacado, and mum mums

*plays with a sippy cup of water while I'm feeding her solids. she's gotten much better at actually drinking some water out of it.

*wears 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers

*sticks out her tongue when she grins

*rolls more and pushes way up. she scooted a little the other day...backwards.

*is sitting up on her own better, but I still have to stay pretty close

*slept through the night once, but usually wakes up once or twice. She is great about eating and then going right back down

*takes a short morning nap and a one to three hour afternoon nap...usually closer to one hour than three

*rubs her eyes when she's sleepy. She also rolls her wrists around (same motion as knocking on a door). I've only noticed that she does this when I'm rocking her to sleep.

*is great at entertaining herself. She likes her playmat, baby einstien jumper, and the kickin' coaster. She has also started sitting in the chicco clip-on high chair. Now she can hang out in the kitchen while I'm getting Zane's lunch fixed, loading the dishwasher, etc. It's great!

*has started scratching everything, just like Zane did. These kids are very interested in textures.

*squeals and coos, but no 'words' yet

*gets SO excited when Zane gives her attention

Zane at seven months

Mid-sneeze!

Pushing up

 

Mother's Day

On this Mother's Day, I feel so blessed to hear him call me 'mommy'.

I've been blessed this year with another happy, healthy, beautiful baby.

I'm also lucky enough to have two wonderful mothers in my life.

My mom.

And my mother-in-law.

Happy Mother's Day!

Sick day

Hate that my baby girl is sick, but I sure have enjoyed my snuggle time. I spent most of last night and today rocking Hollin in her room. She's had a fever and been pretty pitiful. She would look up at me with her red cheeks and whimper, and that was all it took to convince me to hold her for ten more minutes (which somehow turned into two hours).

She's a sweet, sweet baby girl that hates to take medicine. But you know what the best medicine of all is? Something as simple as her big brother, her favorite person in the world, reaching over and holding her hand. She literally shrieked with happiness. One more pic. She was feeling a little better post-Tylenol. Praying for a better night's sleep and a healthy baby.

 

Girls just wanna have fun

A few (sensored) pictures from Amanda's bachelorette party! We had a fun little party at Nadia's house and then headed to the River Market in downtown Little Rock.

When we saw this hat, we knew that Amanda would love it! She's much more of a sparkly-pink-hat-girl than a tiara-girl. I sensored a few, um, embellishments on the hat to make this family friendly :)

Yummy food!

I had to add a sequined veil to the pink, sparkly hat and a bachelorette sash....but there's no embarrassing this girl!

The boys found us downtown, but I unfortunately did not get a picture of the groom-to-be. I did get some pictures with my groom, though!

 

What a fun start to a very memorable weekend!

 

 

Butternut squash

I love making baby food. Can't say that Hollin loved her first taste of it, but she did much better with her second attempt.

Cutest butternut squash-covered face ever!

 

six months

Happy half year to my sweet, beautiful baby girl. You are such a fun baby. You squeal with laughter, especially whenever your brother is near. You love attention. You are very cuddly first thing in the morning and at bedtime. Most nights you fall asleep beside me in my bed. I get my snuggles in and then put you in your bed, where you sleep for 5.5 to 6.5 hours, eat, and then sleep another four or five hours. You wake up happy and are content to lay in your bed talking and playing until I come and get you up. That's probably my favorite moment of the day...when you first see me and give me the biggest smile ever.

At six months you:

*weigh 15lb,15oz (54th percentile), 26 inches long (64th percentile), head circumference 94th percentile. [For comparison, Zane's were 17.5lb, 26in, & 60th percentile]

*wear 3-6month/6month clothes & size 3 diapers

*take a short morning nap and then usually take a 2 or 2.5 hour afternoon nap.

*have been rolling back to front for awhile, but just today you decided to keep on rolling! I put you on your playmat and went to get a cup of coffee. This is how I found you when I came back:

*have had a runny nose and cough for the past week. After your shots on Friday, you ran a fever and we had a rough night sleeping.

*according to Ms. Jeri, you are "perfect" while mommy & daddy are at work

*kept your dad on his toes the first few months, but he says you like him a lot better now. Whenever I ask you where your dadda is, you always smile and look at him.

*give big open-mouthed kisses.

You are a little doll baby, which makes it hard for me to pick which pictures to post! Here are just a few more of my favorites.

A picture of Zane at six months

 

Easter 2012

Easter in Wisconsin. A little sad to not be with our families, but thankful for our little family of four. We went to the 9:30 service at Door Creek. Zane loves Sunday School. I asked him what he learned today. "Jesus died." And then what happened? "He colored this picture." The attention span of a three year old! Ha! We talked last night about Easter, and what it means. Oh man, you wouldn't believe the questions that followed! Just a few: "Why those bad guys killed Jesus? They kill his mama and dada, too? Where those bad guys live? Jesus was SO mad at them? What was in that cave?" I think the Easter story is a little deep for this little guy, but we're planting the seeds.

Hollin went into church with Matt and I. She was pretty darn perfect. I wish I had a picture of her from the last 15 minutes of the service when she was snuggled up on her daddy's shoulder.

Matt worked yesterday and last night, so we decided that the easiest way to do lunch was to let Cracker Barrel do the cooking! Yummy and reminds us of the south. The first time either of us has ever eaten in a restaurant on a major holiday. Our neighbors are so sweet and have invited us to eat Easter dinner with them. Looking forward to good food and good friends. Zane loves their little girl, Siela. They will have fun hunting eggs together. I'll do another post of them from yesteray hunting eggs together. I'll also get pictures of the Easter baskets after Z & H wake up from naps. For now, more pictures from this morning.

The cute babies

The boys

The girls

The ones you usually don't see...

Happy Easter!