4 months old! Time sure does fly!

Our little pretty girl in her big girl 6 month PJs! 

Height/Weight

25.5 inches (Gained 1.25 in ONE month) = 90^th percentile

Birth- 20 inches

17 inches (head circumference Gained 0.5 in ONE month) = 98^th percentile

Birth- 14 inches

13.5 pounds (Gained 2.5 pounds in ONE month) = ~50^th percentile

Birth- 7 pounds 12 oz

Size:

I am so sad to announce that she is officially in 6 month clothes and even fits some 6-9 month clothing!

haha this is before I went to buy her new pajamsas. The shirt here is 3-6 months and pants are 6-9 months...too small and too big haha!

Favorites:

Food- BREASTMILK! J

Book- “Animals!”

1/21/13- Bedtime Routine with her daddy

Song- She loves when I sing to her! It makes my heart smile. When I sing opera (for fun), she just “giggles”.

Toy- It’s amazing she loves toys now! Her favorite is her Elephant Toy. I named him “L.E”!

Non-toy toy- She grabs for anything and everything now!

Time of day- she is happiest when her daddy gets home at 7p! She’s alert and ready to hang out with him.

TV show- Oh my..she’s obsessed. We have to shield her mat with pillows since we hang out in our living room.

Thing to giggle at- Her daddy can make her “giggle” like no other person!

Our beautiful baby 1/12/13

Firsts/Milestones:

- She went from swatting at things to now reaching and grabbing with intention! We love it. It’s so cute.

- She is still rolling from side to side and tummy to back more consistently.

- Her giggles are forming and we love it. She just squeals, screams, babbles...

- Her “giggles” are beginning to become more apparent...they are little squeals now!

Here is a good video of her on New Years Day with her dad- I caught it too late but it can give you an idea!

- The separation anxiety has officially set in! She knows who she knows and definitely knows whom she doesn’t! As long as she sees our face, she usually is ok but sometimes that’s not enough!

- And unfortunately or fortunately...she has started TEETHING. Drooling, rosy cheeks, grinding on her gums which makes her normal babbling sound pretty interesting and cute, irritating stools, diaper rash (ehh!), and screaming! Oh and let’s not forget to mention- she is super clingy and a very very very bad sleeper now (at night). Mama is EXHAUSTED.

my review of 2012

I’m so bad at my blogs now. Any free moment I have, I’m either taking a long hot shower or laying on the couch and closing my eyes! Haha Definitely the life of a stay at home mom. The past month I put in over 80 hours with my part time job (at home that I am SO grateful for) but that plus being a SAHM was very difficult. I am slowing down a bit this month...thank God! Anyhow this blog will be my review of 2012...which has been the BEST year of my life thus far and I know will only get better now that Estella is a part of our lives.

This blog started off as an attempt to not let 2012 look like 2011 which was such a tough year for many reasons we could not control but also a year that took control of our emotions in a negative way.

We both had difficult things that we were dealing with (not each other don’t worry!). So I promised to myself, to Ryan, and to this blog that I was not going to get swallowed in the negativity but bring myself back to the reality that my life is DEFINITELY beautiful despite the ugly parts.

It turned out that this blog transformed into an experience I didn’t expect and I am forever thankful for the support...love....and acknowledgement that I’ve received. Thank you!

Well here goes-