6 months!

Remember the pic of her 4 days old with the bear and it was the same size as her?

Adoring cousins

She rolled to the tree

Aunt Alison & Uncle Stan & yummy string

Cousin Kadyn.  I love this picture.  They look like they will cause trouble one day soon.

Elizabeth is 6 months old today!  I can't believe it either!  She is growing so much.  She rolls everywhere.  She has such determination.  When she sees something she wants and it is out of reach she rolls and wiggles until she can get it.  She loves music and bath time.  She has started eating baby oatmeal and is getting the hang of opening her mouth.  Really she just wants the spoon for herself.  She is loving daycare and all of the other kids.  She seems to enjoy going to church and is an angel during the service.  A great improvement over her baptism.  We're looking forward to Christmas.  To think last year we were getting our first ultrasound and bursting with glee over surprising our families at Christmas.  Time flies.  Now if only she would sleep a little better.  She is a night owl.  And she has two little teeth on the bottom.  You can really feel it when she chews on your fingers.

Taste like Chicken

Elizabeth should have teeth popping out any time now.  Of course we've been thinking that for weeks.  This is her favorite thing to chew on.  It is a giraffe named Sophie.  Elizabeth says it taste like chicken!

Photo Bomb

Here is a photo bomb for you to enjoy!


Sleeping with Daddy



Playing on my tummy

 

Getting ready for daycare on Halloween





Mommy showing off my costume



Daddy & me on Halloween



Really, I'm not a devil



17 weeks old

After a bath

Elizabeth is 4 months old.  She had her Dr appointment and got three shots.  This time there were many, many more tears than the 2 month appointment.  Our poor little thing.  She is now 12 lbs 8 ozs and 22 ¼ inches long.  She also had pink eye which required drops in her eyes 4 times a day.  She didn’t like that either.  She learned the sound of the bottle opening so she closed her eyes tight.  M & I had trouble getting the drops in.  How is she so strong?  Thankfully the pink eye has cleared up.



This is how I suck my fingers




Playing with Daddy

  


Tummy Time



Watching the Packers with Daddy



Chatting with Great Aunt Kathy

The second weekend of October, Elizabeth met her Great Aunt Kathy & Great Uncle Don, Wayne’s Sister and Brother-in-law.  They made the trip out from Washington and had to meet her.  She charmed them both and even giggled for Kathy.  Elizabeth had only done that once before so M & I were excited.  We can’t figure out how to get her to do it again though!  She’ll give us big grins, but no giggles.  I guess we’re just not as funny as Kathy!

Week 14

 

Wink, wink

Saturday morning Elizabeth rolled over!  She was on her play mat (Thanks again Mike & Terry) trying and trying and finally she was on her tummy.  She looked around like “How did I get here?”  Then she tried to roll back to her and couldn’t.  She got frustrated and that was the end of mat time.

We spent a quiet weekend at home.  I was sick with a cold the whole time and got the stomach flu on Saturday night.  Marc stepped up and enjoyed his Elizabeth time all day on Sunday while I slept.  So far it doesn’t seem that Elizabeth has caught it.  Keep your fingers crossed!



See Grandpa T!  I finally getted the old butterfly!!



Not much new except the rolling over.  Elizabeth did talk a lot this weekend!  It was so much fun (until I got sick).  Her eye/hand coordination is getting better and better.  She is growing up by leaps and bounds.  I packed away her new born clothes and we’re not swaddling her anymore because she is rolling around her crib now.



13 Weeks

Sleeping at her baptism

One year ago Monday we found out we were pregnant.  We had been through some disappointment in August and so we were not going to think about it in September (yeah, right).  That Saturday night I wasn’t feeling good so we decided to watch the second Twilight movie, a bad movie in both of our opinions.  But, I was teary eyed during some parts.  WHAT?!  We both thought it was so odd but laughed it off.  I couldn’t be pregnant.  I kept feeling funny so we agreed I would test in the morning before church if I still felt rotten.  Sunday morning Marc got up to play with Marty before church and I stayed in bed a while because I felt rotten.  Then I remembered what we said and got up to take a pregnancy test.  I had waited this wait before and it had always been negative.  I saw the first line appear but the second didn’t.  I knew I was rushing it, but I accepted it was negative.  Three minutes later I looked at it and there was a second faint line!  I picked it up and held it to the light and looked at it from every angle.  I couldn’t believe it!  I took it to the kitchen where Marc and Marty were and showed Marc the test.  I said “Do you see the two lines?  Really, you see them too?”  Yes, he saw them too.  We went to church and were so giddy and smiled big goofy smiles at each other the whole time.

Kadyn likes the Vikings?!

Watching the Packers with Daddy

 Now here we are with our three month old little Elizabeth.  She has slept through the night three times now.  Yes, we get up and check on her, just in case.  We are counting our blessings, but not counting on it happening every night.  She is sleeping a lot and eating a lot so we’re expecting a 3 month growth spurt.  She seems to be over her cold although she is pretty congested.





She is so close to rolling over, but her arm keeps getting in the way.  She is reaching for things, grasping them and putting them in her mouth now.  Well about half the time.  The other half her hands won’t do what she wants.  We worry because we can see her mind working and trying to figure everything out.  We could have our hands full!

Some pictures

I've gotten behind in my postings so here are some highlights and pictures:

-Elizabeth met her Aunt SuAnne over labor day weekend.  They seem to like each other.

-Elizabeth was baptized on September 11.  It was a wonderful event

-Elizabeth is three months old!

-Elizabeth has started Daycare full time.  She is doing great and making friends
-Elizabeth has her first cold.  She's congested, but getting better.
-Elizabeth is sleep 5 hours in a row at night and just getting up once.  Thank heavens!



Smiles



Smiles

Sleeping angel

Elizabeth & her Godmother, Jennie

Aunt SuAnne & Elizabeth

Baptism 9/11/2011