5 months

Sister is 5 months old.  Oh, how time flies! These past 5 months have gone by so fast!!! She is one rolly polly olly! She will roll all over the place. She does not roll to get anything, she just likes to roll for fun. She has hit an official fussy part of her day. She seems to not like like the hours of 4:45 in the afternoon to about 6:30. It's really fun! She refuses to take a nap at that time, yet is so tired. So she fights it. She is no longer all that cuddly. She's "too busy" to cuddle. It's much more fun watching Owen bounce around and see what else is going on. She prefers her mommy over most people, and is starting to notice when I'm not around. She let's everyone know about her preference! I think she is also working on some chompers.

She is starting to sit up when we help her and will sit for a few minutes, then tumbles over.  She has started making "da-da, ba-ba mmmmm" sounds. She still continues to talk and squeel a lot and very loudly. She watches Owen with wonder and so much love. She loves hearing her daddy sing. She is nursing 4-5 times a day. She kinda sleeps through the night. Meaning she goes to bed around 7 and stays in bed until 7 or 7:30. She wakes up most early mornings (anywhere between 4am and 6am) and talks and talks and talks. She is not hungry, she just plays, and puts herself back to sleep.

She is still so sweet, and is becoming a tad bashful. She has starting going into Owen's old jumper thing, and LOVES it. She is not as crazy as Owen was in it, but I'm sure she will get there.  Things are getting more and more fun with her. She started eating rice cereal about once a night last week. She does OK with it, doesn't love it and doesn't hate it. We will work on other solids soon!

4 months of Sweet Selah

Selah turned 4 months old last week. Not much has changed since I last blogged about her turning 3 months, since that post was so late! She continues to eat really well, and is becoming more and more fun! Her personality is blooming as each day passes. She is so smiley. Joe and I just talked about how we think she is more smiley at this stage than Owen ever was. One thing she has started is, rolling from her tummy to back and then back onto tummy. The other morning I laid her on the middle of a blanket and in minutes she was rolling to all over and eventually far off the blanket! I was reminded about how babies become mobile and I am definitely not ready for that...Owen started crawling around 7 months, and well that's not too far from now!! It amazes me how babies accomplish so many big things in their first year-crazy!

She had her 4 month check up and she is 14 pounds 8 ounces and 24.5 inches long. I can't remember her head circumference, but it was perfect! =) She is in the 50th percentile all across the board. Her doctor said we can start cereal, but I think I am going to give it another month...maybe even wait til 6 months. She doesn't seem to need it or "ask" for anything more than milk right now. She is sleeping great, so I don't think she need those extra calories to help her sleep better at night, so I think we are just going to wait. I also I want to get Owen good and settled in school and focus on the food transition with Selah. Her doctor was more than fine with that, she just suggested me keeping up with her 10pm feeding until we do start on the cereal, even though Selah never wakes up for that feeding and sleeps right through it. So, that our plan!

She continues to bring all of us so much joy. She has us all wrapped around her pinky...

A pirate's life for O

Owen is way into imaginary play right now. His newest favorite thing (credit to Jake and the Neverland Pirates) is to be a Pirate. I took him "pirate shopping" a week or so ago, and now he dresses up. He hunts for treasure, which is usually him putting his cars in his Lightning Mcqueen Box tin box thing he has. He drives his boat, which is a laundry basket. He has the "Arghh" and my favorite "Ahoy, Matey!" down. He uses his his telescope to look for dry land. While driving his boat he says that the area rug in the living room is the water, and he can't fall in because there are crocodiles. And, my friend Megan hooked him up with a cool sword to fight off those crocs!

The Captain (according to O) taking a rest in his boat.

Looking for dry land.

We had to pretend the baseball bat was a sword, until he got one. PS don't you think it's funny Charlie insists on being in some pictures!

The boy is cute! He is full of life. Full of joy-most of the time! I love how his little imagination works and how he plays, good and hard. It makes me smile, and a lot of the times laugh to myself at the things he brings up or the things he doesn't think I hear him say while playing. I pray he always plays hard. I pray that his imagination keeps growing and that he is always full of fun and joy.

3 months

Oh, baby girl....you are almost 4 months old here I am updating on all things you are up to at 3 months. It's been a busy month, and you are growing so much!

Selah turned three months old on an airplane. We flew out to Oregon to visit with Joe's family and it just happened be that we were in the air and I told Joe..."she's three months old today!" She did so great on the flights to and from. Nursed and slept pretty much on both flights. She has become so much more animated and loves to smile and squeek and squeal. Her love for her big brother grows stronger every day it seems, and I think the feeling is mutual. She is still nursing 3.5 hours to 4 hours during the day. We finish up our last feeding around 10pm and she was sleeping sound until almost 7am! The last two weeks have been different. She still nurses at 10pm, but she has been waking around 4am and will talk and talk and talk. She never really cries, she is just LOUD and she often wakes everyone up in the house. The first few nights she started this I would go to her because it was new and I thought she may be hungry, but she wasn't ever hungry and just wanted to smile and play! So, I started just letting her work it out and she eventually goes back to sleep until 7. She is reaching out for toys that dangle down, and holds some rattles. She kick kick kicks her little legs when sitting in the bouncy seat, and has started sitting in the excersuacer. She loves looking at all the toys and being able to see the world. She is grabbing our cheeks when we get so close and you can tell she loves her mommy and daddy so much. She has become a bit demanding. Meaning she wants to be held either facing out, or sitting up in our laps. She does really want to see the world!

I am still loving our sweet times when I nurse her, especially the late night feeding when the house is quiet and it's just us. Those time I often spend praying over both of the kids. I have come to really treasure those times. I am trying to savor all these sweet times I have with Selah. Three months have flown by, and the months will continue to fly by. So, I just want to enjoy and be so very grateful for the sweet little blessings God has given me with both my kids.

she laughs....

Selah's 2 months old!

This week Selah had her two month check up. She was adored by all...the nurses and doctor just gushed over her, and Sweet girl just played the part smiling and smiling. Selah got a perfect bill of health, the doctor said everything was great and whatever we were doing at home keep it up!

Stats:

11 lbs, 11 ounces (75%) 24 inches long (75%)

 

Here's Some stuff about Selah:

• She is eating so well. I am so so so happy that she nursing so well, and that she and I are enjoying it. 
• She has great neck control, and the doctor laughed saying she looked like a 4 month old when she laid her on her belly and Selah lifted her head. 
• She is smiling all the time, and often squels or slightly giggles when being talked to. She smiles the most for her daddy and her big brother. 
• She still loves to be cuddled and held-it's her favorite. 
• She sits in her bumbo and does pretty well in it for about 5-10 minutes, then she starts to slump over. 
• She nurses for about 5-10 minutes on each side. Most days every three hours and sometimes can stretch it out til 4 hours (but not often). She will take a bottle, but drinks it super slow, we don't do bottles much. Although, I do try at least 2 times a week, just so it stays familiar. 
• She pretty much averages 5-6 hour stretches of sleep at night, usually from 10pm-3:30am. But, a few times this past week when I go to check on her when I hear her making noises at 3am she is generally still sleeping and if I give her, her paci she will stay asleep til 5-5:30am! YAY Baby!!
• She flipped from her tummy to her back twice the other day, but has not done it since.
•  She got her two month shots and cried just until I could pick her up, which I did just as soon as I could. She knows her mama, and it feels incredible knowing that God gave me the ability to soothe my kids.
• Have I mentioned she is SUPER SUPER sweet?!?! 

Showers

Owen is way into taking showers these days. Sometimes he prefers to take a shower over a bath...what?!? Who is this big kid? He will stand there forever and just let the warm water hit his head, and has been known to throw a fit a time or two when it's time to get out! Ummmm, not even a teenager and we are having to fight him out of the shower!