KELSEY UPDATE

Kelsey is currently on her first ever round of antibiotics for an ear infection. I was hoping that would help clear up this waking in the middle of the night waking for like two hours thing that has been suddenly going on for the last 3 weeks! But....so far, not really. She did sleep through finally last night, but I'm not holding my breath that it will happen again tonight. I am hoping it is Wonder Week 37, but this started at Week 32, so I am skeptical. If it's not, though, does that mean it's going to worse before it gets better? Agh! I hope not.

On a positive note, though, she is officially sitting up all by herself, and she loves to "talk" to us all the time. She also really enjoys eating puffs now, and is working hard on her pincer grasp to be able to get them into her mouth by herself. It's quite funny to watch.

At the doctor on Monday when we went for her ear infection, she weighed 17 lbs. 11 oz. Still in the 50th percentile. She continues to wobble back and forth about whether she wants to eat or not. She'll eat her solids okay, but she just isn't a big fan of her bottle. Even first thing in the morning, she really doesn't take much. The most she has taken lately is 4 oz. Usually it's 2 or 3. I guess the good thing about that is that she'll probably be easy to wean from the bottle since she doesn't like it much anyway.

KELSEY 7 MONTH UPDATE

Oh how much fun we are having with our dear Kelsey Faith! She can sit up pretty well now and enjoys sitting up to play with her toys. She loves when I prop this basket of toys next to her and she can reach in and take them all out one by one!
I introduced her to the sippy cup a couple weeks ago. I just put water in it for now and just offer it to her whenever she sits in her highchair. She loves chewing on the spout, and every once in awhile, she'll actually get something out!

Kelsey has gone in spurts with her eating lately. For awhile it was hard to get her to eat much at all.....solids OR bottle. I kept switching it up which I'd give to her first because if she ate her solids well, she wouldn't drink her bottle much at all. If she drank her bottle well, then she wouldn't eat much solids. But now the last week or so, she's been eating great. She loves sweet potatoes, peas, pears, apples, and carrots. Not a big fan of the avacado, though! :) Her reflux seems to be pretty subdued lately. She has some days where she hardly spits up and other days when she spits up a lot. You just never know. She now has her two middle bottom teeth, and I'm thinking she is working on at least one more. This last week she has been waking up at night and staying awake for sometimes 2 hours! Agghh! She has not woken up in the middle of the night since she was 8 weeks old! Also, her naps are hit and miss. They are either really good or really bad! She is rolling over quite well now and doesn't fuss about being on her tummy. She has even started trying to push herself a bit when on her tummy. You can tell she wants to get something or wants to move somewhere but can't, and she gets frustrated! She still absolutely adores her sister, loves "reading" books, and is doing so much better in the carseat. I even attempted to take both girls to two basketball games this week by myself, and she loved all the excitement.

We had her dedicated today at church.

She wasn't so sure about Pastor Tom taking her away from Daddy, though!

Such a sweet baby girl!

MORE GRANDMA FAITH....

Mommy had taken this cute picture awhile back when Grandma Faith came over to visit. But when she saved it on her computer, she couldn't find where in the world she saved it to...... Daddy came across it today - thanks, Daddy! - so we just had to post it 'cuz it's so cute! I love you, Grandma!

FEELING BETTER

Well, thankfully what I had this time was a 24 hour flu bug of some sort. Though I am not completely back to being 100%, I am not throwing up anymore, and I have been sleeping pretty well again....catching up on all the sleep I lost. I am not crying all day anymore either, and I am back to eating ..... though only about half as much, and only formula and cereal at this point. Here I am relaxing in my rocking chair as I listen to my Morgan CD that Grandma Joy gave me for Christmas. I listen to it every day before my afternoon nap. I really do just sit and listen and rock. You can tell, though, that I am still not quite up to my spunky self.

DE JA VU

Well, here we are again. Seems an awful lot like back in January.....I'm sick! I have again been in my pajamas all day, and I am sleeping in my "recliner" in my crib so I can breathe and not cough as much. I am back to drinking Pedialyte every 10 minutes instead of my food since I keep throwing up. I have a low grade fever, and I am FUSSY! The only difference this time is that instead of sleeping all the time, I don't sleep at all.....therefore, neither do Mommy and Daddy. :(

RUB-A-DUB-DUB....I LOVE MY TUB!

"BAH"

I really enjoy playing with my "bahs" (balls) right now. These are the perfect size for me.

I'm going after that pretty yellow "bah."

Ha! I got it!

Now what shall I do with it?


I know! I'll eat it!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

Mommy finally had a reason to put this ginormous green bow on my head! :)

I really know how to turn it on and off.... This picture (below) was taken right in the middle of all the ones where I am smiling and happy. Lately I have been suddenly just making faces and/or crying and then the next minute I am smiling again. Mommy says I'm a "Drama Queen" - whatever that means. :)

GRANDMA FAITH

We had dinner last night with Grandma Faith, Grandpa Bob, Uncle Dusty, Aunt Jamie, Cousin Natali, and Cousin Connell. Here is me with Grandma during one of my happy times. (I was kinda grumpy because I hadn't napped ALL day! Sundays are hard....no nap during church, and then I decided to lay in my bed and talk to myself for 1 1/2 hours instead of sleep in the afternoon.....Mommy wasn't too happy about that.) But at least I was happy for a little bit....especially when cousin Natali played with me.

DO YOU THINK THIS HAT IS TOO BIG?

ROLLIN', ROLLIN', ROLLIN'....


I think I FINALLY have gotten the hang of this rolling over thing! Today I just kept doing it over and over again..... It was fun! I have rolled over in the past, and actually did pretty early on.....but purely by accident, I think. Now I can do it on purpose! And I am getting used to using my arms as leverage, so I really don't mind being on my tummy as much anymore..... at least this week. :)

Note that I started out ON my playmat....and on my back. I just kept rolling around from back to front and front to back until I was way off the mat...and thinking I was pretty big stuff!

Also, notice the sock missing..... I have found another fun game...pulling my socks off and then playing with them.

PEEK-A-BOO AND MELISSA, TOO!

Last night, I was in such a happy mood. (I think it was because my body clock told me it was only 6:00 when it was actuallly 7:00 on Daddy's watch - the time I usually start getting cranky and therefore, ready for bed.) Anyway, I was having fun playing peek-a-boo. These days Mommy or Daddy put something over my head, and I giggle as I pull it off my head by myself.

Also, last night, I was happy because I made a new friend. Her name is Melissa. Daddy used to be her youth pastor at CMC when he worked there and when she was in high school. When Mommy and Daddy got married, Mel and Mommy got to be friends, too. Now, she is a junior at Bradley, and Mommy and Daddy ran into her a few weeks ago at a basketball game. So, they invited her over for dinner tonight. We had a lot of fun together. I hope she comes back again sometime! :)

I GOT IT!

Mommy wondered where her catalog went to.... :) In reality, I kinda grabbed it out of her hands when she was getting the mail. I was having so much fun with it, and since I was doing a good job of keeping it out of my mouth....Mom decided, "Why not?" :)

7 MONTHS OLD

I am now 7 months old! My how time flies! At my doctor's appointment the other day I weighed in at 18 lbs. 8 oz. and I am 28 inches "tall." (That's the 96th percentile! Mommy and Daddy don't know exactly where I get my "height" from!)

Now that I am another month older, I thought I'd tell you a few of the things that I am up to these days. Lately, I have gotten to giggling quite a bit. I giggle when Mommy tickles me or makes silly faces. I also have been trying to "blow" and make buzzer noises like Daddy does. Another thing that makes Mommy and Daddy laugh is how I like to nod my head yes all the time. I have just started to shake my head no now, too, much to Mommy's dismay. :) In addition to nodding and shaking my head, I have also started to shrug my shoulders. Mommy says it's quite hilarious. Just today I started saying "Mum" and "mama" over and over again. I started off with "Dada" awhile ago, so Mommy was glad to hear "her name" come out of my mouth finally! :) When I get excited, I start flapping my hands up and down, and I sit up now very well. I got to go to Texas Roadhouse for the first time (but not the last time Mommy says!) on Sunday with Mommy and Daddy, Grandma Joy and Grandpa Doug, and Grandma Faith and Grandpa Bob. It is fun to be able to sit in "big girl chairs" (highchairs) now instead of being stuck in my carseat when we go out. I am now eating lots of vegetables (peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots) and am just starting to try fruits. So far, I really enjoy my peaches!

Well, here are some pictures of me as I laugh and play and giggle. It doesn't take much to get me smiling!