Lots of New Milestones

Over the past month we have had lots of first. To start Elizabeth is now crawling and chasing the cats. I think that the faster they move the faster she learns to crawl... She has also started pulling up on the hearth and will stand a little at the coffe table if you stand her up. I am not sure that I am ready for all of this and I know that the cats aren't. Peanut spends a lot of time in the closet on the top shelf now and Kiki is starting to get annoyed with Elizabeth pulling her tail. Poor kitties I hope they make it through these next few years with hair and tails in tact.

Last week we had two new firsts. Elizabeth graduated to the big bath tub for the first time and she loves it. I was really worried at first about it being too slippery and her being scared of the water but that is so not the case. As soon as I put her in the tub she dove face first for one of her toys and started splashing. She found this to be so funny and just giggled each time she splashed the water. Last night she wanted to chew on the stopper and stuck her face in the water to get to the stopper. This was a shock to her once her face hit the water. I guess she thought since she could see the stopper she could get it without getting her face in the water. She took it like a trooper though and did not get upset. The second of our first came on Wednesday of last week when I took her for her first day of daycare. This is not something I was wanting to do but with gentle urges from dad (ha ha) I finally made it to the church with her. Can you believe she did not even know that I left! So I called back about two hours later and they said she was doing great and playing with the other babies. I know that I should be happy that she did well but it really hurt my feeling when she didn't care that I left... Adam says that I should be careful what I wish for and I know that. I just thought she loved me a little more than that :)

Six Month Check Up

Well we had our six month check up last Thursday and of course the shots that come along with it. This time she was only suppose to get three but we added the flu so she ended up getting four. I have to say she takes it like a trooper which is much better than I would do. We discussed the choking incidents again and the doctor feels that she will grow out of it by nine months but would like to keep her on her reflux medicine until ten months to be safe. Elizabeth has slowed down a little in the growing department. She made it to 16lbs about a month and a half ago and is still at that weight which is in the 50th percentile. Her height 26 3/4 is in the 75th percentile and her head 17 1/2 is in the 95th percentile.

Thursday was no fun with the doctors visit and shots but Friday was great bc Uncle Jason came to see us. Well, we say he came to see us but we all know who he really came to visit :) Elizabeth was not sure what to do when she had to sit alone come Sunday... and her little head I think might be sore from so many kisses. Don't worry Aunt Sarah he gave her a few from you and Tyler to.

October Updates

Well it has been a while since we last posted and we have lots to tell. I have to start by saying that Elizabeth just turned six months old yesterday. Wow, we cannot believe that our sweet baby has been in this world six months. She has filled our life with such joy and laughter. I can't remember what we did before her.

So lets start with some updates. I am not sure if everyone new that we had a few choking scares and ended up in the emergency room a couple of weeks ago. Come to find out she has reflux and we are now on medicine twice a day. We go back to the doctor this week and will revisit the matter to see where we go from here. So far since starting the medicine we have not had anymore scares. Thank Heaven because mommy's heart couldn't take many more scares like that.

On a better note she has started drinking out of a sippy cup. About three weeks ago she started grabbing for my glass and drinking water out of it. So the next trip to Wal-Mart we bought a couple of sippy cups to try. I figured since she was showing an interest we should try it out. Can you believe she took right to it. She knows that the cups are hers and how to hold them. I was not expecting this for another couple of months. She has also started trying to crawl. She scooted across the floor three times on Thursday by herself but nothing since then. The last couple of days she will make it up on her knees and hands and rock a little then fall over. She is trying hard just can't get this coordination together yet.

Last week my mom was here so Elizabeth got to spend lots of time with Grandmother. This was nice until Grandmother left and Elizabeth wanted to be held all the time. Thankfully it only took about a day for her to realize mommy could not hold her all day and we were back to routine. What can we say though that is what Grandparents are for to spoil them and return them :) We also of course have had Halloween and Elizabeth was a Kitty Cat. She was so cute as you can see in the pictures. We took lots of pictures and some are with our neighbors kids.

I think I might be out of info for now. So we will post again after her doctors appointment this week.

Pumpkin Patch

Elizabeth had her first trip to the pumpkin patch this weekend. I have to say that mom and dad probably had more fun than she did though. She did so good and took some really good pictures. My two favorites are above.

Growing Too Fast

If I had a magic wand I would slow time down. It seemed like an eternity to get her into this world and now she is about to be five months old. Time is flying and she is growing way too fast!
This past week we started food which she loves. So far we have had squash and sweet potatoes each one she ate very well. After a couple of feedings she decided she wanted to help. Those sweet chubby little hands reach for the spoon and not a bite makes it to her mouth. Also this weekend she started sitting up by herself. Over the past week she had sat up for a few seconds alone and would then fall over. So Saturday I sat her in the middle of her boppy pillow and she started getting the hang of it. Each time she would stay up a little longer and by yesterday afternoon she was sitting for a few minutes without help. This achievment called for a new toy so I got out an activity table I had bought for christmas. She absolutely loved it. You would have thought it was christmas anyway with the way she squilled and giggled. Adam and I were just as excited as she was watching her. I went to move it one time so I could move her around on the pallet and she started leaning toward it and crying. UMMM... I wonder if she really liked it?

Fall Fever

Hi everyone! I thought I would spruce up the blog with a little of fall. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks we can get some good pictures of Elizabeth in the pumpkin patch posted. There is a great cider mill down the road from us with a corn maze and pumpkin patch that we are planning on visiting. We also have a little party to attend where Elizabeth has to wear a costume so I can't wait to get pictures of that posted. Hope everyone is having a great week!

The Last Few Weeks

Hi everyone. Sorry it has been so long since the last post. I have made multiple attempts to post but it has just not worked out so I thought I might try again. Miss Elizabeth is asleep for the moment so lets see how fast I can type:)

Over the past few weeks we have been home to MS, to the doctor for our 4 month shots, and (drum roll please) mom had a night out without Elizabeth. The last I feel was the hardest of all. I have to give dad thumbs up though he did a great job! Thanks Dad we love you! Our trip home was wonderful. We of course did not get to see everyone we would like and time seemed to fly. As our motto always goes we will try again next time. Also we have been to the doctor for out 4 month shots and are now officially on cereal each night. Thankfully she really likes it and it usually isn't a fuss to get her to eat. After her shots she was thrown off schedule for a few nights but we finally slept through the night again last night. It took over a week to settle back down. She usually runs a fever after her shots and checking her temp during the night throws off our schedule.

She has also started grasping things with both hands. Each day she is getting more steady with her hands. She has a couple of favorite rings and toys. The last couple of days she has shown interest in her little doll and a small frog. Peanut and KiKi are now interesting to her. She loves to watch them and sometimes gets to pet them. They don't usually sit long for that.

Well my little angel is up so I have to run for now. I will try to post a few pics sometime later today.

Elizabeth has been having a huge growth spurt the last week and a half. Her sleeping has been a little off and she has been a bit fussier than normal. Not to mention her appetite has been unbelievable. It seems that as soon as she is finished with one feeding she is ready for another and is very vocal about it. Adam and I actually gave her a little rice cereal on Saturday night to see if that would help fill her tummy better and it did. She slept until 10:30 Sunday morning. We mixed it really soupy but she would open her mouth for more each time she saw the spoon coming. Everything seems to be moving so fast with her I just wish she would slow down a little. This week she seems to be falling back into regular routine with naps and eating so hopefully our rather large growth spurt is over for now.

She has also found that she likes putting everything in her mouth. I am lucky to still have a arm these days. You can see in some of the pictures that she is mouthing everything. Also you will see that the neighbors wanted to pull her in the wagon and she was having nothing of that. One of the pictures is Elizabeth with Emily and they are reaching out to each other. I thought this was too cute.

We thought we would share our little angels first video with everyone. Just ignore the noises I am making in the background and focus on her. She is so cute laughing and smilling. You can't help but smile :) Enjoy!

Well, I think I might finally have a few minutes to update the blog. The last few times I have tried just didn't work. Elizabeth is a stage where she does not like mommy to focus on anything else but her. I had no idea that this would happen so fast but it is here so it is like a circus sometimes trying to get anything accomplished. With that said though I am enjoying every minute of her. There is something new everyday that amazes me. I never thought that I would be in such of awe of our daughter. God has given us an amazing blessing that brings us such joy each and every day.
Ok, enough mushy stuff. Over the past few weeks we have been busy. Elizabeth got to meet her great grandmother and great aunt for the first time. They of course were smitten with her. She also got to see her grandmother (my mom) again. We were so excited that they got to come and visit. Elizabeth enjoyed it of course bc she was held the whole time they were here and that she loved. We have also had our first road trip this last weekend to Indiana. Daddy graduated from Purdue University this past weekend so we went to see the comencement ceremony. Elizabeth did fairly well with the trip. She did get tired of her car seat and was thrown off schedule a little but otherwise she did great. We were very proud of Daddy but it was clear all weekend who daddy was proud of. Adam was the proud dad showing off his little girl. I believe the wrapping has already began :)

Good morning everyone! Since I last posted Elizabeth has gotten a new high chair and is now sitting at the table with mommy and daddy for dinner each night. We decided to get the high chair bc when it came time to eat she would begin to fuss and we would have to take turns eating to passify her. So we thought if she could see us she might not fuss and we could eat in peace. Well, so far so good! Yeah!
We have also been to the ENT doctor for a second opinion on having her little tongue clipped and he felt as though hers was not tight enough to be clipped. As far as speech problems in the future he did not feel that she would have any issues. Mom and Dad were glad to hear this news. No big deal we know but all the same we are happy it did not have to be done.

The past few weeks she has really started to talk and interact with us. We can talk to her and she will coo back and smile. I cannot explain the joy that this gives us when she does this. I can sit for hours and play with her. Sometimes you even get a little laugh. Precious! Also she has slept through the night 5 times over the past week. Mommy really enjoys this new accomplishment :) Last night we started with replacing one feeding with a bottle so she will get use to taking a bottle. She did well. Dad warmed the milk a little and I think that did the trick. In the past she would not take a bottle well so we are hoping that she is learning now to like it. Well I think that is all we have for now. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

This past weekend we had our friends Craig, Jessica and their little girl come up to visit us and to meet Elizabeth for the first time. Addyson was so cute with Elizabeth and loved to tell the kitty cats no no. She would walk over to the cats and say no no like they had been bad. She is adorable. A couple of times when Elizabeth cried Addyson would get a bottle out and take it to her like she was going to feed her. We visited the pool again this weekend and Elizabeth made a splash this time. Well not really but she did get in the pool for the first time. She was a little fussy at first but once she got use to the water she was fine. Also this weekend she found the mirror above her swing and bouncy and loves to look in them and smile. Over the past week or so she has started cooing and really talking it is so much fun to listen to her. Just listening to her makes you happy inside. I can already see a personality shining through. Adam and I cracked up last night while we were walking she was sitting kind of crooked in her seat and every once in a while we would look down and she would have one of her legs propped up on the side of the stroller. She was very comfortable and enjoying the ride:)
Oh I almost forgot that we got our shots on Thursday of last week. There should be a better way to give immunizations to infants. She did ok but it still hurt her and me. I told Adam the new deal was that if I had the baby he had to take them for their shots. He kind of ignored me on that one:) After her shot she did run a temp for a couple of days but nothing to high. Come Saturday she was back to herself again.

Hi everyone! I guess it has been about two weeks since our last post except for a few pictures. Since then our family has been to visit and Elizabeth has started sleeping up to 6 hours at night. Yeah!!! While our family was here I think she got so worn out that she couldn't help but sleep longer. We took her to the pool for the first time but she did not get in. Dad was a little hesitant on that idea so we will wait for a while. Maybe by the end of the summer when she can hold her head up better we will try getting in. We had lots of fun while they were here going to the pool, batting cages and Dave and Busters. Elizabeth wishes that we lived a little closer to all of her cousins so we could see them more often. After everyone left we have just been hanging out and getting back to our normal routine. Yesterday daddy worked with her on pulling the handle on her bouncy that makes it play music. She pulled the handle twice by herself. I do not mean that she reached up and grabbed the handle on her own but we placed her hand on the handle and she pulled. We were proud of course of this little accomplishment. Not much else to tell this week. I will try not to wait so long for the next post.

Oh, Happy Fathers day to all the dads.

Sorry that I missed a post on Friday. I completly forgot about it until today. This past weekend Elizabeth attended her very first birthday party. Even though it was for big girls she was invited and got to visit with our neighbors youngest daughter Emily. We had lots of fun and Elizabeth got all dressed up for the occasion. I could not believe it when I put her dress on her and it was a little snug. We must have had a growth spurt this week bc a few of her little outfits no longer fit. That is ok though bc mommy picked up a couple of dresses this week. Shhhhh don't tell dad though! He thinks we have too many clothes already :) (I told him she should have been a boy) Little girl clothes are just to adorable to leave in the store! We will have to learn to practice self control.

We are excited that our family is coming this coming week. Elizabeth will finally get to meet her family from Mississippi and Florida. So we should have a busy week with lots of fun things to do. I think we may go to the water park one day and maybe hang out by the pool a few days. Hopefully all of this will make her so tired she sleeps through the night. I am sure everyone visiting would like that. Uncle Chip says that he is good with crying babies so we may let him take the night shift :)

Not much else to tell this week. I am sure we will have lots for next week so we will see you bloggers later.

We don't have a lot of news this week. Elizabeth had her 1 month check up which came with a shot. She did wonderful only crying for maybe 30 seconds. Once the nurse handed her to me she stopped crying. I was more worried at first bc she held her breath when the nurse first stuck her. The good news for the day was that she has grown 2 inches in length, 2 pounds in weight and her little head has grown around 2 inches as well. She is average or above average in all the categories. Daddy was so proud to hear that news ( we all know where she gets her big head from) :)
On Saturday we will attend our first birthday party. Our neighbors little girl is turning 7 and they also have a 7 month old. Maybe Emily and Elizabeth and goo and ga ( not sure how to say that) at each other while the big girls play. We also found out this week that our family will be coming this month which means that Elizabeth will get to meet all of her cousins and aunts and uncles and get lots of kisses.

We have been told that we need to set up a blog so everyone can see pictures and stay up to date on the little world of Elizabeth. So here we go.
For everyone who is not up to date Elizabeth was born on May 1, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. weighing 6lbs 14oz and 19.25 long. She made her way into the world by section after putting mommy through 16 hours of labor but every hour was worth it. Since then she has been the center of our universe and has brought so much joy to our life. Just in the past month she has grown and changed so much it is really amazing. She can already roll from her stomach to her back and loves to lay on her side when sleeping in her crib. We are already working on a sleep schedule that is going pretty well. Except when grandparents visit :) They like to hold her a lot and tend to interrup the sleep schedule. That is ok though it only takes a couple of nights of crying for mommy and Elizabeth and we are back to normal. We are still waiting to meet our little cousins from Mississippi and Florida. Not everyone has made it up to see our new addition yet but hopefully will soon. We can't wait for them to meet her. Oh, I guess I should mention that she is the spitting image of her daddy. She has his nose, chin, hair line, and her hair is the color of his beard when he grows it out. I told him we should call her little A.
Well I guess that is enough for the first update. I will try to be diligent with this each week and not get to far behind. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoys our little family blog.