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.