Dear E,
We can hardly believe you are 5 months. These have been some of the sweetest months of our lives.. partly because another missing piece of our family is now here and smiling and cooing at us. You are such a doll-baby and I love every moment I get to spend with you.
At five months you:
*Wear a size 3 diaper
*Usually nurse 5 times a day a 8a, 11:30a, 4p, 7p, 11p. You take 10 minutes or less to nurse
*Size 6-9 month clothes
*Have not started on foods yet
*You can sit but not for long. You sit “tripod style” the best and for the longest amount of time
*You do not roll a lot yet.
*You started to grab your feet A LOT starting right around your 5 month bday
*You take 2 or 3 naps a day. One morning from around 9:30-11a, then an afternoon one from 1p-4p, and sometimes another one around dinner time. You go to bed around 8p with the other kids.
*You wear shoe size 3
*You love to smile and will smile at anyone
*You do not have any stranger anxiety yet
*You started to go to nursery at church
*You have started to grab your paci out of your mouth and play with it and try to put it back it
*You are a lot more interested in toys and play well on your own on the playmat and the baby station we have.
E.. I just love snuggling you and sniffing your sweet little head. Your hair you were born with never fell out and it’s getting long! You love snuggling too, and end up in bed with us a lot of nights. I don’t mind though, because I know that soon enough you will not be as squishy and cuddly and will want your own space. My heart sings when you burry your head on my shoulder and I think you feel the same way too. You are so responsive to touch and song and are usually easily comforted. I just love you. Love, Mama
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
baby e 4 months
Dear E-
You are now 4 months old. You are still SUCH a joy and bring so much love and snuggles to our lives. Here is what you have been up to.
*You have 2 teeth! You got the first one August 13th, and the second one came in on August 30th. I can’t believe you got your first tooth at 3.5 months!
*You nurse around 5 times a day still. You are on a pretty good schedule—usually waking at 8a and nursing, then a nap around 930a for an hour or so, nurse at 11a, another nap at 1p, and nurse around 4p after you wake up, and then you are awake till 730p when I nurse you and put you in bed. You then will wake up around 10p to nurse one last time. Since it only takes you around 10 minutes to nurse, I have been loving it. It is cheap, easy, and our special time to just hang out with each other and snuggle. I never knew I would enjoy nursing this much.
*You are good at holding your head up and have rolled both from tummy to back and back to tummy. You do not do it a lot though.
*You can sit “tripod style” for a bit before you fold completely in half and your head is almost touching the ground.
*You love to smile and giggle and coo!
*You wear size 2 diaper but we will need to move to size 3 soon!
*You wear 3-6 month clothes or 6month clothes.
*You love to snuggle and be by people. You nestle your head on my shoulder and just stay there and I cannot tell you how much I love it!
*We went to Uncle J and Auntie A's wedding. It was a 3 hour drive there and we stayed in a hotel. You did wonderfully!!
*You have been grabbing toys and putting them in your mouth a lot for the past few weeks now.
*You just are so amazing and we can’t wait to see you grow and learn!!
We love you E.O!! Love, Mama
You are now 4 months old. You are still SUCH a joy and bring so much love and snuggles to our lives. Here is what you have been up to.
*You have 2 teeth! You got the first one August 13th, and the second one came in on August 30th. I can’t believe you got your first tooth at 3.5 months!
*You nurse around 5 times a day still. You are on a pretty good schedule—usually waking at 8a and nursing, then a nap around 930a for an hour or so, nurse at 11a, another nap at 1p, and nurse around 4p after you wake up, and then you are awake till 730p when I nurse you and put you in bed. You then will wake up around 10p to nurse one last time. Since it only takes you around 10 minutes to nurse, I have been loving it. It is cheap, easy, and our special time to just hang out with each other and snuggle. I never knew I would enjoy nursing this much.
*You are good at holding your head up and have rolled both from tummy to back and back to tummy. You do not do it a lot though.
*You can sit “tripod style” for a bit before you fold completely in half and your head is almost touching the ground.
*You love to smile and giggle and coo!
*You wear size 2 diaper but we will need to move to size 3 soon!
*You wear 3-6 month clothes or 6month clothes.
*You love to snuggle and be by people. You nestle your head on my shoulder and just stay there and I cannot tell you how much I love it!
*We went to Uncle J and Auntie A's wedding. It was a 3 hour drive there and we stayed in a hotel. You did wonderfully!!
*You have been grabbing toys and putting them in your mouth a lot for the past few weeks now.
*You just are so amazing and we can’t wait to see you grow and learn!!
We love you E.O!! Love, Mama
Sunday, July 24, 2011
e 3 months
My Dearest E,
Two days ago marks 3 months since you came into our world, blinking, calm, and beautiful. We cannot help but marvel at you and we also cannot even count the times we have all said of you, “he is beautiful, he is so cute, he is such a good boy, he is wonderful.” You make being a mama to a newborn easy, but it is not because of my “expertise” of doing it once before, it is because you truly are a delight and are such an easy baby. Lately I have been feeling a little nostalgic…you really actually are not a newborn anymore. You have the rolls and strength that you did not have before, and we are upgrading you to baby. You still do not cry much, but maybe are just a little tiny bit harder to please than before. You let us know what you want by squeaking, and when we oblige, you settle right down. I just love your little personality—so laid back and peaceful. I cannot help but wonder what you will be like when you grow older. Will you be artsy, good at sports, into machines? Your attitude as of now tells me you will be a laid back creative type, but that’s just my mama prediction.
At three months, you have not changed a WHOLE lot from 2 months. You are gaining neck strength and if we put you on the ground, you can hold up your head very well. You are not consistently rolling yet though. You smile easily and strangers can make you grin. You have laughed, but not a belly laugh.. I know it’s coming soon though. You continue to nurse around every 3 hours and do so following this schedule most days: 7a, 10a, 1p, 4p, 7p, 10p. Then to bed, and sleep till your morning nursing. It now takes you only 15-20 minutes to nurse.
The week before you turned 3 months, I left you with Daddy, H, and J and went to a wedding with Auntie. Daddy gave you your first bottle with my milk in it and you took it after a little bit of fussing because it wasn’t warm enough. Then a few days later I left for the morning with Miss B, and Daddy had such a hard time getting you to drink your bottles. In the end you took it though. I hope you continue to take bottles well so I can continue to get out every once in awhile.
You are now in 3-6 and 6 month clothing and are getting bigger every day. You are around 16lbs and everyone who sees you comments on how roly-poly you are. I love it, and I love squishing your little (big!?) legs.
You love: your paci, mama and daddy, nursing, sleeping swaddled, cuddling, getting a diaper change (it makes you smile and laugh) taking baths, your snug blanket.
You do not love: being buckled into your carseat, tummy time, you are starting to not like the swing, being sweaty and hot, being at the beach/in the sun.
You are such a little dear and we love you so!
Love, Mama
Two days ago marks 3 months since you came into our world, blinking, calm, and beautiful. We cannot help but marvel at you and we also cannot even count the times we have all said of you, “he is beautiful, he is so cute, he is such a good boy, he is wonderful.” You make being a mama to a newborn easy, but it is not because of my “expertise” of doing it once before, it is because you truly are a delight and are such an easy baby. Lately I have been feeling a little nostalgic…you really actually are not a newborn anymore. You have the rolls and strength that you did not have before, and we are upgrading you to baby. You still do not cry much, but maybe are just a little tiny bit harder to please than before. You let us know what you want by squeaking, and when we oblige, you settle right down. I just love your little personality—so laid back and peaceful. I cannot help but wonder what you will be like when you grow older. Will you be artsy, good at sports, into machines? Your attitude as of now tells me you will be a laid back creative type, but that’s just my mama prediction.
At three months, you have not changed a WHOLE lot from 2 months. You are gaining neck strength and if we put you on the ground, you can hold up your head very well. You are not consistently rolling yet though. You smile easily and strangers can make you grin. You have laughed, but not a belly laugh.. I know it’s coming soon though. You continue to nurse around every 3 hours and do so following this schedule most days: 7a, 10a, 1p, 4p, 7p, 10p. Then to bed, and sleep till your morning nursing. It now takes you only 15-20 minutes to nurse.
The week before you turned 3 months, I left you with Daddy, H, and J and went to a wedding with Auntie. Daddy gave you your first bottle with my milk in it and you took it after a little bit of fussing because it wasn’t warm enough. Then a few days later I left for the morning with Miss B, and Daddy had such a hard time getting you to drink your bottles. In the end you took it though. I hope you continue to take bottles well so I can continue to get out every once in awhile.
You are now in 3-6 and 6 month clothing and are getting bigger every day. You are around 16lbs and everyone who sees you comments on how roly-poly you are. I love it, and I love squishing your little (big!?) legs.
You love: your paci, mama and daddy, nursing, sleeping swaddled, cuddling, getting a diaper change (it makes you smile and laugh) taking baths, your snug blanket.
You do not love: being buckled into your carseat, tummy time, you are starting to not like the swing, being sweaty and hot, being at the beach/in the sun.
You are such a little dear and we love you so!
Love, Mama
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Baby E 2 months old!
June 25, 2011
My Dear E-
You are now two months old! You are the most pleasant baby ever! You are such a sweet little guy. We hardly ever hear you cry.. if you need something (to eat, diaper change, are sick of where you are laying etc) you start to squeak a little. If we hear you cry, we are always surprised, and know something is really wrong. (like when you got your 2 month shots, or when Daddy poked you in the eye with his beard!!) You are so content and we just love you for it!
You started to smile 2 days after you turned a month old, and you like to coo and tell stories. You are especially happy and social after you eat, and during diaper changes.
You still have quite a bit of hair, but are getting a bald spot on the back of your head.. we still think you are so handsome though! So many people comment on your hair!
You have only rolled from your tummy to your back one or two times and we haven’t seen it since, but you do get lots of tummy time. You don’t really care for it very much, but we make you lay on your tummy a few times a day to strengthen those neck muscles and also get a new perspective on the world.
Here are some 2 month stats on you:
*Size 2 diaper
*At your 2 month check up, you were 13lbs 10oz/22 ¼ inches long. That is 90th percentile for weight and 25th for height. Short and chubby!
*You nurse every 3 hours and usually follow this schedule: up at 6a to eat, 9a, 12p, 3p, 6p, 9p (or a little later) then you go to bed around 11p or so, and sleep till 6a or so. I LOVE that you sleep 7 hours in a row, and it helps Mommy stay sane! You started to sleep through the night right at 6 weeks and I just think it’s the best thing!! You currently sleep next to our bed in your carseat, but we are trying to get you to sleep in the bassinette. (Started sleeping in the bassinette full time around 9 weeks)
*You are a great nurser and it takes you 20-30 minutes to eat usually.
*You take a paci but spit it out at times.
*You have only had one bottle and it had mommy’s milk in it. We only gave you an ounce in it—just to see if you would take a bottle.
*I can almost count on getting spit up on after you nurse.
*Your brother and sister adore you, but don’t interact with you a ton yet. H holds you, and J will too occasionally, but he normally just pets you a little!
*You do not mind getting your diaper or clothes changed.
*You are happy pretty much anywhere—in someone’s arms, the swing, your carseat, and even on the floor if you aren’t left by yourself for too long.
*You like bathtime and kick your legs like crazy! I got a funny video of you wiggling from side to side in your little infant bathtub.
*You came to Auntie S and Uncle T’s wedding on June 3rd and did perfectly! You slept through a lot of it!
*You don’t have a set nap schedule, but we try to have you play for a little bit after you nurse so your schedule usually follows the eat, play, nap routine.
E, we love you so very much. Life is so much fun with a baby in the house again. I was saying to Daddy the other day that I am just so happy to have a baby to hold—my big kids don’t let me snuggle them much anymore! You are an amazing baby and are a joy to have in our lives. We love you! Love, Mama
My Dear E-
You are now two months old! You are the most pleasant baby ever! You are such a sweet little guy. We hardly ever hear you cry.. if you need something (to eat, diaper change, are sick of where you are laying etc) you start to squeak a little. If we hear you cry, we are always surprised, and know something is really wrong. (like when you got your 2 month shots, or when Daddy poked you in the eye with his beard!!) You are so content and we just love you for it!
You started to smile 2 days after you turned a month old, and you like to coo and tell stories. You are especially happy and social after you eat, and during diaper changes.
You still have quite a bit of hair, but are getting a bald spot on the back of your head.. we still think you are so handsome though! So many people comment on your hair!
You have only rolled from your tummy to your back one or two times and we haven’t seen it since, but you do get lots of tummy time. You don’t really care for it very much, but we make you lay on your tummy a few times a day to strengthen those neck muscles and also get a new perspective on the world.
Here are some 2 month stats on you:
*Size 2 diaper
*At your 2 month check up, you were 13lbs 10oz/22 ¼ inches long. That is 90th percentile for weight and 25th for height. Short and chubby!
*You nurse every 3 hours and usually follow this schedule: up at 6a to eat, 9a, 12p, 3p, 6p, 9p (or a little later) then you go to bed around 11p or so, and sleep till 6a or so. I LOVE that you sleep 7 hours in a row, and it helps Mommy stay sane! You started to sleep through the night right at 6 weeks and I just think it’s the best thing!! You currently sleep next to our bed in your carseat, but we are trying to get you to sleep in the bassinette. (Started sleeping in the bassinette full time around 9 weeks)
*You are a great nurser and it takes you 20-30 minutes to eat usually.
*You take a paci but spit it out at times.
*You have only had one bottle and it had mommy’s milk in it. We only gave you an ounce in it—just to see if you would take a bottle.
*I can almost count on getting spit up on after you nurse.
*Your brother and sister adore you, but don’t interact with you a ton yet. H holds you, and J will too occasionally, but he normally just pets you a little!
*You do not mind getting your diaper or clothes changed.
*You are happy pretty much anywhere—in someone’s arms, the swing, your carseat, and even on the floor if you aren’t left by yourself for too long.
*You like bathtime and kick your legs like crazy! I got a funny video of you wiggling from side to side in your little infant bathtub.
*You came to Auntie S and Uncle T’s wedding on June 3rd and did perfectly! You slept through a lot of it!
*You don’t have a set nap schedule, but we try to have you play for a little bit after you nurse so your schedule usually follows the eat, play, nap routine.
E, we love you so very much. Life is so much fun with a baby in the house again. I was saying to Daddy the other day that I am just so happy to have a baby to hold—my big kids don’t let me snuggle them much anymore! You are an amazing baby and are a joy to have in our lives. We love you! Love, Mama
Sunday, May 22, 2011
one month!
May 22, 2011
Dear E,
You are 1 month old!! You are the sweetest baby ever and rarely cry. The few times you have gotten really riled up, Daddy and I just talk about how surprising it is to hear you cry. If you are hungry, you just kind of squeak and fuss a little till you are fed. Nursing is going wonderfully and we can tell you are gaining weight. We love you so much and are just overjoyed that you are now a part of our family. Your brother and sister love you and ask to hold you and Judah likes to pet your hair
*You are in size 1 diapers
*Your newborn onesies are getting way too tight
*You smiled at mommy and daddy right around your one month birthday. I was unsure if it was a real smile, but today I am sure that it is.
*Everyone comments on how much dark hair you have. It is so soft but it only starts growing about halfway back on your head
*You went to the tulip parade on May 11th—you were about 2.5 weeks old.
*You have been to Uccellos restaurant when you were 2 weeks old for Auntie Stephanies bachelorette party. You also have been to Margaritas restaurant in Holland—we took Grandma F. there for mother’s day on May 9th.
*You nurse every 3 or so hours during the day and at night you sleep from around 11p to 3a and then from about 3:45a to7a or so. You then will even go back to sleep after you nurse at 7a. You are a great sleeper.
*You are having more periods of awake time.
*You love to be held and cuddled. You love it when mommy rubs your head.
*When you are tired ready to sleep but we haven’t gotten you settled yet, you get a little squeaky and bothered until you get situated and then you go right to sleep.
*You nurse for around 30 minutes every time—sometimes more, sometimes a little less.
*We adore you.
We love you so much little boy!! Love, Mama
Dear E,
You are 1 month old!! You are the sweetest baby ever and rarely cry. The few times you have gotten really riled up, Daddy and I just talk about how surprising it is to hear you cry. If you are hungry, you just kind of squeak and fuss a little till you are fed. Nursing is going wonderfully and we can tell you are gaining weight. We love you so much and are just overjoyed that you are now a part of our family. Your brother and sister love you and ask to hold you and Judah likes to pet your hair
*You are in size 1 diapers
*Your newborn onesies are getting way too tight
*You smiled at mommy and daddy right around your one month birthday. I was unsure if it was a real smile, but today I am sure that it is.
*Everyone comments on how much dark hair you have. It is so soft but it only starts growing about halfway back on your head
*You went to the tulip parade on May 11th—you were about 2.5 weeks old.
*You have been to Uccellos restaurant when you were 2 weeks old for Auntie Stephanies bachelorette party. You also have been to Margaritas restaurant in Holland—we took Grandma F. there for mother’s day on May 9th.
*You nurse every 3 or so hours during the day and at night you sleep from around 11p to 3a and then from about 3:45a to7a or so. You then will even go back to sleep after you nurse at 7a. You are a great sleeper.
*You are having more periods of awake time.
*You love to be held and cuddled. You love it when mommy rubs your head.
*When you are tired ready to sleep but we haven’t gotten you settled yet, you get a little squeaky and bothered until you get situated and then you go right to sleep.
*You nurse for around 30 minutes every time—sometimes more, sometimes a little less.
*We adore you.
We love you so much little boy!! Love, Mama
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
soaking it up
this little sweetness is baby e,
who joined our family on Good Friday april 22nd at 9:35p, weighing in at 7lbs10oz and 20inches long. (although... at the doctors office the other day, their measurements were 19 1/4 inches long. and he did not have a conehead that shrunk, so maybe they measured him wrong in the hospital?? either way, we are going with the nice round number of 20 inches.)
he has the sweet disposition that i desperatly prayed for, and i am praying it sticks around. he nurses about every 3 hours and now, at 11 days old is having some periods of more alert time after every nursing. today he lost his little belly button and he will be starting some tummy time tomorrow :)
while it is hard to be at someone's beck-and-call 24/7, i am trying to soak it all in. while i don't get more than 2 or 3 hours of sleep at a time, i still have joy in my heart, because he is here. and healthy. and mine. the hubs has been a dream the past week and a half. he has been filling my water glass, asking me if i need snacks, folding laundry, and the biggest help of all: keeping the older kids fed/happy/entertained/loved.
we are settling into a new way of life around here but it is a good life. may i never forget the soft wispy black hair, the toes that are barely bigger than tic-tacs, the peely new-baby-skin, and the sweet baby smell that accompany almost all of my moments right now.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
a new year
a new year that will bring:
a new baby,
a "baby" turning 2,
our oldest "baby" turning 10..
after ringing in the new year with 2 couples we love love love and go "way back" with, we have now embraced the new year.
highlights for j in this new year include taking his first ever snowmobile ride, and h loved getting a chance to ride them again this year, too!
a new baby,
a "baby" turning 2,
our oldest "baby" turning 10..
after ringing in the new year with 2 couples we love love love and go "way back" with, we have now embraced the new year.
highlights for j in this new year include taking his first ever snowmobile ride, and h loved getting a chance to ride them again this year, too!
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