4 months

Well another month has gone by, she is now 4 months old. We had her 4 month check up Monday Morning Saw a different Dr. cuz ours was out of town and they said she is perfect which we already knew.. ;-) So she weighs 13 pounds 8 ounces and is in the 32% tile and she is 25 3/4 inches and is in the 92% tile. She is getting sooo big and getting more and more of a personality everyday.. She got the same shots as her 2 month check up and she obviously didn't like them she screamed and cried for a little while then she was able to clam down after we picked her up and let her know she was ok.. I felt so bad for her.. I hate seeing her like that, but she did so good.. She still is doing good.. We every brought her Simba to hold and comfort her.. ;-) She loved the noise of the paper on the beds she would move all around and every time she moved the paper would crinkle.. This round of shots ended up getting the best of her this time,which is weird cuz she got the same exact ones as last time.. She was a little crabbier then last time.. She ended up with sore legs the afternoon after she got them and ended up having a fever which is kinda scary for me.. I told Gil that i'm not made for this part of parenting.. Lol.. She is doing a lot better this morning haven't taken her temp, but she doesn't feel warm and is doing pretty good today! We Just last Monday got back from Vacation in Wisconsin spent like 10 days there visiting with friends and family.. We had A 60th Anniversary Party, We had a Family Reunion and Elyica got Dedicated as well... Lots of Parties so we were able to see lots of everyone this time! Elycia was a busy Baby everyone wanted to see her more then her Parents! Ha. That's ok though it's expected.. Lol.. It was so nice that we were able to have Sean, Tara the kiddos, Chelsea and Luke and the pups and the rest of us all together for the first time in a LONG time! We are also able to do some family photos can't wait to see how they turned out.. ;-) Over the past Month Elyica has really grown so much.. She learned the day before we left from Wisconsin to go home, she learned how to roll from her tummy to her back, She found her thumb for the first time while we were in Wisconsin, Found her voice a little more not only does she talk, she can scream too. Lol.. She loves to play with her toys so can grab them pretty good now.. She is more focused on her toys as well. She lays on her Minnie mat and you can tell she's focusing on her toys that hang cuz you can just seeing her looking and trying to grab them as well.. She kinda tries to hold her bottle a few times we were able to let go of her bottle and she can hold it for a couple seconds, She found her feet and learned how she can bring them up to her mouth and chew/suck on them.. As soon as we unbuckle her from the carseat she tries to slide out of it.. She LOVES her Simba stuffed animal she just smiles everytime she sees him.. Gil stats up with school soon doing a couple online classes, he took the summer off so he could enjoy our baby girl, now it's time for him to get back into the swing of things.. ;-) I've started back at Kohls working a couple days a week so far been able to work it around Gil's schedule so he can stay home with her and have some Daddy Daughter bonding time.. ;-) other then that I'm not quick sure what else is really new with us..

3 months

Wow! I can't believe that our Baby Girl is 3 months old.. Time sure does fly.. She is getting so and changing everyday.. She's brought so much joy, laughter and much more into our lives. Even when you're having a bad day and you look at her all you can do is smile.. She's learned so much during these past 3 months let alone the past month.. She's is more vocal and loves to scream when she's not getting attention or if she's really mad she is definitely getting more and more of a personality everyday.. ;-) Loves to smile. Looks around her.. she's sleeping through the night, (been a few times when she doesn't, but usually she does which is nice) I still find myself waking up in the middle of the night or early morning to check up on her to make sure she's ok.. ;-) She is grabbing at things like a blanket, her shirts, our hands basically almost anything you put in front of her she grabs it, she even tries to hold her own bottle sometimes.. She's finally found her giggle a little not to much giggling yet, but I'm sure it will be soon.. Caught her giggling in her sleep yesterday.. She sometimes will cry in her sleep a little then be fine.. She hates tummy time, She rolled over from her tummy to her back yesterday.. Lets see what else is she doing this last month.... She loves to watch TV.. Lol. We catch her watching it with us every once in a while.. Thinking I need to get her some educational movies that she can watch.. Lol.. She loves her hands more and more everyday.. Loves to suck on her hands even after she's just ate she will too, she loves her hands more then the paci which is fine, but she sometimes will put her hand or fingers in her mouth and choke. she loves to put her hands in front of her face and just play with them.. She loves to try to scoot when she's on the floor or in bed, she'll lift her butt up and jump I guess lol.. She even tries to stand up when you are holding her and she tries to push her legs on you when she get's really mad and she will try scooting off you. lol.. She has this mirror on her toy mat that she's just figuring out and she loves to look at herself and move the mirror around with her hand, yesterday I caught her making faces at herself in the mirror. lol.. She holds her head up pretty well still a little wobbly at times, but she's doing well.. Gil stepped on the scale with her yesterday and figured from what he weighed that she weighs about 11 pounds 2 ounces I believe.. We had Auntie Hallie come visit us for two weeks and she was such a BIG help.. She loved to feed her, change her and just do everything with her. It was nice.. She would make a noise and Hallie would be like She's crying, i'm like no she's fine and she's like you're a bad mom letting her cry.. Lol.. She Loves her niece and Elycia Loves her Auntie Hallie.. Some things we did was go to the zoo on the fouth, it was a little warm, but Elycia was a trooper in her seat and stroller. We went bowling, with my Aunt and Unlce and little cousin, and went swimming put Elycia's feet in the water at the pool she didn't seem to mind it to much and we just hung out.. We were sad to see her leave it was a nice visit.. After Hallie left we went to Auntie Chelsea and Uncle Luke's for the weekend and hung out there.. Where Chelsea painted one of her feet (toe nails) cuz I told her I was going to, but didn't wanna do it by myself cuz I knew it would be work and sure enough she learned it was work to do it by yourself.. lol.. We put her in a swing at Chelsea's and she liked it I was a little nervous, but she did good, we even took her to the lake and put her feet it the water.. It was a fun time.. Now we have Auntie Chelsea visiting again.. She put Elycia on her tummy yesterday and Elycia Hates Tummy time, so she fussed a little and she moves her legs almost looks like she trying to get her legs over her head.. Lol.. after fussing for a little while she finally flipped herself over and rolled onto her back she then looks at us like Oh My gosh what did I just do? HOw did that happen?? It was hilarious.. I then got my phone and video tapped her trying to do it again and she was more fussier then before she got so mad she couldn't figure out how to move her arm, so we helped her with her arm and then she finally did it again with the same look on her face.. We are starting to make the transition into formula now, finishing up the frozen milk we had, then we will start giving her formula every other feeding with the breastmilk we have in the fridge.. I've cut down my pumping not doing it as much or as long so I can dry up my milk before we leave for vacation.. I'm am proud of myself for making it this long, there were times I wanted to give up sooner, but knew I couldn't, so for me to make it that long with how hard it is to do especially when it's just me and her home by ourselves pretty impressed.. We are leaving for Wisconsin on the 2nd of August and will be there until August 12th. We are excited for a vacation and seeing everyone again.. She's getting so big and learning so much already.. Looking forward to see what she will learn this next month.. ;-)

Elycia at 2 months

Where to start? It's been awhile since I've last blogged, but so much has changed since the last time I blogged.. So lets begin obviously you all know that our little baby girl arrived April 15th. /> Labor went well, better then I had expected it to be which was nice. To make a LONG story short I went as long as I could without any drugs, but since I knew it was going to be a long night and I wasn't able to relax is when we decided it was time to get the Epidural and got a small dose of Pitocin ( I believe that's what it was Ha) once the Epidural was in I was able to relax and sleep a little bit which was nice.. After almost 3 long hours of pushing she arrived at 8:55am right before she came out they told me that they were getting ready in case we had to do a C-section because her heart rate was dropping, so they gave me some oxygen and before I knew it she was out and on my chest. I couldn't believe she was there and was so excited for her to be there.. Now 2 months later (can't believe it's been that long already) she's growing so quickly and everyday she changes.. She has brought so much Joy into our lives we can't imagine life without her.. She's smiling more, can recognize our voices, and follow us with her eyes if she sees us leave, she's starting to talk more, starting to grab things with her hand a little, lets see what else is she doing? She has slept all night a couple of times already. She's 2 months old and already been to 3 states at 1 month.. Obviously Colorado, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. She's already a world traveler and she did so good too.. ;-) She got to meet her cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.. We've been able to celebrate a few holidays over her past 2 months, first was Grandma's Birthday, Next was Mother's Day Then My Birthday Then was Father's Day.. On Monday morning we had her 2 month check up. She is doing great. She weighed 10 pounds 6 ounces and is in the 28th percent tile for weight, she is 23 inches long and is in the 71 percent for her height. She got 3 shots and a oral thing for her to drink. She took it like a champ. Yes she screamed and cried wouldn't expect her not to, but after a few minutes of Mommy and Daddy snuggling her before we left she was doing better.. She was able to move her legs around quite a bit so that was good.. We've been having visitors every once in a while which has been nice keeping us company.. ;-) our recent visitors was my Dad and Karen they spent a few days with us meeting their granddaughter. There was one day that every time my Dad held her she would poop it was hilarious.. She seriously pooped more then she ever had that day.. Ha.. Once they left we had Auntie Chelsea uncle Luke and her dog cousins were here for a visit.. /> More Visitors are on their way.. Auntie Hallie will be spending a little over a week with us starting on Friday evening... Not really sure what else to say right now, but I will try to update the blog as much as I can..