Week 9

Dear C,
On the day you turned nine weeks old we also celebrated Halloween...and I must say you made the cutest skeleton I have ever seen! Daddy thought your bow was a bit too big, but mommy thought it couldn't have been cuter!!!
















This week has been busy...but fun! One morning when I was getting breakfast ready, the girls surrounded you and had fun as you conducted them in singing!!

Evert time you waved your arms they would sing...and when your arms were still, they would stop singing! It was fun mixing up pancakes to all that giggling!

This week I also noticed you had eyelashes...and they are pretty long. I guess they just suddenly popped out and I didn't even realize it

We also took you to get your first shots this week...and daddy stayed to be with you to get your shots while mommy left to pick up B from preschool. Mommy doesn't do so well with the two month shots...I feel so bad. I usually do all the shot from here on out though. You were a bit fussy after the shots, but life went on!

We also took you to the pediatric cardiologist this week to get a check up on your heart. We found out that the hole in your heart has remained the same size and we will have to have it checked again at one year. The cardiologist did say it is possible that the hole would never affect your health and you would lead a very normal life. He also said it was still possible it would close on its own. Mommy was happy to hear that news, but I would rather you didn't have a hole in your heart at all! I guess as long as you are healthy, I will be happy. I loved these pictures of you with milk running down your chin. I love nursing you and spending that time with you. You are my best nurser so far, and my biggest baby. You are in the 60th percentile for weight...weighing 11pounds 6 ounces at your check up! I love you chubby little legs and your cheeks are just perfect for kissing! I love you so much little C and can't imagine my days and nights without you!

Love,

Mama

Ladybug Wranglers

Last Friday the weather turned warmer than usual which brought all the ladybugs out!! This seems to happen every spring and fall around here. M got off the school bus and saw all the ladybugs and never made it inside! She has been loving bugs lately so she of course wanted to collect all the ladybugs she could. I think by the time the afternoon was over she had wrangled 23 ladybugs.

B of course loves ladybugs, but screamed whenever one flew on her! It was pretty fun watching these two little ladies chase these bugs all afternoon.










M arranged the ladybugs in a flower shape and wanted a picture taken. I was surprised most of the ladybugs stayed in place. M promptly named the one that tried getting away, speedy!









B was really surprised to find that not all ladybugs have spots. It took her a few minutes to believe that the plain red bug was also a ladybug. She also thought it was funny that we found an orange and a yellow ladybug! I thought that was pretty cool as well!














I eventually got a bowl the girls could use to collect all their bugs. They wanted to save them and bring them inside...B is obsessed with having a ladybug for a pet...but mommy wouldn't let them. Ladybugs actually smell, especially when they accidentally get squished!

Here is speedy starting to make his escape!

It was such a nice afternoon to be outside. And while the girls had fun wrangling their ladybugs I had fun with my little bug!

Week 8

Week eight has flown by just like the previous weeks with baby C. She is getting bigger and is such a doll. Everywhere we go people comment on her cheeks. My other girls had cheeks as well, but C seems to get quite a bit of attention from hers! Maybe they are a bit rounder than the other girls...all I know is I love kissing those cute cheeks!

Week Seven!

So here is our little dolly one her seventh week of life! She is getting so big! My friend had a baby this week and I realized that C is not a tiny baby any more...she is growing so much!

She has turned out to be a happy little girl but no matter how happy she is she is still a lot of work!! Whenever she cries B tells me to "fix her mommy, fix her!" B also likes to "pet c" She is always saying, "I want to pet her mommy" or "Look mommy, I'm petting her!" The other day I was burping C and B walked up to her and said "Hi puffy cheeks...how are you cute puffy cheeks!" I suppose she was born with the cheeks...just like my other girls!!





















This is one of many pictures I have of C with her hands around her face. When she was in the womb we were never able to see her mouth because she always had her fists in her face! Things haven't changed much on the outside!! I think it is funny because she looks like she is getting ready to punch someone!!














M really loves C. She always wants to hold her and is doing such a great job at it! This night I was trying to read books to the big girls before bed and C was really fussy. M took and and rocked her to sleep. She was so proud of herself! She has done that a few times now and it has been such a help for me...especially Sunday mornings when we are trying to get out the door!

I just love that little neck of hers! I constantly want to kiss it! I love little baby necks...especially this one!

Peace Dude!

So M has totally been into anything peace for the last year or so. Lately she has started to acquire a lot of peace items! I was at the mall the other day and had to get these jammies for her! I was going to save them for Christmas but then realized she only has summer jammies and she has been getting cold at night! I surprised her tonight after her bath with these jammies waiting for her! She was so excited for her new peace jammies! I think they make her look so grown up! Weird how big she looks now that another little baby is here. It might also have to do with how mature she has become over the last year as well. I am always amazed at what a kind thoughtful and helpful girl she is becoming!! Sleep tight M!

Week Six

This past week has been a fun week. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone. I know I probably say it a lot, but time goes so quickly and little babies don't stay too little for long!


Here little C is enjoying a nice fall day out in her stroller. She loves looking around, once she decides to open her eyes to the outside light!





I love these cheeks and chin. She is such a cutie!













This week the smiles have started in full swing! Usually they come after a long nap and feeding and they are big open mouth smiles. We live for these smiles around this house! She has also starting cooing and talking to me. I had forgotten how much fun those first little noises are. I sometimes think she surprises herself with the noises. She is very expressive with her eyes and will sometimes lift her eyebrows up when she talks to me!




This week has also brought the discovery of little C's hands. She has started sucking on her hands and has even put herself to sleep a few times with the help of her hands!













This has also been the first week that I have been able to bath little C without her screaming in the bath tub. She still doesn't like the getting out part...but who really does?!

Here is my sweet baby after the bath. I love how kinky her hair gets when it is wet. I love it when they are so fresh and clean after a bath...I just want to squish her she is so cute!

Here are all the girls freshly bathed and ready for bed. As you can see C was in no mood for pictures but I just had to! I love my little ones so much.

I just threw this picture in for fun. R think it is so funny because her face is crooked! She wasn't really thrilled here! Still cute though! We have noticed this week her hair looks a bit red in certain light. We'll see what color it turns with time I suppose. Over all this has been a great week with little C!

Just for Daddy!

Here is little C today. B picked out this outfit and wanted daddy to see it. M and B think it should be C's Halloween outfit since it has monsters on it! Since R hasn't seen C today, I thought I would post some pictures for him!! This is what C did today.

She was just plain cute for most of the day!















Here she is trying to figure out her hands. I just stopped putting mittens on her hands because I figured she had to learn to use them at some point! She had been better about not pinching and scratching her own face this week. When she does pinch her face she gets totally mad and I think she thinks I hurt her!



Here is C sneezing...which she seems to do in sets of four to five sneezes! So cute!

Here she is yawning...she did take one really long nap today and the rest were really short periods of sleep.

And as cute as she is...she still cries sometimes!

Week Five!

Baby C is now five weeks old and officially one month old! She has changed so much. She is starting to fill out more and the newborn clothes might need to be retired soon!

She is starting to smile at us...and we work really hard to get those smiles! M and B seem to have an easier time getting smiles from their baby sister!

Some days I think C looks like she has reddish hair and other days it looks brown. We'll see what happens when more hair grows in!