Friday's Funny Face #6

I was trying to get a picture of Carlee and her little Lovey, that she's been cuddling with all morning, when all of a sudden she looked up at me and squealed very loudly. LOL... she's so funny. :D

To Daddy:

Happy Birthday to the #1 Daddy in the whole wide world!!! My favorite part of the day is when you come home from work, I'm all smiles then, even if I was fussy all day for mommy! :) I love it when you make me laugh, and when you tickle me... I love it when you play with me and hold me and snuggle with me... I even love you when you think it's funny to make me more mad when I'm throwing a fit! Today, I tried to roll all the way to your work to tell you this in person, but mommy keeps putting me back on my mat. :) I wub you daddy! happy birthday!

pbbbbbbbbhhhttt

yeah, she's figured out how to make THAT noise... I don't even know how to describe it, lol...

first b-day party experience

Yesterday, we went to our friend's Imo and Ida's house to celebrate their daughter, Martina's first birthday. This was Carlee's first birthday party she attended. :) She loved looking at all the balloons and decorations they had, and the party sounds didn't bother her a bit. See how big Carlee is compared to 1 year old Martina? wow! Everyone there loved little Carlee, and we had a lot of fun. :D

first time holding her bottle

This was from the other day. She hasn't done it since, but it's definately progress! :)

Play Mat

Carlee likes to play on her mommy&me mat alot more now. And the second picture is proof of how much she's rolling around now since she started out in the center of the mat on her back, with her head toward the purple part!! :)

Friday's Funny Face #5

it's official

i boxed up all of carlee's 0-3 month clothes last night. made me kinda sad :( lol... she's growing sooo fast!

4 mo. checkup

yep... carlee had her appointment today... she now weighs a little over seventeen pounds, and she's 26 inches long! she's doing great, very healthy. i even asked if she should still be eating every two hours and the doctor said, "well... she's a big baby, so yeah, you're out of luck. just keep feeding on demand." greeeaattt. lol... this child is ALWAYS eating! lol. that's okay though. she also got her next set of immunizations. this time daddy was there to hold her, but this nurse let him off easy because she didn't make him hold carlee's little legs. she cried a little bit, but was over it as soon as daddy picked her up. let's see... other updates, she's in a size three diaper comfortably now, and her last pair of sandals that we bought her are a size 2!!! already! lol... she's been grabbing at anything and everything, and the other day she grabbed her foot for the first time. she hasn't brought it up to her face yet, but i don't think it will be long. i'll post more pictures later! :D

lil sunshine

the youngest cacher in nefga country.... for a little bit longer anyway!

Friday's Funny Face (x2) #4

messy baby

We've finally been able to get Carlee to eat her baby cereal!!! Everyone kept suggesting to make the cereal more liquidy... but that wasn't working, so one day last week, we decided to try and make it thicker and see if she would eat it... well, she did! She makes a mess with it, but it's at least working... time between meals is about three hours now instead of 2! yay! She's so cute! :)

Sitting Pretty

Carlee's able to sit by herself for about five seconds now! lol... we caught this picture just in time... :)

more to see... more to zoo

We took Carlee to the Jacksonville Zoo today. This was her second time to the zoo, and our first as a family. She was awake alot more during this trip, hardly sleeping for more than fifteen minutes in the whole three hours that we were there. And she didn't feel like being in her stroller, so we ended up carrying her around all day. But it was okay :) We had wanted to take more pictures, but we forgot to charge the batteries... :( oh well... we had a blast!

sand in my tiny toes

Today we took Carlee to the beach. She felt the sand between her toes, felt the ocean's cool water, and "walked" the beach for the first time ever. It was so neat. As we were walking in the sand looking for a pretty first shell for her, she was cooing away as the breeze blew in her face. It was alot of fun. Here are some pics:

More Beach Pics

Friday's Funny Face #3

lil sunshine

yumm... my thumb

Since I've been slacking:

Conversation with Carlee :)

Side to Side

We just got home from Walmarts and Carlee is laying on the floor on her mommy & me mat (the kind with dangling toys). We looked down and suddenly realized she was on her side! So we kept watching her and she rolled to her back, and then to the other side! and she keeps doing it over and over! Yay!!!

**Sniffle**

We decided it was time to see if Carlee would sleep in her own room... :( Up until now, she's been sleeping in her bassinet next to my side of the bed. Well, that bassinet got too small some time ago. I mean, she fit in there, and she never moves when she's sleeping, but if she kicked her legs while she was awake, she'd always kick the side of her bed... Anyway. So, last night, we tried feeding her some more cereal. She ate some of it, not alot though. It took a little while to get her to sleep, but when she finally did, I laid her down in her huge crib. She stayed asleep. Good. So we went to bed too. I kept the baby monitor on as loud as it could go, lol, we could even hear the clock ticking in there! She didn't wake up until 3:30 am, which is a good 6 hours for her, but I of course couldn't get to sleep right away because I kept listening to the monitor. But it's okay :) So, I brought her in our room to feed her, when she started getting sleepy again, I took her back to her crib, and she was fine until 6:30 am when she got hungry again. After that I just let her stay with me in bed. I really thought she was going to give me more trouble. She really surprised me. She slept in there really good, I'm proud of her. (a little sad too)

where's our cereal miracle?

When I took Carlee in for her two month appointment and immunizations, the pediatrician suggested that I start feeding her a teaspoon of baby cereal with her food, once in the morning, and again before she went to bed. I was hesitant because at my six weeks postnatal appointment, a nurse told me not to feed her anything but milk until she was at least three months old, though she would recommend four. So, even after the pediatrician suggested it, I still waited a day or two debating it.

I finally tried it. Since I was trying to exclusively breastfeed her at the time, I added the cereal to my milk. She ate a small amount and would stop. Then not long afterward, she got really fussy. I mean really fussy. So, I listened to her, and decided maybe she wasn't ready for it. I tried again a week later, same result at even a small amount of cereal. Ok, Carlee, no more.

Three months old now... and she's usually not sleeping through the night like she should be. She wakes up at least once still, and on bad nights up to 2-3 times... HUNGRY!!! omg! "The book" says she should be sleeping through the night now at least 6-7 hours, and that her metabolism is strong enough to not need to eat during the night... well, Carlee of course has to be difficult! lol... So anyway, about two weeks ago, I went to the store and bought oatmeal cereal (since I had first tried the rice cereal because it looked less grainy to me). So, I tried the oatmeal, this time I put it with formula. She didn't like it. And I say she didn't like it, because she makes this funny face with a scrunched up nose, furrowed eyebrows, and pushes the bottle out of her mouth. I did get her to eat a little bit, and this time it didn't upset her stomach. She was fine as soon as I quit trying to feed it to her.

By this point I was getting really frustrated, because I would like to start sleeping through the night on a regular basis, not just on good nights that happen once in a blue moon. So, a few days ago, I went to the store again, and this time bought oatmeal with bananas. I had refrained from buying the flavored ones, because the same nurse as earlier told me that when we do start feeding Carlee food, to go in this order: cereal, vegetables, meat, fruit. She said to save fruit for last because if they taste that first, then they won't like the other baby foods. But at this point I was willing to try anything.

The night before last was the first time I tried feeding it to her. She made the same face, the same hissy fit. I don't know if she just doesn't like the feel of the cereal, or the taste, or what! I did finally get her to eat about an ounce of it, and she slept through the night! Thank God! but when I tried to feed it to her last night, she wouldn't have any of it. She was perfectly fine the other night, so I assume her digestive system is comfortable with it. I'm hoping she'll get used to the taste soon, because even during the day she wants to nurse about every hour and a half to two hours! That's a newborn's schedule! geez!!!

lol... anyway, that's our latest Carlee drama! :D

Friday's Funny Face #2