32 weeks

Get a load of this!!

Enjoying her veggie cracker covered in green beans!  (She did it, not me)

Just as cute as can be

So, perhaps we have figured out the answers to our technical problems... I do not know.  So hopefully we'll be more punctual with our posts (of course, i will be out of town this weekend, so, not til next week, I guess).

Anyway, our precious girl is 32 weeks old.  She is such a joy.

The sleep department isn't going so well.  In fact, it is down right frustrating.  It seems like we are taking a few steps in the wrong direction.  I do believe that she is working on some teeth... but, regardless, she is waking up more than once or twice a night.  ugh... it's exhausting.  So if you're reading this, and you want to pray for us... we would welcome your prayers for a little reprieve.  I know that the Lord can and will bring us the rest in His time.  In the meantime, I'm just trying to take each day at a time.

This past week, I did have Anna weighed.  She weighed in at a wopping 16 pounds, 8.5 ounces.  She is still in size 3 diapers (which she will be for some time), she's in 3-6 month clothes, but I am transitioning out of them into the 6-9 month clothes.  I realized this week, that I needed to replace the extra clothes in her diaper bag....

Anna still LOVES her jumper.  She is so fun to watch. She loves to giggle, and bounce.  This week, it was particularly interesting to see Anna interact with the dogs.  (We were watching them while my parents were on vacation.)  She LOVED Franklin, it was funny because she would get mad if he didn't pay attention to her.  And I was proud of Franklin for his patience with her even when she would grab big hunks of fur... and he would just relax and wait for her to release her grip.... of course, i was always there close by helping her release quickly.  But one time she was having a grand time with his fuffy tail, and he did great...

Well, I think that's about it... thanks for continuing to check in on us, even if I'm a little late.  We love having people LOVE on our little girl.

A special thanks to some SUPER special friends who watched Anna this week so Jer and I could have a FUN FUN FUN date to the Indians game.  (And they won!)  it is so nice to have friends

31 weeks

Such a pretty girl!

Well, as you can see, our sweet Anna girl is 31 weeks old.  Not only is she 31 weeks old, but this week we celebrated her 7 month birthday.  7 months!  I can hardly believe it!! It's my blog, so I can oooh and aaahhh.  I LOVE, love, love Anna's beautiful blue eyes.  I [not-so-secretly] hope they stay blue.  They're absolutely gorgeous!  I love to capture them in pictures as often as I can!

Anyway, I am still experiencing some technical difficulty that has my IT department stumped.  Hmph!  Who knew that was possible?!  So, the pictures may be minimal until the issues get resolved!  (However most of my readership is on my daily picture list, so you see these pictures already.)

This week was pretty busy!  Monday we had dinner at my parents' house, because they had out of town friends come in and spend the night with them.  Tuesday I spent a really, REALLY hot day at Cedar Point and Anna spent the day with my parents.  Wednesday, I worked and we went out to see Jer's parents (and eat some yummmmmmmy chicken and dumplings!).  Thursday, I worked.  And Friday we hung out with friends.  So... it was pretty busy.

I am glad that it was busy, however, because Anna got to spend some extra time with her Grandma and Grandpa C because they are on vacation (suffering in Bermuda) all this week.  (We are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sad we couldn't go.  :-(  Really, I regret not being able to go... anywho...)

So, Anna has been back in a groove this week as far as sleep goes.  Her naps were a little bit more predictable, and night time was pretty much the same.  She slept decently, although not through the night.  But waking once isn't bad... and she mostly slept til 9 every day this week... and twice she slept til 10 or later.  So, really, it wasn't a bad trade off.

Anna has done a lot better this week with eating food.  There were far less tears shed, and much more got in her mouth.  We're making progress, and progress is good.  She still likes the rice rusks, and will still eat every 2-3 hours on average.

Anna is still in a wide range of clothes... still some 3-6, and now some 6-9 month clothes.  Just depends on the outfit.  It seems crazy that she's already in some of the 6-9 month clothes.  But, I like it all the same... it reminds me that she is healthy and growing!  She is also in size 3 diapers.  I look at the size 2 and there is no way that is going on her butt any more!  haha

Anna's new thing this week is clapping... a lot!  And she definitely has the hang of sitting up now.  She sit up for 15-20 minutes at a time before toppling over.  When Anna does topple over, it's usually because she wanted to, and now she topples over to her tummy... ooooooh boy she's getting so close to crawling.  She still gets on her hands, or her knees but never both.  One usually sprawls out!  But, I think it will be soon.

She giggles a lot as well.  This week my mom and dad gave her some news paper.  She had such a fun time crumpling it up and giggling at it!  Grandparents are fun!

30 weeks old!!

Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A.  If you dress up like a cow, you get free food!!  She was an incredibly cute calf!!  

Unfortunately this week I am experiencing technical difficulties.  If I quit annoying our IT department about how annoyed I am that my computer isn't working properly, it may get fixed.  With that said, I have other pictures, but only this one will be on this post (at least for right now).  And yes, yes, yes, I know I'm late at posting this.  We were out of town, and extremely busy.

Anyway, Anna is now 30 weeks old.  In fact the day that I'm writing this is her 7 month birthday. Wow! 7 months!!  It's been 7 months since I've had an amazing night's sleep.  Ha!!

Here's her stats....

I did not have her weighed this week, but I'm sure she's at least 16 pounds, maybe even closer to 17.  She's still in 3-6 month clothes, but also wears 6-9 month clothes.  She is in size 3 diapers.  Even though it's been only a few weeks that she's been in size 3, when I find a size 2 and put it on her, it seems really really silly.  (Not to mention, I'm always scared that there is going to be a diaper malfunction.)

I had some breakthrough this week with eating food.  She doesn't hate sweet potatoes (and as far as yesterday and today she even opened her mouth and ate some!!).  We are making progress.  Slowly but surely.  She still definitely likes to eat every 2-3 hours... and prefers it not be solids. 

Sleep these days is hit-or-miss.  Occasionally she will sleep through the night, but those are few and far between.  Anna definitely seems to wake up each night between 3-5.  Today, however, she slept in til 10:30.  That was after she got up to eat about 4ish.  Either way, it was nice to not move out of bed until 10:30.  I think this weekend we pooped her out!!

Her new trick for the week is sitting up WELL on her own, AND she claps.  Sometimes she even claps when we say "clap, clap, clap" or "yay!"  It's really cute.  I spend many hours a day clapping, because it makes her smile!

Anyway, that's about it.  If my computer gets working better, I will post other pictures!

Thanks for checking in on us.

29 weeks old

Well, this week it dawned on me... our little girl is A LOT of fun!!  (Maybe it didn't just dawn on me, but I do appreciate how fun she has become!)  We've kind of laid low this week... except for Wednesday, the 4th of July.  Anna was struggling with (I think) teething that day... and she wasn't nearly the happy, easy-going baby that I know, and love.  But, we're working on it...she's starting to get back in the swing of things.

As you will see in the pictures below... Anna is starting to look super big, and super old... it may be the pictures and her little facial expressions, but this week, she just looks like she's a cute little kid... and isn't as much a baby... goodness!  Where has time gone?!

She really is such a ham!!  I soooo
want to know what she's thinking!!

She looks so big!

Still being silly.

What mom?!  Another picture?

Auntie Katie came to visit...
She decided to give feeding Anna a try...

You're going to give me, what?  More food?

Getting closer

And it's in, with a smile nonetheless!!
Great job, Auntie Katie!!

 

 

Give me the keys!!  Give me, give me!!

Auntie Katie left these at our house... I tried to figure out
if I should eat them, or wear them.

Kisses for Katie!

Avocados!!

Pretty girl!

She loves to play with, see, and CHEW on the remote.
Friday she actually taped "The Price Is Right."

 

 

Here's the stats of our little princess....

She is now fully in size 3 diapers.  I found a rogue size 2 today... man did it look small!  haha...  So, we're growing like a weed.  We are still dabbling in 3-6 month clothes, but maybe this week, I'll try to get out the 6-9 month clothes.  She has a whole bunch that are soooo cute, but oh, so, summery!  So we've got to enjoy them while we can.  I did not get her weighed, but I'd have to say close to 16 and a half pounds... we'll see on Thursday, I'm sure.

Last week was glorious as far as naps went.  However, this week was a little bit more of a struggle.  I am not sure if she is actually full fledged teething or not.. but, she has seemed to be in a funk.

She had one very horrible night's sleep (Tuesday), and was a cranky pants on and off on Wednesday, and very difficult to get to sleep at night... (Thanks Auntie Jill for being in for the long haul!!) but, since then, she's done ok.  It's almost like she has taken a couple steps backwards.  The last week or two she did really well at night putting herself to sleep... the last few nights, we have not been as fortunate.  Either way, she's been getting up about once a night.  She did sleep through the night once this week.  Sleep... it's a work in progress.  Oh well... I guess it is what it is. 

Anna is still not a fan of food... solid food that is.  We've been doing better with the rice cereal.  She didn't like watermelon when I gave it to her... but she apparently sucked on a bit of watermelon that Auntie Katie had.  I have a sweet potato, so I'm probably going to cook that up, and see if she likes that or not.

Anna also is a sitting up master!  She can sit up for long, long stretches at time without falling over.  So that's good.  It also makes for a little bit more fun play time!

Anyway, that's about it!

See ya next week!