Sorry that I haven’t written for a while. I have been busy! I started school on August 31 and I love it! The first week was hard because I was away from my mommy and daddy, but my teachers are so nice so now I really like school. One bad thing is that I have to wear disposable diapers there. Disposable diapers are bad because they leak! School feels like a fashion show because I go through so many different outfits :)

Playing at school tires me out. I sleep on the way home from school, which is about a 45 minute drive because of traffic. After my first day of school, I fell asleep in my backyard swing! After my second day of school, I fell asleep in the middle of playing on the floor!!

I am very active – I love to play. I love to stick my bottom in the air and then scoot around on my tummy. I also love to be up on my hands and knees – in perfect crawling position. My legs are all ready to go, but my hands don’t know how to move in the crawling position so I just get on my hands and knees and rock.

I also learned how to sit! I love to sit and play with my toys.

I also started eating rice cereal. The first few times, I made my mommy and daddy do all sorts of games and noises before I would open my mouth to eat the cereal. It was pretty funny to watch them. Now I give them a break and open my mouth to eat the cereal. However, you better watch me because sometimes I spit it back out!

I also learned to play the xylophone. I am a very cute musician. If I ever have any concerts, I will definitely invite you!

I turned five months old this past Sunday, but thought I should share my official four month stats with you. I weighed 12 pounds 6 ounces (25% percentile) and was 24.5 inches tall (50% percentile). Mommy and Grandma did unofficial (not at a doctor’s office) measurements on my five month birthday and I was 13 pounds 5 ounces and 25 inches tall. I am really growing!!

17 Weeks Old

The big event this week was my baptism!! Above is a picture of me and Mommy and Daddy and a picture of me with my Pastor, my Mommy and Daddy and my godparents. (I was really into looking down instead of at the camera that day.) My godparents are my Aunt Jodi, Aunt Kim, my daddy's Aunt Kathy (my great aunt!) and my daddy's best friend from since he was about 14 years old, Andy.

It was a great day and I was very well behaved. After the service, everyone came back to my house for lunch. It was so great! I am so glad that everyone could be there to share my special day.

I had so much fun at my baptism party that I didn't really break for naps. That night, I didn't want to go to sleep. Mommy and Daddy said I was "overtired", but really, I didn't want to stop partying!! Today, I am taking really long naps to make up for it...

We went to the RiverWalk with my Great Aunt Kathy and Andy since they were visiting from out of state. This is a picture of me and Daddy on the river boat ride. It was my first boat ride!

These are a few pictures of me playing around. I have started to like my Bumbo chair.

This week we had a playdate with my mommy's friend and her baby, Timmy. This was my first playdate with a baby younger than I am. I showed him how I roll all around.

My mommy also bought my Halloween costume...no need to check your calendars, it is still August. I guess she is just a little excited about my first Halloween!

This is the last week that Mommy and I will be together all day every day. We are very sad about this, but I am told that I will really like school and all of the new friends that I will meet.

16 Weeks Old

This was a laid back week. My grandma is working on my baptism gown for my baptism, which is next week. I had to have a few "modeling" sessions to see how it fits. I love to wear my special gown. As soon as my mommy put it on me, I rolled around in it and put it in my mouth, as I do with everything that comes near me!

Daddys like to play around and my daddy was trying to teach me how to use the remote. I am really not interested, but I humored him anyway.

I still LOVE my swing!! This is my new "having fun" face. I like to make this face because it's silly. My mommy and daddy make this face back at me and then I do it back to them again.
















I went to lunch with my friend, Austin Rudolph, and his mommy this week. I also met my daddy for lunch one day. I went to the library for the first time and Mommy picked out some great books - we've already read them several times. We need to go back and get some more!! We also went to Town Lake for a run on the weekend. I slept the whole time and let Mommy and Daddy do all of the running.

I like to play in my Gymini and I found the cutest baby in the mirror there - I just love to look at her and she looks right back at me!

15 Weeks

My daddy was home this week so we had tons of fun together. He is building a deck in the backyard and I am helping. This is how it works...my daddy works outside in the hot sun all day and then when it is nice and cool in the evening, I go out and look at his work. He is doing a great job - the deck is beautiful! The best part is a swing that he put up for me - it's so much fun - I just giggle the whole time! See my picture in the swing on the left.

We went to visit my school so that I could meet the teachers. I was on my best behavior - I was all smiles.

Road Trip!! We went on my first road trip this week to celebrate my mommy's birthday. We went to Houston and stayed downtown and saw an Astros game. I did a really good job cheering so the Astros won!! I will admit that I took a one hour nap during the game, but the team didn't mind. I was so good the entire trip - I think that I'll be invited on lots more vacations!


This is me getting excited for our trip!

This is me and Mommy swimming in Houston!

This is me watching the Astros!

This is Daddy and me having fun!

After my road trip, I needed a nap!

14 Weeks Old

Mommy took me to get my three month picture taken at the studio. I don't really like that studio, so I was super happy and then as soon as Mommy took me into the actual photo room, I started to cry. Then, Mommy would take me out of the photo room and I was happy. Then she would take me back in and I would cry. This went on for a while. Finally, Mommy was trying so hard that I gave her one smile and the photographer got the picture. Mommy said - "That's it - we'll take it!" and we were done with that place. From what I overheard Mommy saying, we're going somewhere else for my four month photos - I win!! :)

Everytime someone puts me down on my back, I pretty much automatically roll over. I make you work hard if you want to keep me on my back to play with me. With all of this extra exercise that I'm getting now, I've added a midnight feeding to my schedule. I know Mommy likes this extra time that we spend together in the middle of the night.

Since I am a big girl now, I've also decided that I should start sleeping in. I like to sleep until about 9am. Mommy and Daddy like it now, but I've heard them say that once Mommy goes back to work I will have to wake up at like 6:30am!! I think that we need to talk about that!

Even though I'm a big girl and I love my cloth diapers, I still love to have my diaper off!

Last week I also had a play date. My friend had cool toys and since he is five months old, he can do super cool stuff like sit up on his own!

I also went to my cousins', Maddy and Katie, end of camp performance at T Bar M. Afterwards, my cousins took me on a tour of the camp. I am now able to ride in my Baby Bjorn facing outwards so that's how I was on the tour. It was so comfy that I just fell asleep!!

Ah, the life of a baby!!

Three Months

Yesterday was my birthday! My three month birthday! It was kind of a big deal at my house.

This past week, I did a lot of growing up. I started sleeping in my crib. Mommy and Daddy also stopped swaddling me when I sleep at night - I was getting out of it anyway. My daddy didn't want me to leave his and mommy's room though so we have been having a family sleepover in my room. I sleep in my crib and mommy and daddy sleep on a mattress on my floor. Mommy was ready to move back into her own room and leave me in my big girl crib all on my own until...I started rolling from my back to my tummy! I think it is great fun, but Mommy has not been getting any sleep. She stays up and when I roll onto my tummy, she rolls me back to my back. Then, I roll back on my tummy. It is a fun game that we play now. Mommy called the doctor to ask what to do about me rolling over so early (I guess I am not supposed to roll from my back to my tummy until I am six months old) and the doctor basically said that she and Daddy have to keep watch and if I roll over, they have to roll me back. So, I guess no more sleep for them!

My gramma and all of my cousins made me a special quilt. Look at me and my special quilt in the picture below. My cousins Maddy, Braedon, Katie, Coleman, and Ellie each made a special square for me and my gramma put it all together. It is beautiful.

Oh, and sometimes I wear bows now.

Happy Birthday to me!

12 weeks already!

My mommy and daddy can't believe that I am already 12 weeks old! Of course, this week was another super fun one!

I've decided to change my mind...I used to not like my car seat at all, but now it has become my favorite place to take a nap. When my mommy and daddy put me in the car, it is just so hard to stay awake...I get so sleepy...

I still love to talk. Sometimes when we go on short car trips, I stay awake and look in the mirror (that is hanging on the seat) and talk to myself.

Last week Timmy was finally born! Mommy and I went to visit him in the hospital. Boy, do I have a lot to teach him!

I met my daddy for lunch one day as more of his co-workers from another town wanted to meet me. I don't mind meeting these new people because they loved to tell me how cute I am. Of course, I hear about my cuteness all of the time, but it is always fun to hear it again!

I also went to my cousin Coleman's sixth birthday party. It was an Olympic themed party and I got to participate in the duck race!

My mommy has started discussing my baptism gown with my grandma as she is going to create it. My baptism gown is going to be the baptism gown my daddy wore (my daddy wore a dress!!) and we are going to make a few girly additions and maybe add some things from my mommy's wedding gown and the baptism dress that my mommy and all of my aunts wore.