I am feeling like the weeks are flying by since Ellie has arrived even more so now with me really delving into Stella & Dot part-time....there isn't enough hours in the day. I honestly thought me staying home, I would be able to get a ton done...not so much. The closets that were organized when I was nesting is now disheveled and I can barely keep track of the laundry.
But Ellie is doing amazing. Sleeping like I said has been a struggle even with Adam coming home. But today we did have a 2 hour nap in her crib all by herself...thank the lord. Because Ellie's baptism is this week and I ended up getting mastitis so I was out of commission for a few days. Ellie is laughing up a storm and loves it when we bury our head into her tummy or when we give her kisses on her neck. She has he cutest little giggle and every once in awhile will let a shriek out. So stinkn' cute. In the morning, she sits in her bumbo and we make Adam's lunch for him.
One of my most favorite times lately to watch Ellie is when we are running errands and she in that in between state of almost falling alseep and she seems so peaceful and is just watching out the window...I always am wondering what she is thinking.
Ellie also has learned how to work it in the cute deparment. She will be whining in her crib and as soon as we walk in to check on her, she stops crying or whining and will give this big gummy grin and wave her arms around.
Ellie had her 4 month check up and has bumped herself up to the 50% in weight...she weighed 13lbs and 13 oz. She was also introduced to alittle rice cereal in her bottle in the evening since I am not producing as much milk because of my mastitis. She doesn't seem to mind it. This weekend we will attempt giving her some with a spoon.
We also had Ellie's baptism at our church, All Saints. It was a beautiful ceremony even if the priest kept calling Adam Marc for some reason. Jackie, my sister and Adam's brother, Matthew are Ellie's godparents. She wore the gown that I wore when I was baptised. It was a gorgeous day out and we were so lucky to have all of our friends and family to celebrate. More pictures to come from this day.
Best invention ever...Mom used to put me in a laundry basket with pillows and I loved it so I tried with Ellie....it's amazing. As we speak she has been entertained in it for 45 minutes while I catch up with this blog
Her newest face
Ellie's godmother, Aunt Jackie
Ellie at her baptism...attempting to make a fish face ?!?!??!
Today was a great week...Adam was coming home and is going to be home for a couple of months! I know it will be nice for Ellie for see Adam on a regular basis.
Ellie is continuing to reach for things that are in front of her. It's amazing how one day, she isn't concerned about objects in front of her and then all of a sudden she starts reaching out and grabbing things. We are continuing to work on her sleeping...hasn't been the easiest thing...I thought by now she would be sleeping through the night, but turns out baby girl likes sleeping close to or with her momma....so thank goodness Gigi and Adam have been helping with this (although it feels good to be so connected and loved by something so perfect).
Adam and I also took Ellie to get our pumpkins for halloween. Unfortunately, it was alittle gloomy and a tad windy so I am not sure if Ellie enjoyed it that much but we got a few cute pictures. Now we are trying to figure out what her halloween costume will be this year.
Ellie is continuing to grow learn about new things every day. This week she grabbed her passy out of her mouth all by herself. Granted she just waved it around, but it was still a neat thing to see. It's amazing how excited you get about the littlest things when you are a parent.
She has discovered her legs. And I can only imaging when she starts crawling. She has gone from sitting nicely in her bath seat to lifting up and being a wiggle worm while we give her a bath. I have to have a hand on her so she doesn't fall off her seat. Along with that, I have had to start strapping her into everything which Ellie is not a fan of.
Auntie Christie was a wonderful friend and came and stayed with Ellie two weekends in a row. It was so much fun to have her with us especially since I was roomates with her for 4 years. We had alot of girl time to talk. She even came over one night at midnight because I needed some help and when Ellie wasn't feeling better, she held Ellie until she fell asleep. Auntie Em also came and visited for dinner a couple of times.
Ellie is starting to recognize people on skype and will start flirting and smiling with anyone you skype with. She loves skyping with her daddy when he's out of town and also her Great Nonnie and Great Popa Podgers who will meet Ellie during Thanksgiving this year.
Ellie had a big week. She and I ventured by ourselves to Birmingham to visit her Uncle Matthew, Aunt Jen, Cousin Mills and to meet her new cousin Hayes who was 4 weeks old. Mills is a wonderful cousin and referred to Ellie as "Cousin Baby Ellie". Ellie has also started laughing hysterically which is so cute. If you start giggling, she will start giggling. Adam also came home for the week which was nice considering that Ellie decides she likes to sleep through the night when he comes home. We'll see if it lasts when Adam leaves for Europe. Ellie has also had a special visits from her "Auntie" Christie and "Auntie" Em while Adam has been out of town. It has been nice having an extra pair of hands and just hanging out with the girls.
Unfortunately, I did an awful job of keeping up with everything going on this week. Not sure if it was lack of sleep, being busy, or things just falling by the wayside. Anyhow, here are a few pictures from that week.
We are yet again trying to get Ellie down on somewhat of a routine especially at night. So all this week, we pretty much stayed home and worked on napping in her crib which has been somewhat of a challenge. Ellie will nap in her crib for maybe 30 minutes and then gets up and would rather nap in her rock and play which is similar to a cradle but it hugs you in and makes you feel all cozy or at least, Ellie always looks cozy. But lately Ellie has been waking up at 4am and having a hard tome going to sleep. I upped her milk at night to 7 oz and she slept until 6am so it was either a fluke it happened or she just needed more to eat.
One day we put on Sesame Street just to see if maybe some chance she would be intrigued by it. She loved it. Obviously, she doesn't know what the heck is going on, but whenever Elmo would come on the screen she would flash the biggest grin. And mommy was so happy because she was able to get in a shower a few days this week!!!
Ellie has been very curious with her hands. She will make fists and look at them and then stick her hand in her mouth. It is really neat to see Ellie start discovering things. On September 6th, Ellie rolled over all by herself which was even more exciting in the fact that Adam got to see it take place on skype. She is doing amazing with tummy time.
We have started to play "boo" with Ellie and if we have caught her in a good mood, she actually starts to laugh and smile.
Uncle Rico and Uncle Sikes (Adam's good high school friends) were in Atlanta over the weekend and made a special trip to the 'burbs to meet Ellie. Uncle Sikes was alittle unsure of holding Ellie but Uncle Rico loved holding Ellie and I think Ellie like him as well.
Just want to kiss on those toes all day long
my little gangster
Totally sporting the headband...Anyone want to listen to "Let's get physical" by Olivia Newton John
My little lovie
I can only imaging her comments to me 15 years from now when i show her this picture...Go Vols
Look Ma....I'm in the bumbo..
Uncle Rico and Uncle Sikes
Hanging out while Poppi works
I just want to go to bed...i wish I could fall asleep that easily
