Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

7 Months

Well this post is just a little late but better late than never right?!

Wow where has the time gone! Im truly amazed at our perfect little angel and the changes she makes each and every day. This month means that you are truly closer to being a year old than baby which makes mommy a little sad but I love seeing everything you discover.


Weight: 16 lbs  (32nd percentile) 
Height: 27.25 inches (79th percentile)
Clothes
: 3-6 mths in pants, 6-9 months in pajamas, shirts, and dresses.Shoes: we have only gotten one pair of shoes for her so far that she wears. Its a cute little pair of boots that are size 2
Diapers
: wears size 1-2 diapers (how Sams sells Pampers-has fit into these since 6 wks old)
Sleep
: her sleep has been all over the place and has pretty much slept in the bed with us for the past month too just so we can get a little sleep. 4-5 hr stretches are about as good as it gets.
Feeding
: breastfeeds in the morning and at night, then formula 3X a day(7 oz)
Solids: has 2 jars of 4 oz baby food a day (fruit in the am, veggie in the PM)
Favorites-pears & mangos, and pumpkin apple. Likes-pears, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots, peaches, squash, apples & bananas, corn &  butternut squash, green beans and rice, peach oatmeal banana, vegetable turkey dinner, apple butternut squash, pumpkin apple, pears & mangos, banana mango, apple turkey cranberry, sweet potato cinnamon, pear apple oatmeal. Dislikes-none
Naps: they seem to vary greatly anywhere from 30 min to 1 hr (max)

shes loves her jumpy. I am seriously not sure how we would live without this. She could play it in for hours and if we say jump she will jump.

She loves to play pee-boo and if she sees either one of us hide or peek down she will about dive down to see us. Its so cute and she gets the biggest kick out of it.

she loves to eat and anytime she sees me get out the jar (yep Earths Best only) she gets so excited because she knows exactly whats going to happen. Then when I get her bib she really knows that her time is getting even closer. Im so glad that she is a good eater because after our go around with cereal I was a little afraid. 

She tried out her sippy cup and just isnt quite ready it seems. She couldnt figure out how to get anything out of it.
She got to wear pajamas to daycare for the first time. They do special themes at our daycare and its always fun.
this month was definitely a tale of seperation anxiety for Morgan I think. She did not like to be put down (unless it was to eat or in her jumper) and would seriously cry. We had lots of moments of just holding her (which I admit I love shes such a snuggly baby!) and rocking her. It did get a little better towards the end of the month though.
 Morgan pulling her grandpa's hair

She loves to pull hair and boy can she really pull it out and really hurt you. Ive had to wear my hair up quite a bit just because she can about pull it out. We call her grip "kung fu grip".

When I went to pick her up at daycare she really started to notice my voice and me a lot more and would get so excited as soon as I walked in to get her. It just melts my heart because I definitely miss her!


She got to go visit Santa for the first time and she did so well even with a smile on her face!

She is starting to push off on things but not really crawling yet but maybe before too long she will be crawling away. She seems to want to go but just cant figure out how to do it yet.
She got to participate in her first ever christmas play and she was a perfect little angel.

She has started a love for screaming now and its not just little screams its screams that an entire store can hear and wonders whats going on screams. 

Morgan loves to read books it doesnt matter which one but you get any kind of book out and she instantly stops fussing.

She loves to play on her playmat. She thinks that its pretty cool to play on. 

She rolled off the bed for the first time and of course as first time parents we freaked out and took her to the doctor.


She got to visit the christmas tree farm for the first time and get her first real live christmas tree.


She still loves taking baths and her daddy always loves to give them to her. She loves to kick a little. 


She loves to eat her feet. It doesnt matter where we are or what we are doing the feet seem to instantly go straight to her mouth (even with the socks or pajama bottoms on).


She loves blowing raspberries to you and then of course sticking her fingers in her mouth at the same time.


with my mom (not sure what her name will be yet)
She really learned what her tongue was this month and loves to stick it out, mock you if you have it out. Its so cute!
Morgan got to wear her first pair of sunglasses. The sun wasnt out yet but it wont be long till she will definitely need them.


We have some teeth that are coming in under the gums but nothing that has broken skin yet. I hope soon!

She really does love going to shop and is such a good sport when we go out. Sams seems to be her favorite place to go. The only thing I can come up with is the bright lights.


Morgan figured out very quickly how to unwrap her first gift. It was so fun just to see her even though she didnt have a clue what in the world what was going on.

Mommy and Daddy love you more and more each day and cant wait to see what this next month brings! We are enjoying every minute of watching you grow up into such a wonderful little girl.

Christmas Part 2 (In Mississippi)

After spending a few days in Alabama with all of Chads family we ventured back home Christmas Eve for our Christmas Eve service at church.

After Christmas Eve service at church we headed home and just enjoyed the rest of the day with our family. Morgan decided that night that she didnt want to sleep much because she was waiting on Santa of course.

Christmas morning we woke up and had all our family over for sausage balls, cinnabon cinnamon rolls and cream puffs-yum!


 Morgan of course had to play in her jumper since of course that is by far her favorite thing to do now!

After everyone eating Morgan got a head start on her gifts while everyone sat and waited for her of course since she was the star of the show for the day!
 with my mom and my grandmother helping her open her presents while mommy took the pictures
her little laptop because she will definitely be a techy baby since her mommy and daddy both work in technology.
getting a hold of this opening presents thing
playing with some of her new toys

family picture by our maroon and silver christmas tree

us with my 2 brothers-BJ (23yrs) and Austin (13yrs)

After Christmas morning was over at our house we headed over to my grandmothers (Morgans great grandmother) to enjoy Christmas dinner that she had fixed for everyone.
Morgan with her great grandmother and Aunt Sherri (my moms sister)
Morgan with her great grandmother
her 2nd outfit of the day that says "babys first christmas"
Morgans gifts that she got from her Aunt Melanie (BJ's girlfriend)
all her gifts from Christmas morning-a blessed little girl

If you want to see all the rest of the Christmas pictures (107 pictures) click here

Christmas Part 1 (In Alabama)

This will have to be in two parts because I have too much to write for just one post. We have Christmas in Alabama (part 1) with all Chads side of the family and then Christmas in Mississippi (Part 2) with all my side of the family. Stay tuned tomorrow for Part 2 and then hopefully before I go back to work her 7 month post as well.


Tuesday December 21 was a half day for Chad and I and after we got off work we headed up to Alabama and we were there until December 24 (Christmas Eve).

Makayla loves to feed Morgan her  bottle

 Paw-Paw Bob and Morgan. They sure do have fun together

Morgan likes to give funny looks to Maw-Maw Martha

Morgan couldnt go that many days without her jumper so off it came. This thing is so worth it-best investment ever!

Morgan with her cousins Lauren, Makayla, and Collin

All the girl cousins-Lauren, Makayla, and Morgan


Daddy, Mommy, and Morgan-the best one out of all of them


Aunt Cindy thought it would be funny to put a bow on Morgans head (Morgan is one perfect gift!)

Uncle Tony and Morgan

Morgan opening her first gift-she didnt have any problems figuring out how to open the paper

ready to dig into the presents-it sure was fun she thought!

daddy helping out a little

Makayla feeding Morgan her pears and mangos (Morgan sure does love Makayla and she sure was a good helper!)

Collin and Morgan-what a good helper

Video of her fun


First Trip to Santa

Last night we went to visit Santa at Bass Pro Shops. It was so much easier than everyone made it out to be but well wait for next year and see if its as easy as this year was. We had to wait about 30 minutes and she was such a happy girl. I really cant believe that Christmas Eve is one week from TODAY! Time is passing so quickly and I cant wait to start the memories of Morgans first Christmas.

A Theatrical Debut



Little Miss Morgan made her theatrical debut this morning, as one of several angels in her daycare's Christmas production.

So it wasn't The Shawshank Redemption, but it may have been better than Glitter.

All of the kids worked really hard on this production, especially Morgan, whose part included Mommy enthusiastically carrying her on stage while Daddy watched from a distance, with camera in hand. Grandma and Grandpa made an appearance, too. While on stage, Morgan was a perfect angel (pun intended).

The post-production party doubled as a birthday party for Jesus, and we were allowed to mingle with the stars. And the shepherds. And the sheep. And you know, I'd like to think that there is delight in the throne room of Heaven when the sounds of children singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus is heard.

Snow!

So for those who live up north and think that snow is not so cool, in the south its a rare occurance especially in Mis.sissip.pi where it snows like every 5 years but we got snow last night it was so exciting I didnt go to sleep till almost 11:30 I just wanted to stay up and stare at it all night..haha!Looking down the street we live on

Our backyard
This morning before it all melted-looking out our driveway
Brownie trying to figure out what this snow stuff is..haha!

Our 10.5 ft Christmas tree Chad talked me into (all the ornaments are maroon and silver and then we have 2 MSU balls since we are of course true MSU fans:)
our little table (Nativity candle is in the middle we have had it for years)

I posted a 14 wk belly picture that I took last week if anyone wants to see how much the baby has grown.