4 Months

The little lady is 4 months old today :)

I think month 3 to 4 has brought the biggest changes.
She's rolling over.  She's found her voice...and uses it...alll the time.  She's in size 2 diapers.  She's still kind of between 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes, but mostly on to the big girl stuff.  She's about 13 pounds, (we haven't been to the doctors to get an exact measurement.)  She grabs at things and plays with toys, even though they frustrate her quite a bit.)  She still lovess Casen.
My milk supply is slowly taking a turn for the worse, so she's transitioning over to formula.  We started out only have to give it to her once a day and she's up to about 3 times a day so I think it's only going to get worse.  I had the same problem with Casen.  She does nurse really well still when we can.  As long as she's healthy i'm okay with it.
She usually wakes up about twice a night.  I get 4 hour stretches of sleep in though, so it's not so bad.  She still only wakes up to eat and falls asleep eating less then 5 minutes later.  She's still sleeping in her breastfeeding pillow in her crib.  I just lay her down and she falls asleep on her own.  Her newest habit is pulling the blanket up by her face or over her face and then she is out.

We love her so much and I can't wait to see the changes she has this coming month, although i'd like her to stay my baby forever

I couldn't get a good video...she stops as soon as the phone comes out

3 Months

Arya is 3 months old today!

I can't believe how much she's grown.
I don't have any stats on her because she doesn't have a doctor's appointment this month.
She's grown so much.  She's kind of in between 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes, some stuff fits and some doesn't.  She's still in size 1 diapers for now.
Her favorite thing to do is watch Casen and she's started to try and grab things.
Next doctors appointment and shots will be at 4 months.

2 Months

I can't believe Arya is 2 months already.  Time is flying.

She had her check up yesterday.  All is well.  She was 10lbs 13 oz and 23 inches long (53rd percentile for weight and 77th percentile for length.) She's still wearing 0-3 month clothes and probably will be for another month or so.  She's looking a lot more like me then as a newborn.  We love her little personality.  She's full of attitude and smiles.  She loves her dad and Casen.  She'll lay and watch them forever and she looks for them whenever she hears their voices.  Next appointment won't be until 4 months.

5 years later....

After 5 long years, 3 deployments, and lots of hours away for training and schools, Caleb is officially out of the Marines!
I'm so proud of everything he's accomplished and all he's done for our country.  I can't wait until we move forward with our next chapter, but I think i'll somehow miss the craziness of all this a little bit.

Here's some pictures from the last few years.  I didn't take any yesterday because he basically just picked up and signed and dropped off lots and lots of paperwork.

6 weeks check up

She went in for her 6 week check up today.

She weighed 10lbs 3oz, so exactly 2 pounds heavier then birth.
She's right on track developmentally.  Cooing and smiling is about it at this point.  The doctor was impressed with her grip and neck strength.
She did get put on Zantac to try and help her reflux.  Stuff comes up her throat every time she eats and screams in pain so hopefully that fixes it because otherwise she is such a good and happy baby!

We go back in about 3 weeks for her next round of shots because we will be on the road or in New York by the time her next appointment should be :)

She's such a ham!

1 Month

I can't believe it's already been a month since she was born!
We don't have her next appointment until she's 6 weeks, so I don't have any stats until then.


She's still such a good baby. She's in mostly newborn clothes now, but we're making the transition up. She loves her breastfeeding pillow.  She sleeps in it every night.  Right now she doesn't even get rocked to sleep at night.  I just lay her in that and she's out for about 3-4 hours at a time.  She just wakes up to eat and then I lay her right back down and she's out until the next feeding.  I'm anticipating this will change as she gets a little older, but i'm hoping nott :)  Casen needed to be rocked right from the start.

She's still nursing awesome.  No complaints there.  I can't believe how much smoother this time around is going.  She has really bad gas and we've noticed that every time she eats she brings it back up and kind of chews it back down, so we're going to mention it to the doctor at the next visit.  I'm thinking its probably just reflux or i'm going to have to cut dairy out of my diet.  I usually pump and bring a bottle when we go out anywhere, just a personal preference, and I really like the Nuk bottles and pacifiers, which I guess I need to mention that she loves her pacifier!  That should make our road trip a little easier. 

That's about it for this update.  Not much happens in the first couple months.  She's battling some sort of cold type sickness these past couple days and its the saddest thing to see.

I didn't even attempt to get a good picture since she can barely breath

42 weeks :)

Only 5 pounds to go til pre-baby weight (nursing does wonders)....and then the diet and exercise begin!  And we have one healthy little lady.  She's back up to her birth weight and is such a blessing to us.

And to any moms currently nursing or planning on it, please check out Gilligan & OMalley nursing camis.  They are awesome!!