27 Weeks Old

Yesterday Nyla turned 27 weeks old. And taking pictures was quite the experience, as you'll soon see. She is grabbing for everything now. I couldn't put the sign down even for a second without her grabbing it and putting it in her mouth. She is too goofy!

Before I brought the sign into the picture.

I'm holding it and there she is trying to grab it.

Got it!

And she's taking a bite out of the paper. I had to dig it out of her mouth before she swallowed it. Not that it would hurt her, but I didn't want her choking on it, if that's possible.

6 Months Old

Our sweet girl turned 6 months old yesterday. All I can say is "wow!"

It really does seem like just yesterday we were bringing her home at 2 days old. I know, I say all the time how time is flying, but it truly truly is!

Nyla is a ball of personality these days. She is smiling non-stop, laughing, sitting up well with a few occasional tumbles, finally likes playing on her belly, almost ready to crawl, has a fascination with her hands, loves touching faces when she's held, eats pretty well most days, sleeps good every night, takes great naps, loves to roll around, still loves her giraffe friend, loves to sit and listen while we read to her and loves playing in her exersaucer more each day. She is truly a blessing from our loving God!

I was reading In Case You Were Wondering by Max Lucado to her this morning. What a sweet, sweet children's book. I was bawling by the end of it. It is every emotion I feel with her everyday, just truly blessed to have been given her as a gift from God. He made her for us. Wow! It's powerful stuff. So thankful!

We go to the Pediatrician in about an hour and she gets more shots, which I hate. I'm all for vaccinating my child, but 6 shots in one visit? I wouldn't even do that to myself, let alone a baby. We are on a somewhat different shot schedule. We loosely follow Dr. Sears alternate vaccination schedule (can't find it on the web at this time), just because I don't want Nyla having 4-6 shots per visit, I like 3 at a time. I love our Pediatrician and the entire office. I'm so thankful for them. And they're open 7 days a week, a Doctor is always on call in the middle of the night and it's 5 minutes from our house. Big plus's all around! I do hate the shot parts though. I cry every time they give them to her. I have to pick her up immediately and comfort her and me and then we're better. It's tough to watch my baby be upset and in pain, but I feel it's best for her in the long run.

Here are some pictures from her 6 month photo shoot and a silly one with Daddy. Enjoy!

After dinner, laughing with Daddy. Sweet picture!

6 months old. Wow!

We love our sweet, happy girl!

26 Weeks Old

Nyla turned 26 weeks old yesterday, wow! She'll be 6 months old tomorrow. She's such a joy! She's sitting up great, with a few tumbles here and there. She smiles all the time and laughs too. We fully expect her to crawl any day now, it'll be great when she does!

Here are her pictures from her photo shoot! :)

Smiling at Momma

Eating the sign

Checking out the sign

Big girl!

26 weeks old and loving it!!!

What We're Thankful For...

One Week Old

Wow. Little Girl is already one week old. It seems like just yesterday she was getting pulled out of G's belly. I'll probably save more details for a later post, but the last week has been a real adventure and emotional roller coaster as we learn to raise our little bundle of joy. But seriously, look at this face. Isn't it all worth it?! YES!



-D

More Pictures!

Hello, world! It sure has been weird not seeing much of you! Of course, we've been busy with our darling little girl. We had a rough night last night with some tummy troubles, but we are doing much better this morning! While she is soundly sleeping, here are a few pictures to share!

This was yesterday morning. Waking up in Daddy's arms and to a cell phone camera near her face.

This is from this morning. Glad to see her sleeping so well after a fussy night.

And then there's this sweet picture. Waving to her Daddy, at least that is what I am telling myself!

Ginny is recovering well, and the doctor said she could go home this afternoon. We will see how the rest of the morning goes and make a decision after lunch.

-D