7 months

AHHH!! 7 months! Wow wow wow. You try to prepare yourself with your second child cause you know it goes by fast but dang. I can't believe how fast time is flying. Gracelyn is 7 months old. In the last month she has been sitting up and playing by herself. And has started crawling! I thought she might reach milestones sooner than Isaac but she's reaching them really fast! She's very jerky with her movements but she makes sure to practice every day, haha!

                                       Isaac wanted me to take his picture too lol

 She's been trying a lot of new foods. We are doing more of a baby led weaning approach simply because its easy for us to eat while she plays with her food. She's not a big fan of purees anyway! I've also added dairy back into my diet and she has definitely been more gassy but she just farts and is happy. I just can't overdo it!

 Wearing her is the best way to get anything done! We tried a back carry for the first time and she loved it!

I love dressing her up for church! After we got to church we realized she'd had a huge blow out diaper in the car seat so I had to change her. Womp womp. Thank the Lord for Oxyclean!

7 months has gone by so fast and our little girl is so sweet. I'm looking forward to making more memories with her

Gracelyn 6 mo update

Ah! I just realized I'm late getting Gracelyn's 6mo update on the blog.

She is doing amazing! I just love her so much! We are all pretty smitten. I feel like we have really gotten to that sweet spot. She's sitting up really well and loves to grab and play with toys. Or anything close by. She's about 16.5 lbs and in the 75th percentile. I don't really know how long she is the pediatrician we use doesn't always tell me all these little stats like Isaac's did in The Woodlands. You can read Isaac's 6 month update here. She is smiling and laughing all the time. She loves tasting food but isn't super crazy about swallowing it, haha. She'd much rather me give her a sweet potato fry to suck on over some puree. She's sleeping sooooooo much better. She wakes up 1-2 times a night but is in her bed from 6:30-7:30(ish) almost every night. She loves watching Isaac and he loves to love on her. Yesterday morning he heard her waking up on the monitor and ran as fast as he could to her room and threw open the door saying, "Hi pretty girl!" and it scared her so she started crying and then he started crying. And he said, "She's yelling at me!" it was so sad and sweet at the same time. He wants to hold her all the time and I have to watch him like a hawk because he isn't always the most gentle, haha. She sleeps in Isaac's old Zipadee-zips and I'm hoping we can get her out of them sooner than we did him!

Gracelyn 5 month update

Wow, I gave birth 5 months ago! Time is going so quickly. Gracelyn is around 16 lbs and doing well! The only thing we really struggle with is sleeping. She is waking up so frequently I'm unable to keep count of how many times usually. It's different with her than it was with Isaac. He had bad sleep habits and I think thats partly the problem with her as well. But she is also having gas/tummy issues. So that has made it hard to do anything about the sleep problems such as sleep training. I'm trying to wait until her 6 month appt and see what her pediatrician recommends. Otherwise I'm cutting out dairy from my diet hardcore to see if that eliminates her pain and gas. She tried avocado from the first time this week! The first time she didn't like it and then the second time I mixed it with breastmilk and she loved it! She's almost sitting up but not quite. She is smiley and laughs at Isaac a lot. You can tell she adores him already. If he walks past her she starts smiling. It's so cute! She still wont take a bottle so we are going to start trying sippy cups soon.

I'd love it if she could sleep in her crib but we just aren't there yet. Maybe by 6 months!

A few pictures:

11 months.

Eleven months. Ahhhh....I don't want to believe it. He is so much fun. Sometimes he just sits in his carseat and will start giggling. I fall in love with him and my heart swells with joy. And he is so close to walking. I think he may be walking by his first birthday. His milestones are very exciting and that will be a big one! Isaac does  not like moving! Who does though? really. After a week he is finally sleeping better. He has enjoyed crawling and discovering the new house and yard. Oh how he loves the grass! At our last yard he wasn't able to play outside because the yard had stickerburrs. So our favorite thing here is go outside and play! One of Isaacs favorite games to play is chase! I can hide behind the couch and he will just giggle trying to find me and then either chasing after me or vice versa. It will definitely bring out the kid in me! He is such a good eater. He still breastfeeds at night and when he wakes up but he looooooves table food. Except for eggs. Don't try to feed him those! Ive been trying to plan for his birthday next month and its a little stressful! There is a lot of expectations for one year old birthdays! Its crazy! I know it will be great though!