Can't have too many nights like this...

Well needless to say I am seeing a nap in my near future today! I should have know she wasn't tired when every time I asked her if she was ready for night night and she would laugh at me (I think we are in for some trouble..ha) Well I decided early in the night that she had done so well in her bassinet the last five nights that we would try her "big girl bed" Well that may have come back to bite me in the butt after the night we had last night. We did our normal routine and I rocked her to sleep and went to lay her down in her room. She laid right down and I was thinking YES! Well that was short lived by the time I got into the other room I saw on the monitor she was WIDE awake. I gave her a little bit to see if she would go back to sleep so I went in there and tried to pat her back to sleep..this went on for a good 15 minutes and she was running her finger nails against the sheets to make this loud noise (I am assuming to keep herself awake..ha) So I got her out and tried rocking her to sleep again and she was so amused by her room she just kept pushing back so she could see all around her!

I then decided to just put her back in her bassinet for the night..well I guess she was so wound up she wasn't having it! I finally rocked her back to sleep around 10:00 and laid her down I heard her once again in there talking and rubbing her finger nails across the sheet but I was just going to let her have it this time...I walked in there to go to bed about 10:30 and this is what I saw (remind you I laid her down on her belly and she hates turning over from her belly to back) Well not tonight because I see this :)

She obviously was NOT ready to go to bed...I got her up changed her and tried one last time to rock her and she would bury her head in my arm or push back as hard as she could so that I couldn't cuddle her and rock...So we are not at about 11:30 and I am exhausted! So I lay her down back on her belly and pat her (still head up and scratching the sheets) I think she finally gave it up about 11:50. Needless to say I am TIRED today!! I pray this was just a mix of me putting her in her big bed or just an off night because I can't have many nights like this..LoL!!!

Sippy Cup...

In my Super Baby Food book it talks about giving the baby a few sips of water when they starts solids in order to help with her kidney functions in giving the solid foods. I bought a sippy cup at babies r us not too long ago just to see what she she would do and she just chewed on the top and I even tried and it was hard for me to get water out. So my friend Rhoda told me about a cup that her granddaughter uses called the Zoli BOT and it worked wonderful for her. Well you can only order it or the closest place to get one is about 20 miles from here so I was just going to wait until we had time to get one. Well when I was looking at the cup I saw that it had a straw instead of your usual cup. I went to Target this afternoon and always have to make a trip through the baby isle to see if any new goodies came out and I saw this cup that was a starter cup and had 4months and trainer cup. I said well I might as well give it a shot. So right before I was about to nurse her and put her down for bed I gave it a try. I sat her up and put the straw in her mouth and....

She grabbed the cup, latched on, and before I could help her hold it she was sucking water through the straw..ahhh! I was so shocked I was trying to hold her and take a picture to send to Jason :) She got more on her PJ's than she did in her mouth though because I think she was confused on how to swallow it sitting up and not laying down like she usually is..LoL! I know it will come in time though. I was just so proud of her for being able to do that...it may be something that all babies can do but it just amazes me how fast she is growing and the things she can catch on to so quickly! (we may be in trouble when she starts talking..hee) She got super mad at me when I took it away though because I think she would have tried to drink the entire cup of water I poured. I am still going to get that Zoli as soon as we get some time or I just give up and order it online!

Hope you all have a great weekend and Fabulous Father's day!!

Solids and Sleep

This little girl is loving herself some solids...we started the day she turned four months because have you seen her thighs she was saying she needed some "real" food..ha! We usually sit her at the table with us when we eat dinner and it was so funny to watch her while we would eat. She would follow the food from my spoon to mouth and get excited like I was supposed to give some to her or something! She is a little ham :) I went to a local farmers market and got some fresh peaches to start her out with. It took her a while to get used to the spoon feeding, which is a given, but she has really gotten the hang of it now...so I thought until we next tried Avocados and she stopped opening her mouth and I got worried..until we went to sweet potatoes and she was mouth wide opened again (so we will try avocados again in a few weeks) This week we started bananas and again mouth wide open (she is like her Gigi)

I found a Whole Foods store right down the road so I plan on going there at the first of every month and stocking up to make foods and freeze for the month. With my baby brezza, which I highly recommend, it is super easy to make all of the foods and freeze them, along with handy dandy super baby foods book to guide me along.

I told myself when I started back to work that I would just survive until the summer with Lyla's sleeping arrangements because I knew what was easiest to get her to go back to sleep and that was sleeping in her bouncy seat in our bed. Well as time went out she got bigger and she was about to outgrow it but I had a few more weeks of work left and we just made do. Well I set my goal for yesterday to start her naps (out of the swing) and getting her to sleep in her bed at night time and get that bouncy seat out. Well I figured it was going to be difficulty because we are now going on almost 5 months in there. Well the naps started out rough yesterday morning. I rocked her until she was almost asleep and laid her in her bed (with the cover off of her bouncy seat in there..I was trying anything..ha!) well that lasted about 15 minutes...her usual time of sleeping on her back. I patted her back to sleep and it lasted another 15 minutes.

We did this for about two hours and then it was time for her to eat again so she just got up. I knew she was worn out from not having a morning nap so I let her nap in her swing that afternoon (yes I know I back tracked) but she didn't even sleep 10 minutes in there either so it was just one of those not gonna nap kind of days. Well we went and laid down in our bed to catch up on our DVR and she nursed played a little and I decided to lay her on her belly to sleep since I was right there with her...and this is what happened....

She slept 2 whole hours!! So I knew I should try it in her bassinet that night to see if it would work...It made me a nervous wreck but I know that she was right next to me and I would probably be up all night checking on her (and I was) but it did the trick. She slept from 9 until 4 in the morning while on her tummy :) Well let's just hope it wasn't a fluke thing and it happens again tonight!

I am so thankful that God has blessed me with this wonderful job so that I get to spend summers at home with my girl. We just get to play and cuddle and I just love on her all day long! She is our everything and I am so thankful for her!!

Watson Reunion and NB bound...

I used to LOVE Watson reunions..there were so many people there, good food and just a great time. As time goes by things do change though...We drove straight there from Houston and with a baby that had been in the car that long and a dog that had also it was kind of rushed and crazy. I did manage to get a few pics though. We are in NB at moms for a few days and I am very thankful. I just feel like I can relax and not worry about anything here so it is a breath of fresh air. I can get my homework done, clothes washed, dinner on the table, and someone to entertain Lyla while I just sit and relax :)

We also got to go see my friend Erin on Saturday afternoon and I am so sad that I didn't get a picture with her and Lyla! We don't get to see each other very often so I have to get better at taking pictures when we do get to visit.

Mason has been super jealous since we got here and mom has only paid attention to Lyla...he doesn't do this to me at home but I guess he just thinks she should pay him all her attention and it is not happening. So he has just been pouting around the house and barking for snacks (which he gets because mom feels bad..LoL)

I am SO glad that I am out for the summer so I get to spend all of this wonderful time with Lyla..she is growing so quickly and changing daily and I just love spending every minute with her.

4 months (a few days late)

Happy Four Months Lyla Faith!!

• You weigh 13.9 lbs (you like to eat)
• wearing size 2 diapers
• You are about to outgrow some of your 3-6 months and can fit into your 6-9 pj's
• You are the happiest baby (the ladies at daycare just love you to death..they say you talk and talk and don't ever cry)
• You still aren't the best sleeper but I am hoping that will come in due time..I think it has a lot to do with you still sleeping in your bouncy seat (which you are about to outgrow) in the middle of our bed and know that I am right there next to you and will get you out..which will be coming to and end (we hope) during our summer together!
• You love being able to see what is going on..you are a nosey little thing!
• You talk and sing and carry on conversations with us all the time..your daddy things you are already telling him about it sometimes because you will just look at him and give him a piece of your mind :)
• You are still nursing in the afternoons and when you wake up during the night...you take a bottle during daycare (only one week left of that though..yay!)
• You have started grunting the past few days and it is so funny
• You love your play gym where you can bounce up and down in and make the lights and sounds go off
• You have started laying on your blanket and playing and looking at your toys for a long period of time now
• You LOVE bath time.
• You had your first ear infection on your four month birthday also :( We would have never known though unless we took you in for your runny nose because it didn't seem to bother you at all.
• We started feeding you cereal before bath time the last two night and I think you are doing pretty good!
• You have started watching what the dogs are doing also..if they get close to your toys you stare them down as to say "I don't think so" ha!
• You have found your feet also..if you are laying down you are always playing with them.
• You love our phones..if you are sitting in our laps and we have them out you are always trying to touch the buttons or take it from us.
• I am so blessed to have the summers off and I can't wait for us to spend this one together so I can see you grow and teach you all kinds of new things!

We go for your 4 month check up Thursday so we will get your stats and you get more shots..hope you do as well as you have been!!!

This has been the best four months of your daddy's and my life...you feel us up with so much joy and we love you to the moon and back!!!

1st Mother's Day

Beyond blessed by this little girl...she is my everything!!!

I had an amazing 1st Mother's Day...My sweet husband surprised me with flowers at work on Friday and we went and had dinner Saturday night (after I passed my exam to graduate for my masters degree in August..yay!!!)

My mom sent me a gift card to get some shoes or to get my hair done..as you can see I chose to get my hair done. (It was WAY past due, and is SO much easier now) I look at Mother's day in a complete different aspect now. I always looked at it as just a time to get my mom something nice and tell her how much I love her, but now it so much more. I look at my mom in a complete different way now....I realize how much she has done for me throughout my life and how she has instilled so many traditions and things in my life that I hope to one day pass down to sweet Lyla. I pray each day that God gives me the wisdom to be half the mom that my mom was to me. She is such an amazing, hard working women, and not once ever complained or was too busy when I needed something or just wanted to talk. I love you VERY much mom..and I am so glad that I God blessed me with a little girl so that we can do all the things we used to do together all over again with her!!!!

Poor Lyla had her first fever tonight...She was still a pretty good girl even though she didn't feel so well)

A few pics we have taken the past week...

My Easter present from my Aunt Amanda :)

Looking cute in my ruffles :)

Daddy's Little Girl

Just melts my heart :)

This is what most of our weekends and nights look like here lately and I wouldn't have it any other way. I just sit back and take in every second of the day with my little family.