8 months

Happy 8 month birthday baby girl!

What a busy month you have had. You have gone from army crawling to full force speed crawling. In addition to crawling you have also learned how to pull up on everything. You are so cute. So interested in everything around you. Where did my tiny baby go?

You are still nursing 7 times in 24 hours. I offer you three meals a day. You like to feed yourself -- cheerios/peas/avacado/bananas. You will usually only eat 5-10 bites of cereal/pureed foods before starting to cry.

You are still on Prevacid solutabs 7.5 mg twice a day. Your reflux seems to be well controlled on that. Since November you have had 3 ear infections and are currently fighting your fourth one (it is borderline -- no antibiotics yet). This is so frustrating for me because I wish I could make you feel better. Sometimes babies get ear infections/stuffiness from food allergies so I cut all dairy, eggs, and nuts out of my diet. When I first did this you seemed MUCH better but now you have been sick for 3-4 weeks again despite my dietary changes. When you get an ear infection you are pretty happy during the day but miserable at night. You have not been able to sleep unless we are holding you for the past 4 nights. Poor baby girl.

You are growing fast. At your doctor's appointment today you were 17 pounds 12 ounces (45%).

You are such a fun little baby -- a joy to be around. I really love this stage and wish I could just stop time for a little bit.

Grandma Kay and Grandpa Byron visited us for a couple days this month. They love spending time with you.

We also went to meet your sweet cousin baby Jamison. I am so excited to have a nephew and for you to have cousin so close in age (and size)!

You are loved so much baby girl!

Fit Friday

Another week down. This was a strange week. Due to the snow we were pretty housebound all week. Thankfully, since Virginian's are quite wussy when it comes to clearing snow, Victor was home from work almost all week so I didn't go too stir crazy. It was actually a really wonderful week as we were able to spend a lot of time together as a family.

Since we got around 3 feet of snow staying fit was pretty much limited to the p90x this week. The gym was often closed and going on a walk was impossible. I did get out and go sledding three times which was a fun way to stay fit. I shoveled a little as well, although Victor can take credit for 90% of that (thanks honey).

As mentioned before, I dropped my camera in the snow. I did get a new camera but still need to buy a memory card so I don't have any new pictures for you.

What have you done to stay fit this week?

My Big Mouth

Remember this post? I won't be making that request again for a LONG time! It is still snowing here -- since Saturday I think we have gotten 30+ inches of snow. It has actually been a lot of fun. Victor has been home since Friday at noon (the federal government has been closed since then). So we have had an unplanned stay-cation. There are two nice sledding hills in the neighborhood so I have gotten my sledding fill. We have build a castle in the backyard and shoveled a lot. The kids love having their dad home, as do I. The weather today is not nice -- very windy and it is still snowing. I am guessing no one will be back at work before Friday but we will see.

Unfortunately, I lost my camera out in the 30+ inches of snow the other day. I did order a new cheap camera (I seem to break or lose all technology I am in charge of) but I don't have it yet so here are some cute photos I just hadn't posted yet.
Sweet Baby Girl
10 days old

My 2 year old helper -- he has always loved vacuums.

Cute Lainey drinking out of a straw cup when only 7 months old.

I hope you are all staying warm!