5 months in pictures!

First night in her crib - thank God for video monitors :)

Sister loves to bounce!

Such a big girl in her high chair

O-Balls make great pillows

Love our Mommy/Daughter cuddles

I can't end this post without smiles

and even bigger smiles, man we love this girl!

5 Months

Weight: 16lbs 8 ounces 
Height: No check-up appointment this month so we aren't sure
Clothing: 3-6 months, we are still lingering in 0-3 months here and there
Diapers: Size 2's
Feeding: Nursing every 2-3 hours during the day and 8-10 hours at night
Sleep: Braelyn has officially moved to her room and does all night sleeping and most naps in her crib.  I think this is the hardest transition for Mommy so far, but B was a champ.  We had a difficult time the first night and decided on a modified Ferber sleep schedule.  I wasn't comfortable with "timed" intervals so we went in and soothed when she got too worked up, I read a lot on different sleep methods and combined what we were comfortable with and that seemed to work great with her.  She did have a couple off nights but I think those were directly related to the bladder infection.

Updates: She is growing so much and I feel like every day brings something new.  She rolls both ways, she "scoots" and rolls to get places and this weekend she pushed all the way up and got on her knees but just kept face planting so for now no movement there.  She laughs and smiles all the time, we get so many comments on what a happy baby we have!  Braelyn has been recognizing and reaching too, it's so cute when Danny comes home and she hears his voice she is looking all over for her Daddy!  She has also been "reaching" when she wants you to pick her up or sit her up, it is SUPER cute!
  
Favorite moment this month: My favorite moments this month have to be all the Mommy/Daughter time we have gotten, work has slowed way down since it's my last month and I have had a lot more time to focus on baby.  I am so thankful for this with the transition to full time office work coming up, Mommy is already a mess.  


PS- I have to schedule an appointment this week to ensure the bladder infection is gone and to review the ultrasound results, I will update everyone when we have more information!

Hospital Visit

Last week we took B in to the Dr. with some symptoms of an UTI/bladder infection, the urine analysis came back positive with a bacterial infection.  Our Pedi felt that because of her age she should have a full work up to rule out renal reflux/genetic abnormalities, so to Children's Hospital of Denver we went.  We made both the ultrasound and VCUG appointments for first thing in the morning so that Danny could come too.  She was a rockstar patient and the tech's kept commenting on what a cute, smiley baby we had!

The VCUG results were given to us right away and came back negative for any reflux, we are so thankful, but we have to wait for the ultrasound results to come back.  I will absolutely admit that Danny and I sat up in bed talking for a long time last night and the anxiety this morning was not good.  Seeing our little angel in that hospital gown almost pushed me over the edge, when they pulled it out and asked us to change her into it I couldn't help tear up.  I feel so blessed that we were just there for a renal reflux test and ultrasound when so many little patients around us were there for things much worse.  Thank you so much to our family and friends for the support this week, I will update you when we have the ultrasound results back too!  Until then I will leave you with some adorable pictures of our adorable babycakes!

Solids!

5mth update is on the way, we are a little behind because of a few things I will post about soon.  In the meantime I will leave you with B's first taste of solids tonight.  Her first solid was officially homemade brown rice cereal.  We were going to start with a pureed veggies but because of the breakouts of eczema we wanted to start with something that had the least possibility of causing a reaction. 

She liked her bib better than the cereal but she did keep opening her mouth for more. 

4 months in pictures

Pics with Megs & Matt before they left!

At the Zoo

Madd's sleeps under her swing, so cute!

TT Teether :)

Happy Easter B

Helping Daddy set the bouncer up

Sitting up with boppy the first time

B's first slumber party!

She loves showers!

Happy Anniversary Mommy & Daddy

Diana got her the cutest outfit, on our way to see Dr. Abbey

Baby Smiles to end!

4 months

Such a happy girl!

Weight: 15lbs 6 ounces 
Height: 24 inches
Clothing: 3-6 months, we are still lingering in 0-3 months here and there
Diapers: Size 2's
Feeding: Nursing every 2-3 hours during the day and 8-10 hours at night
 
Sleep: Oh the up's and down's of baby sleep!  We seem to have hit the 4mth wakefull's recently, it hasn't been as bad as it could be but still not great like it was.  She started waking up at 3am then 4am then 5am and now it's more of random waking up between 3-5am for her pacie.  I don't love giving it to her but it's better than getting her back on another middle of the night feeding.  Our next steps are to stop swaddling, we did try last month but because of our other issues we bought a Woombie and have continued swaddling.  We are also trying to have naps on the flat PNP surface because around 6mths we are thinking it's crib time.  After she gets used of the flat sleeping in the PNP we will transition naps to the crib first, then night time (tear).  Still feeling great about B here, I have heard so many Mommy horror stories so I will take the 8pm-7am with some stray wake up's here and there!
 
Updates: Friends we have giggles and they are the very best.  I love that huge smile and now we have combined that with giggles...melt!  She is changing from a newborn to a baby so fast, she is getting bigger and learning so much every day it is amazing to see.  Grandma Mary and Grandpa James got her an Abagail reading bunny and books that we have been reading and she really loves them, she loves talking and singing in general but just loves watching Abagail "talk".


Nursing is better than ever and I think we are going to wait to introduce solids until right around 6mths because she is doing so great and doesn't seem interested quite yet.

Favorite moment this month: on top of the giggles we our little girl is sitting up, she does need the boppy or her chair for the support but she does great.  The Easter Bunny got her a bouncer and she loves it, the sitting with all the toys, so much fun!  My other favorite moments are just our little family times, it's amazing to look at her and Danny and feel so complete!


A couple of my other favorites from our "shoot" this month - it is getting harder to keep her "contained".

awe you can see her boo boo band aids

Daddy give me that elephant!

Ohh Chicago!

 In February B took her first flight, out of my tummy, to Danny's hometown near Chicago!  She is quite the little traveler and did a fabulous job.  The hardest part was nursing but by the flight back we had it figured out, although I will admit pumping in the bathroom at O'Hare was not a high point of our trip :)

Getting to see her Daddy's old house

We got in late Friday night so we went straight back to the house and got to sleep, we bought a pack n play and had it shipped there and luckily B's Uncle Adam had it all put together for her.  We woke Saturday morning, met with the accountant to get our taxes done and headed to Danny's Grandma's where his family was ready to meet Braelyn.  It was a great day and getting a chance to see so many people that love her so much already get to spend time with her!  Later that evening all our friends came over to visit as well, more heart swelling moments!

Four Sax generations!

Sunday we got to spend all day at Uncle Adam's & Auntie Mana's hanging out after our wonderful Walker Brothers breakfast.  Later that evening more friends and family came over to be with B.  It was so amazing to see that so many people love our little girl, and she loved hanging out with them!!  A big thank you to all of the Sax family and Auntie Mana's family who came over to visit with us, we missed you all!

Monday Danny and I took B to visit her Great Grandpa Samuel's grave, her middle name Samantha is after him.  Grandpa Mike joined us there and after we ran to visit with a couple more people and then over to Uncle Adam and Auntie Mana's for a short visit before a VERY exciting lunch at Portillo's (for Daddy anyways).  We visited Uncle Randy and Aunt Courtney after that at their house, Uncle Adam even got to feed B a bottle there!  To end the night we had a lovely dinner with Grandma Nancy, Uncle Adam and Auntie Mana with lots of play time for B.  We left Monday afternoon to head back, our first trip anywhere was very successful and B earned her wings!