6 months

I can't believe my sweet girl is already 6 months!  She is changing so much everyday and we are having a blast seeing this girl grow up.  Laina is already sitting all on her own!  The doctor today was very impressed with how advanced she is.  He said in some ways she acts like a 9 month old.   Her stats from the doctor are head 23%, weight: 16.5 lbs 54%, height: 26 in 52%.  For about a week depending on her mood me and John have been able to get Laina to say "Hi".  It's so cute!  She is also becoming very independent.  She wants to hold her bottle and feed herself.  If I hand her the spoon when she's eating she likes to try and feed herself.  It never has food on it.  She may be teething but those teeth have not shown up yet.  I wish they would already so she could get some relief.  She loves taking baths, she loves her daddy the most, she likes to be sitting or standing all the time.  She is very social.  Other little kids and teddy the dog are so funny.  She can't help but giggle at them.  She is giving kisses now too.  We didn't even try to teach her that but we do kiss her cheeks a lot.  She'll just suddenly grab your face and yell as she gives you a nice big slobbery kiss.  It's so funny!

I took some pictures of her for her 6 months.  I have been blessed with the most beautiful girl!

 This is a classic look she makes.

I love her cheeks in this one!

Her daddy is the funniest!

 These two dolls are her favorite.  She fell asleep with them right after I took this picture.

I left the room for just a second and came back to her like this.  Silly girl.

 Wearing her Christmas dress.

Opening Christmas presents.  She looks so surprised.

We opened presents as soon as she woke up but I don't think she was all the way awake yet.  She makes the funniest faces.

She tried to open her presents.

We truly have been blessed so much.  With a wonderful family.  John finally got a job after searching for 2 years.  And I was able to quit my job so I can be home with our girl.  I also sell Avon and have been for the last 3 years just for fun.  I guess as just a hobby, but now it has really taken off.  I'm saving to buy my own computer.  

Me and John were talking the other night saying that this year is going to be big for us.  We'll finally get out of debt and save for a house.  And just feeling better financially.  Since we got married we have always struggled a little financially.  So it will be nice to finally get over that mountain.

The Last Two Months

I haven't posted for a long time so I'm going to do a post mainly of pictures.  Last week Laina had her 4 month appointment.  I can't believe she's already 4 months old!  Time as flown by and she is changing so much!

Here are the stats from her appointment. 

She weighs 14.15lbs (67%),  height 24in (31%), head circ. 15 3/4in (33%)

So she's short and chubby!  She is doing really well.  Super strong and a very happy healthy baby.  She started eating baby food this week.  She loved the rice cereal and pears, but sometimes she would just rather have a bottle.

On October 14th Laina was blessed by John.  It was a beautiful blessing!  I'm so grateful that he holds the priesthood and is able to bless our family with it.  She was so good during the blessing and slept thru the rest of sacrament.

Here are a bunch of pictures we took up Hobble Creek Canyon later that day.

For Halloween Laina was a cheetah.  We went to my parents house and to John's parents house.  At my parents house all the kids had fun showing off their costumes and eating yummy goodies.

I made some pistachio pudding but called it troll boogers.  The kids thought it was grosh and cool!  They ate it right up!

When the leaves started changing and before it got cold we went up Hobble Creek Canyon and took some family pictures.  Me and John had a lot of fun taking turns taking pictures.

This would be a super cute picture if my hair wasn't retarded..  Laina looks so cute!

I am so grateful to have such a wonderful and beautiful family!  Sometimes I think to myself how did I ever live without them!

C-Section

Since Laina was born I have struggled that I missed out on labor and that experience and with the idea that I will probably have to have a c-section every time now.  I have felt like people thought I was giving up and just taking the easy route.  Actually I have gotten that impression from people, not everyone.  I think that’s part of why I felt like I wasn’t doing my part as a woman and a good mother.  Because of societies view on child birth.  If I would have had a choice things would have gone differently.  I was talking to one of my friends the other day about just this very thing.  She is pregnant as well and her birth plan is very different from mine, but she is still very understanding of my choices even before it came down to c-section.  She sent me to someone’s blog to read what this woman wrote about c-sections and she put it in a better perspective for me.  After reading it I feel better.  I was being a good mother and woman.  And it’s not the easy route.  It definitely wasn’t easy for me to make that decision.  I remember as they laid me back on the operating table and tied my arms down like on a cross I thought of Christ and his courage he had to lay his life down for me.  And so I had to have so much courage to make that decision and I would do it again and again!  Because I love my baby!

Here is the link to the blog.

http://avital.blogspot.com/2011/01/cesarean-courage.html?m=1

2 months old!

Laina had her 2 month check up on Wednesday.  The doctor was very impressed with her.  He said that she is very strong for her age and she acts more like a 3 month old.  He thinks she will be rolling over soon too.  He said most babies roll about 4 months and can't lift there head at 2 months.  So he was very surprised to see her lift her head like she does.  She is a chubby baby!  She has doubled her weight!! She weighs 12.3 lbs (76%) 22.25 in (43%) and her head is 15 in (50%).

Laina is cooing a lot more now.  She sounds like she is saying hi sometimes.  She smiles all the time!  We love to see her dimples.  She is really good at calming herself down now.  And she takes 2-3 naps a day.  Almost every other night she sleeps all night.  Last night she slept from 11:00 to 7:00.  I loved it!  

John and I just can't get enough of our sweet girl!  We can't believe she is already 2 months old.  We just love her so much!

Here are some pictures of the past month.

Grandpa Scott saved the day and got Laina to fall asleep like this when her tummy was hurting.

She is always so calm with John.  She always perks up when he comes home.  

She is so wiggly!  I kind of think thats part of why she weighs 12 lbs.  It's muscle!

Laina and Alice can not get enough of each other.  They wouldn't stop looking or touching each others faces.  It was pretty entertaining to watch the two of them together.  They are 6 months apart and I think they are going to be best friends!

My sweet girl!

This video is of Laina standing!  She pulls herself up and stands.  She is my little muscle woman!  I wish I could post this video with no sound because I sound retarded..

Fishing

We went fishing at the reservoir with our friends Josh and Morgan.  I didn't know the fish were so easy to catch up there.  Everyone caught a fish.  John even caught 3.  

This is the second fish that escaped before John could even get it in his hands.  It was pretty funny watching it roll all the way back to the water as John just stood there and watched.

Josh and Morgan's newest addition to their cute little family and Laina's future husband :) Jacob.  I love his hair!

Laina's slept the whole time.

John's third fish.