Preslie Kay at Four Months

Preslie turned four months old on Friday, August 2nd. By the time I get this posted she'll be closer to five months than four, but oh well!

Measurements (from her four month checkup on August 5th)
Weight: 15lbs 6oz (70%)
Height: 25 1/4" (78%)
Head circumference: 16.73" (90%)

Appearance
~ She's starting to get some hair growing back in from the baby hair she lost. It's just fuzz right now that you notice if you're up close.
~ Her eyes seem to be slowly turning from blue to green.

~ She has the cutest, deepest dimple on her right cheek when she smiles.

~ She has a freckle on the inside of her left ankle.
~ When I have my contacts in, I swear I can see really light freckles on her cheeks. I have freckles and so does my mom so that would explain them.

Sizes
~ She's wearing 3-6 month and 6 month clothes. I think I underestimated how fast babies grow because I can barely keep her in clothes before they become too small!
~ Newborn shoes still fit. She has tiny little feet.

~ She's in size 2 diapers.

Nicknames
Still the same as before, but I've also started calling her "Missy Me." No clue why, it just comes out. Ha!

Personality
~ She is a happy baby. When we're around a group of people she tends to be pretty quiet and likes to take things in. She likes to give you a good once-over before she decides to give you a smile.
~ Her Papa and Grampy seem to be the main ones that can really get her going and make her laugh.
~ She's very easy going and is up for pretty much anything.
~ Her "talking" seems to be getting louder each day. She likes to hear herself, that's for sure!
~ Don't worry...she still has some fussy times. HA!

 Pitiful, isn't she?

Likes
Her thumb
Sophie the Giraffe
Papa

The dogs
Milkies

Dislikes
~ Still tummy time. She's close to rolling over, and when we do tummy time she does a lot of grunting (and farting). She has yet to enjoy tummy time.
~ Getting dressed.

Eating
~ She gets 6 ounces of breast milk five times a day. I usually nurse her in the morning when we're both still trying to wake up.
~ We tried rice cereal once and she was not a fan that time (since then she's come to love it).

~ We let her gnaw on celery and she thinks she's big stuff!

~ We'll be starting solids next month.

Sleeping
~ She takes three naps a day at 10:30am, 12pm and 3pm. Her morning nap is usually a good two hours, and the other two are about an hour each. She's starting to skip her evening cat-nap altogether, which is fine by me because she's super sleepy by the time bedtime rolls around.
~ Still sleeping through the night: 8pm-7am. She'll wake up at random times sometimes but we just leave her in her crib and she puts herself back to sleep.
~ She doesn't cry anymore when we put her down.

New Experiences
 ~ She has discovered her legs and loves to lift them up and look at them.

~ When we hold a toy up she will reach for it, grab it and always bring it to her mouth.
~ She reaches up to our face when we're close to hers. It melts my heart.
~ She went on her first big road trip to Los Angeles. She was such a trooper on the six and eight hour car rides.

~ She also stayed in a hotel for the first time. Sleep was a little rough the first two nights, but she got the hang of it and being somewhere different, eventually.
~ She attended her first wedding and was so good!

Double Chin Status

 

~ She celebrated her first 4th of July!

~ We went to a friend's birthday party and Mommy forgot the bottle, and she wouldn't nurse, so she drank Milkies from a sippy cup for the first time!

~ She helped celebrate her Papa's 30th birthday!
~ Preslie also helped throw her Papa's birthday party. She was a rock star and did great with so many people in the house.

~ We visited Grammy in the hospital to help make her feel better.
~ She sits in her high chair at the table while Mommy and Papa eat dinner.
~ Preslie is so close to rolling over from back to front!

~ She met her Great Grandma Pino!

~ She also met her Aunt Luci and Aunt Robyn.

~ She's sitting in her Bumbo and holding her head up really well.

 

I return to work on Monday after having 5 1/2 months off; 4 1/2 of those months have been with my sweet girl. I feel very lucky to have had this much quality time with her and have loved every single second of it. Being able to watch her learn something new each day is the greatest gift. Ever.

Mommy and Papa are your BIGGEST fans, Preslie!

July 30th

One year ago today, Kevin and I found out that we were pregnant!

I would love to recap that day for you, but I'm kind of long-winded when it comes to blog posts, so I'll direct you here if you'd like to read about it. :)

A lot of my pregnancy posts and baby-related things can be found here.

Never in a million years would I have thought that motherhood would be this rewarding, and I'm only four months into it!

There is not one day that I don't take for granted the blessing of this child and how extremely lucky I am.

The journey of Preslie coming into our world has been an incredibly amazing experience!

Five on Friday

Joining in on another link up!

~ ONE ~
I love our fur-babies to death. But it's a sad, sad day when you four month old is more well-behaved than the dogs. Good grief! Our pups need some major training. They're pretty good overall, but not so much when it matters most. Isn't that always the case? Ha!

~ TWO ~
I'm completely addicted to the Candy Crush game. If you play it too, then there's no more explanation needed. If you don't play it, enter at your own risk. You've been warned.

~ THREE ~
I know this is not the way I should be thinking about life, but when things are going sooo good, do you ever worry about when/if the other shoe is going to drop and something bad is bound to happen to bring you back to reality? I know that's a super pessimistic way to think, and that I should trust the Big Man Upstairs that His plan is best. Just something that crosses my mind every once in a while (read also: I'm a tad anxious at times for no good reason).

~ FOUR ~
We're probably going to be buying a new car in the early part of 2014. We're thinking it's either between the new Ford Explorer or the GMC Acadia. Anyone have either, and do you have an opinion? What you like or don't like? Basically we want a luxury SUV with a third row seat.

~ FIVE ~
We're getting Preslie's three month photos taken on Monday. They're more like her four month photos since I slacked on getting them scheduled on time. Hopefully she cooperates seeing as they are scheduled during her bedtime! So there's that.

Have a great weekend, my friends!

Midweek Randoms

 I thought I'd go ahead and join Megan's Midweek Randoms link up today!

• I ended up getting the new position for work, a pay raise and an additional week of maternity leave. Can't get much better than that! I'm super excited and so relieved that worked itself all out.

• I'm obsessed with gummy bears. Actually, I don't think the word 'obsessed' quite describes it. I'd venture to say I'm more addicted to gummy bears. My mom discovered that Safeway has these five pound bags. Those have been my weakness. I hate to admit this, but I can finish a five pound bag of gummy bears in less than a week. Don't judge.

• Last weekend we took a trip down to Los Angeles for a wedding. It was a long drive, but Preslie did awesome and she was the talk of the wedding. Everyone kept saying how they couldn't believe what a good baby she was. [Insert proud parent moment here.]

• Even though I weigh less now than I did before I got pregnant, a lot of my clothes just don't fit like they used to. It's true what they say about pregnancy changing your body. All worth it though.

• I just realized that our two year wedding anniversary is coming up in a couple weeks. I have no clue what we're going to do to celebrate. Last year Kevin pretty much planned everything so I think it's my turn for planning this year.

• Raise your hand if you've been keeping up with the Royal Baby news. *hand raised* I'm not quite as obsessed about it as some, but it is pretty exciting. I always wonder what's going through Kate's mind. She definitely seems really grounded, but everything must be so over the top when it comes to the attention that's on her now.

• I've come to the conclusion that the only way I'm going to keep up with blogging is if I do some link ups. Gives me a purpose and topics (albeit random topics) to post about.

Hope you all are enjoying your week!

Our Life Lately

Has been busy!

I need to jot down some things so I can at least have record of what's been going on.

1.) This past Saturday I threw Kevin a birthday party. He turns 30 on the 17th, so I threw him a beer tasting "Thirsty Thirty" party. It was a huge success! I'm hoping to get a post up with all the details.

2.) Last week Preslie and I made an unexpected trip down to my parents house for a few days because my mom fell off a ladder, broke her ribs and punctured her lung. It was pretty scary. She was in the hospital for a few days with a chest tube in. My brother and I were able to help my dad out around the house, grocery shop, cook and clean. Preslie just did what she does best: looked cute and gave lots of grins to keep Grammy's spirits up. My mom has been back home for about a week and is slowly healing.

3.) Kevin's had some changes in his job recently, but thankfully all for the better! He's doing so good and I'm so proud of him. He also came home with the good news today that he got a raise! Thank you Sweet Six-Pound-Seven-Ounce Baby Jesus. It's not easy on the checkbook to be on maternity leave this long so this came at the best time.

4.) Speaking of maternity leave, I have about three weeks left with Miss P. I hate that July has been so busy because it makes the days go by faster and I'd like for the days to just drag out about two months longer. I've had a nice long maternity leave, but I don't think any mother is quite ready to go back to work.

5.) Speaking of work (you like my original segues here? ha!), I have an interview tomorrow. It's for a position that I previously had before this position I have now. They pretty much opened the position for me specifically, so I'm not nervous about the interview. Plus, it's with my old boss so we all know each other. God really has His hand in everything, because with this new position, it will provide a lot more flexibility when it comes to Preslie and my hours. The other position? Notsomuch. So it's pretty much ideal.

6.) This means that Preslie will be going to the sitters for the first time tomorrow for almost the whole day while I have lunch with a co-worker and then have my interview. I'm nervous about leaving her. I just want her to be good and take her nap for Miss Kara and I hope she doesn't miss me. I also hope I don't cry tomorrow. I'm not normally a crier, so fingers crossed that stays true.

7.) We have a trip planned for Los Angeles this week because Kevin is a groomsman in his good friend's wedding. We'll be taking the Babe with us and staying in a hotel for a few days. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly as I'll be on baby duty pretty much the whole time. *send wine, please*

8.) Our backyard is finally looking like a real backyard! My plan is to post some before and after photos. We'll see if that ever happens. Kevin has been working all Spring and Summer on the backyard and it really shows.

9.) Stella got sprayed by a skunk. IN OUR GARAGE! It was horrible. Poor thing thought she did something wrong and was in trouble because we were kind of freaking out about her not getting into the house and hosing her down ASAP. I found some skunk stuff at the pet store and it got the job done and she doesn't smell so horrible now. We aired the garage out a whole bunch and the stench has dissipated some.

10.) Preslie is currently talking herself to sleep. I swear that girl is something else. She carries on her own little conversation with herself before drifting off to dreamland.

11.) Oh! You can Follow my blog with Bloglovin if you'd like. I'm reading all the blogs I follow through that site.

Have a great day!

Preslie Kay at Three Months

Days behind yet again. Mom of the year over here! ;)

Preslie turned three months old on Tuesday, July 2. It was like she literally went to bed the night of July 2nd and when she woke up the next morning she was a completely different baby! Talking so much and so much more active.

Measurement

Weight: According to our scale she's weighing 14.5 pounds! Lets say 'plus or minus' until we know for sure next month when she sees the pedi.

Appearance 

• Whatever I said before about her hair being thick? I take back. She is losing it and is almost bald! Poor thing. I was a bald, bald baby and was hoping she'd have lots of hair. Keeping my fingers crossed it'll grow back soon.
• Still has beautiful, blue eyes.

• Her legs seem longer to me.
• She's getting a tan since she's been spending a lot of time in the pool lately! 

 

 Sizes

• She's kind of out-growing 0-3 month clothes, 3 month clothes fit her perfect but tops are beginning to get a little short on her (the belly may have something to do with that!), and I've been putting her in some 3-6 months clothes. She wears 6 month pants/shorts.

 The Belly!

• She can finally wear her Newborn shoes but she tends to kick them off in about 2.3 seconds, so we wear them mostly for pictures.

• Still in size 1 diapers.

Nicknames
We have quite the slew of nicknames for this little one.

• Squirt
• Squirt-squirt
• Squirty
• Preslie Girl
• Pretty Girl
• Mommies
• Sweet Girl
• Gummy Bear
• Some people call her "Pres," but I'm not a huge fan of that one.

Personality

• She is a good, good baby! I would venture to say she might cry once a day for maybe a minute and that's it. She's just very content the majority of the time.

• She's giving us a lot of smiles. No giggles yet and I can't wait until that happens.
• She's starting to realize who "strangers" are and who her "people" are. If someone she doesn't know well or recognize comes up to her to say hi, her bottom lip sticks out like she's going to cry. It takes her a few minutes to warm up and then she's good. We take her to a lot of places with a lot of people so she kind of has no choice but to get used to it.
• "Talking" all. the. time! She's started talking herself to sleep. She just goes on and on. 

Likes

• Her hands. They are in her mouth constantly!

• TV; we don't sit her in front of it all day, but she'll watch it if it's on and she can see it.
• Her lovey

• Sophie the Giraffe

• Swimmin'!

• Baths
• She still has a blast on her play mat and in her bouncy seat.
• Milkies
• Her Papa

 

• Her thumb! She's officially a thumb-sucker now. I don't mind it at all.

• She's noticing the dogs now. She'll follow them with her eyes when they walk by her.
• I think she's going to be left-handed because she'll grab things with her left hand way more than with her right. She sucks her right thumb though, so we'll see.

Dislikes

• Teething; it's officially started. She doesn't fuss too much for now, but I can tell it's uncomfortable for her. She prefers Sophie, her hands or our fingers to chew on.

• Being hot; it was over 100 degrees the other week and girlfriend did not like being hot. She spent a lot of time in just her diaper. 
• She's getting better at tummy time, but still not a favorite of hers.

Eating

• She eats 5.5 ounces of breast milk every 3 - 3.5 hours: 7am, 10:30am, 2pm, 5pm and 8pm.
• Still nurses one to two times a day. We haven't been nursing some days when it's been too hot. She'll just fuss and we both sweat way too much.
• My supply is still doing great! I may have to cut back a little because we're running out of room in our deep freezer.

Sleeping

• Little Miss no longer sleeps in a swaddle! I started her out with no swaddle during nap times. Once she slept through her naps with no swaddle, then I started her at bed time. It took two nights for her to get the hang of it, but she is a fan of being free now!

 That's a paci under her cheek ;)

• Since she has free range of her hands while sleeping, that's when the thumb-sucking started. I do love it because it soothes her and she can put herself back to sleep if she wakes up in the middle of the night. She usually only sucks her thumb when she's tired.
• She takes two, two-hour naps and one, one-hour nap each day, and a cat nap in the evening.
• She's sleeping completely through the night; 8pm-7 or 7:30am. It's wonderful!
• We don't have to do crying it out much at all anymore. She knows the drill and puts herself to sleep when we put her down. Of course, there are times she doesn't want to, but she'll stop crying in about five minutes.

New Experiences

• She hangs out in her pool floaty now and she loves having her Papa zoom her all around the pool. 
• She spent time in the backyard while we would work in the yard.

• She got stung by a baby wasp. I know. :( Like I said, mom of the year over here! Luckily, it was little but I was scared. She got stung in the crease of her elbow, on her left arm and then her left eye and nostril started to get red and flare up. It went away after about 20 minutes, but needless to say I'm going to ask the pedi about an Epi Pen just to have on hand just in case. Scary!
• My BFF, Maygan, and her little one, Madison, came and visited us! We all had so much fun together!!! 

I'm pretty bummed I didn't get better photos of Madison and Preslie together. Also, this was one of those 100 degree days, so please excuse Preslie's rolly-ness. Ha!

 

• She helped celebrate Papa's first Father's Day.

• Grammy and Grampy came and visited over Father's Day weekend.
• We had a play date with Madison and sweet Jackson. Preslie and Jackson may just become boyfriend and girlfriend in the distant future. He is so adorable!

 Preslie was more concerned with sleeping. And I promise she's the youngest baby in this photo.

• We also had a play date with our friend Lucas! They were big fans of one another!

• She sat in her high chair and was so good! I wanted to cry because she looked so grown up. She sat in it the whole time Kevin and I ate dinner. I figure if we start her now at the table that maybe it'll get easier along the way with table manners once she's older. *wishful thinking*

• She went on a sushi date with Mommy and Papa and was so good!

We seriously can't get enough of our sweet girl!!!