Thursday, April 28, 2011

Sidney Claire 7 months!

Oh my sweet sweet baby girl! Sidney was 7 months on the 21st. It's hard to believe she's only been part of this family for 7 months, seems like it's been forever. She has been changing so much lately. It's like around this time they just wake up and start to notice everything around them and interact with their world. It's so fun. She isn't sitting up by herself totally yet and we will both be glad when she can :) But she will roll all over the place when given a chance. (which isn't very often with three other littles running around)


She is eating aprox. every four hours. Meals with us and then a bedtime bottle before her bath.

She LOVES food. She really likes squash,and sweet potatoes. There is actually this organic baby food I found that she LOVES. And it stuff like spinach, rutabegas and apples. Or sweet peas, spinach and pears. Let me tell you she will tear this stuff up! lol She likes fruit, but will make faces like she thinks it's sour a lot of the time.

so Sidney has always been a spitter. But then recently she had been just prodjetile vomiting. And not right after she was eating we are talking four hours later before her next bottle. :( I could not figure it out. So just on chance, I got her some lactose free formula. I figured that breast milk is not a dairy, has no lactose. Makes since that babies probably are not really ready to digest that so perhaps Sidney was just having a hard time with it. BINGO!! Let me tell you, from the moment she took her first lactose free bottle there was no more! Even her normal spit up was reduced drastically!! Sometimes I wonder how much "reflux" out there are babies that are just getting stuff that doesn't agree with their system.

She loves her sisters and brother and they love her. She is wild, and can not wait to be right up in the middle of them. :)

She is taking two naps, both about 2-2.5 hours morning and evening. (except for at church, she is now on strike when it comes to napping in the nursery at church :)and is sleeping between 10-12 hours a night. A week ago I would have told you she would never sleep 12 hours, but she has done it for three nights in a row... who knows!

She loves her paci!! :) She doesn't have to have it, nor does she get it really during the day. But when you lay that sweet girl down she HAS to have it in her mouth. I just realized this the other day when I tried to put her to nap without one..... ummm no it didn't' work :) She officially is dependant on it. And guess what, I'm thrilled :) I would have paid Lily and Callie to have one (heck these days I would pay Callie to have one now!) I loved that Henry had his. So needless to say, I'm happy that she enjoys her paci!

She really is such a happy baby. Loves to smile and be held/talked to. Only don't get her when she is hungry, lol the baby monster inside that rarley shows her head comes out lol She will SCREAM until you put that bottle/spoon full of food into her mouth. I try really hard to get her fed before it comes to thins but hey... three other kids, household to run... ummmm doesn't always happen ;)

I'm really looking forward summer, and getting her outside more. I think she is going to love it!!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Good Friday

I can't even fathom being there that day. At the foot of a cross with my beloved Jesus nailed to it dieing. Not knowing the end. What an incredible sacrifice that we could never fully understand. What an amazing love.

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed

Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
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Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose, over death He had conquered
Now He’s ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One, bringing
My Savior, Jesus, is mine

Friday, April 15, 2011

Can't do it on my own....

Wow... all my days seem to be melting together right now. Kyle has been working late late late. I think that is going to be our new normal so I've been trying to reconfigure our evenings to make our nights easier and more peaceful. It's starting to work, the kids even eat better now that we are eating later :) I am bound and determined (we both are) to have dinner as a family. So now we are eating around 7 (sooo late for us) but it's working out.


I am really trying to work on falling into God when I am out of joy, peace, patience, etc. You name it I am out of it multiple times as day:) I have just been in a funk recently and I had to stop and ask myself, how many times, when I am to the end point am I on my knees asking God to equip me with his joy, peace, patience, etc? The God of the universe loves me and wants to give me these things, yet He is the last place I find myself. So crazy. I know I can do all things through Him who gives me strength, yet I want to do it on my own. Hello sin. Thankfully He never stops nudging me with the truth. I am so thankful for that. So thankful for my own shortcoming that remind me daily (minute by minute actually) that I NEED Him.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Oh miss Lily Grace...

I sure do just adore this little lady. I can't believe how big she is getting. She says the funniest things and is such a feeling girl. She will say "mama... mama" and I'll say "hmmm" and then "mama mama" "hmmmm" " MAMA TALK TO ME DON'T SAY HMMMM" hahaha she wants words, all the time!!

She is SUCH a great big sister. And is so affectionate. I hope she never stopes hugging and kissing like she does right now. She has my heart for sure!