WAlyssa – 41 Week

What I Love About Alyssa – 41 Weeks

Alyssa I love the little personality you are developing and how much fun you are to be around!  Everyone just adores you.  We had a good week this week…even with you having a little cold :-)!  You are not going to let anything get you down though!

This was a scene I walked in on this week and laughed so hard when I saw this!!  You had crawled inside one of those fold up clothes hampers and Aaron was pulling you around the kitchen floor in it.  You both were just a giggling too!  It was so cute!

You had a fun time playing with your Daddy and brothers this week!  Yall took a ride on Daddy’s belly…

and in the boys’ tonka dump truck!  You just squealed with delight!

You love being on the floor playing with your toys…that is when you are not picking up other stuff off the floor and putting it in your mouth!  Your Granny has given you the nickname “Hoover”. 

You have definitely turned the corner on eating!  You love to eat…especially when I give you something that you can feed yourself!  You think you are so big just like your brothers!

 

Alyssa you are a hambone and I love you!

Alyssa – 40 Weeks

Ok…not only am I late on this post but I was also very bad last week of not getting pictures – UGH!  Hopefully I can do better this week :-)

Alyssa had her 9 month well baby check up last week.  She is officially a “stick”!!  Her weight was 17 lb 8 oz (38% on the charts) but her height was 29 inches (96% on the charts) – she is long and skinny!  But overall it was a good check up!

Sadly though this weekend she had her very first ear infection :-( and we had our very first sick visit to the dr on Saturday.  But she is a trooper and she is doing better now!

I am happy to say that I have been able to find, I mean MAKE, time in my schedule to start sewing again!  I have always loved sewing but ever since Aaron has been born have had a hard time to find time to do it.  Well, now that I have a girl, I am wanting to do it again!  And I am already having so much fun at it!! 

Here are two dresses I have already made for her!

The polka dot dress is going to be her Valentine’s dress.  I made myself a skirt out of the same material :-)  I can’t wait to get pictures of us together in our outfits!!

Here are two pictures I did get.  These were from last Sunday.  This was a dress her Granny got her for Christmas!!  She looked super cute in it!!

 

Alyssa I love how cute you are!  You are learning how to wave and really reach your arms out when you want to be held!  It is so sweet.  It just melts my heart! 

You are super super fast at your belly crawling!  You don’t seem to have a desire to crawl on your hands and knees but why would you when you can belly scoot so well!

I love how you remained so sweet, probably even got sweeter, when you were sick this week!  I hated that you were sick but am so glad that is was just a minor ear infection!  I pray for your health every morning.  I do not like it when any of my babies are sick!

Alyssa I love you!  Even though I don’t get that many pictures of you on some weeks it doesn’t mean that I haven’t spent time with you or you haven’t had a cute week…I have just been too busy enjoying you to pause to grab the camera!  I don’t want to miss the moment :-)

I love you baby girl!!  The past 9 months with you have been a dream!

What I Love About Alyssa – Catch Up

 

What I love about Alyssa – 36 – 39 weeks!!

Ok – so yes, I got behind.  It was just kind of hard to get everything done during the Christmas holidays!!  But I am catching up now!!!

Alyssa you had a WONDERFUL first Christmas!!  We had so much fun with you!

You loved Santa Clause.  You would smile any time you would see one and you just grinned when we put you in Santa’s lap!

Even though you can belly crawl all over the house (and are super fast) you are still a bit wobbly when trying to sit up.  Your little blue chair worked perfect for you to sit in to enjoy Christmas morning though!

I think the wrapping paper was your favorite part.  You would get mad if we tried to take it from you.

You loved yuor monkey toy that you got.  There are so many different things to do on that one little toy!

In fact I think you were happy with all the goodies you got for Christmas!

I think you look adorable in all your new clothes!!  Your aunt Jennie got you a bunch of new clothes!!  You has some you can wear now and some you will grow into in a few months!!

 

Alyssa I just love your chicken legs!!!  You are so different from the boys!!  Both boys were so chunky and full of rolls but I don’t think there is one roll on your body!!  You are super long but you are very lean as well!! 

 

You love to make faces with your tongue!!  It is so cute!

You are developing such a sweet personality!!  Everyone just loves you!

Of course you still love to wrinkle that nose!

You are still enjoying the activity table on your blue chair!  It will usually keep you occupied long enough for a school session with the boys!  :-)

      

You are finally growing some hair!!!  I am starting to be able to put bows in your hair…the thickest part of your hair is still towards the back of your head but I am thinking in another few weeks we will be able to snap a bow on the front part of your head :-)  Hopefully in time for Easter?!?!?

   

You have really made progress in your eating solid foods!!  You love to eat now.  You are eating any baby food we give you but you are so happy when we feed you “real” food!  You LOVE sweet potatoes! 

You also love the baby puffs.  You are doing such a good job of grasping them and getting them to your mouth!

You have even eaten a few cheerios and goldfish crackers.  You do so well crunching them with your now 6 front teeth (4 on top and 2 on bottom).

You have survived what the boys have fed you as well :-)  Aaron loves to feed you.  We have to keep a constant watch on him!  I think the favorite thing you enjoyed him giving you was a fried okra at a restaurant one night.  You were so happy with that okra!  In fact so happy that I just watched to see how you would handle it and you gummed it down until you were able to swallow it!

I was a bit concerned at first about your eating habits but I am no longer!  You are going to be a good eater!!  :-)

You are also really starting to chatter.  You are saying all different consonant  sounds and you have gotten real good at saying “MaMa”  :-)

I love you so much “Missy” (my new nickname for you!).  You are such a delight to have in our lives!!

Alyssa – 35 Weeks

What I love about Alyssa – 35 Weeks

I love how much you are getting into this whole Christmas thing!!  I don’t see how anyone could have a depressing Christmas with you around!

You poor baby you are cutting 4 teeth right now!!  Your 2 front right teeth have cut the surface and your 2 front left teeth are right underneath the gum.  But you are a trooper and I thank God for teething drops!!

You are starting to enjoy your baby food – FINALLY!!  You definitely have a sweet tooth and prefer the fruit and the sweeter veggies.  You love to eat baby food at dinner time…but are still not so sure about eating it at breakfast or lunch time.

You are really getting the army (belly) crawl down!!  It is so much fun watching you!!  You are into EVERYTHING though!  We really have to keep a watchful eye on you when you are on the floor!

You have even gotten up on your hands and knees a few times but really can’t figure out how to move yet when you do get up.  It won’t be long though!!

You are really starting to get some hair in too…and it is sticking straight up!!  There is still not enough to put a bow in it but it won’t be long!  I am dying to put a bow in your hair!!

And Daddy is trying to deny it but you have started saying “MaMa”!!  I think it is the most precious sound in the world (even if you are just making noises and not intentionally saying MaMa”)

I love you my baby girl!  I can’t wait to spend your first Christmas with you!  You are going to be so much fun!

Alyssa – 34 Weeks

What I Love About Alyssa – 34 Weeks

Oh Alyssa!  I can’t believe that you are going to be 8 months old next week!!  Where does the time go?!?!  You are growing up way too fast!

We are having so much fun getting Christmas pictures this year.  You have really learned how to ham it up for the camera!!

You love it when you are with your brothers!

 

You still love to wrinkle that nose up…especially the past few days when you have been teething.

You are grabbing for everything these days!!  We have to be so careful and watchful of you!

You have discovered a new found talent of making spitting noises with your tongue.

You are really getting into this Christmas thing!  You love to get hold of the ornaments!

 

I love your super sweet expressions.  I love everything about you baby girl!!

Our Handmade Christmas Blog is up!

Hey guys!!  I have decided how to share my handmade Christmas presents with you to give you ideas for fun,easy Christmas gifts.

I have created a new blog specifically for this.  The main reason is because my family, who I am making these gifts for, reads this blog and I don’t want to ruin their surprise (so family please please please do not go to this other blog until after Christmas!)

Iwante to be able to share my ideas that I have found in hopes that you will find some ideas so that you too can have a handmade Christmas!!!  I really think too much emphasis is put on how much we spend at Christmas…who gets the most expensive gift.  I do not think that is what Christmas should be about!  Christmas is all about giving (we are celebrating the birth of our Saviour – who gave his LIFE for us).  Christmas should be about creating and sharing memories!  Having a handmade Christmas helps accomplish that!

Some of these gifts my children have helped me with…some of them they haven’t (mainly due to their young age).  I will do my best to give clear instructions.  Most of these ideas I have found from other websites and I will give credit where credit is due!

And I love comments!!  So please please please let me know what you think and if you found any of these ideas useful.  Please feel free to share links to these blog posts!

So if you would like to see what we are doing for our handmade Christmas please click here to go to the blog (family please please please do not click that link!)

Alyssa – 33 Weeks

I am so sorry this post is late!  I usually try to get this out on Fridays but it has been a crazy week.  Daddy has been gone since Thursday (is on the plane back home while I type this today) so I have been doing everything I can to keep the kids busy this week!

What I love about Alyssa at 33 weeks:

I love the wonderful pictures that we got last weekend!!  I still have not done the editing on them…but they really don’t need any editing!!  Most of the pics on this post were from last weekend!

I love the fact that Alyssa is learning how to sit up!!  Of course I have to put her in the sitting position but just this week she has learned how to balance herself and sit up for a bit (as long as she doesn’t try to arch her back…then she goes backwards!)  These pictures below were taken the first day she did it!!  She was so proud of herself!!

   

I love how much Alyssa loves her brothers and how much they love her!  She wants to be with them all the time!!

 

Alyssa loves ALL of her grandparents!!  She just smiles and coos at everybody!!   (she loves being the little princess of the family!)

 

I know I have said this before and I will keep saying it again and again – Alyssa has truly completed our family!!

I love the personality that Alyssa is developing!!  She has the sweetest little disposition (most of the time – ha!)

 

She is truly learning how to ham it up for the camera!

I love the fact that Alyssa is a TROOPER!!  She is game for anything!  We went the other night to a parade of lights!  It was VERY cold last night so we opened the back of our vehicle to sit in and watch the parade.  We cuddled up in blankets and she just snuggled right in.

  

I love my baby girl!!!  I am the proudest Mommy there ever was!!