Saturdays and Sleep

I have come to a point to where I so look forward to the weekends and most specifically Saturday mornings.  The reasoning being is that I hope to have a day of rest, after 5 straight months of having interrupted sleep at night, I long for the mornings to where I can maybe get an hour or 2 of extra sleep after a long week of getting up for work.  

Addie has been giving us some good nights of sleep, for instance on Thursday she went down at 8:30, woke up at 3 to feed and then did not wake up until 11:30 this next morning…RIDICULOUS.  What a tease this is.  For the last several weeks I lay my head down on my pillow on Friday night already dreaming of a long nights rest and a longer morning in bed only to be sadly disappointed.  It’s like she knows.  She gets her little happy self up for her nightly feed around 3 or4 and then she is up for the day at 7’ish….really?!?!? 

Cereal

We have officially started Addie on cereal.  We did this after I had been diagnosed with an upper respitory infection and needed some rest.  Dave’s solution was to try to give Addie some cereal in hopes that she might sleep through the night.   No luck sleeping through the night, but it has given us more of a nightly routine and she is going down much earlier (around 8:30 instead of 11:00). 

Who knows how much she is really eating, it seems like she only gets a spoonful down and the rest on her hands, feet, head, counter, etc. 

This was her first experience eating cereal, this was the only time she had clothes on during her meal, it just gets too messy :)

Pops

This week Addie got to spend some time with her Pops.  Dave made an emergency trip home to see his Dad as things turned for the worse.  Thankfully after a new medicine and many, many prayers Dave’s dad is doing much better.  He is still in the hospital but his condition is a lot different than it was a week ago. 

With Dave out of town and me at work…Addie got to spend some time with her Pops for a few days.  The first day was a little rough as she got used to her new environment, but not too bad.  By the end of her visit she was all smiles and really loved her time with her Pops and Granny. 

Thanks Pops!!!

4 short months

Sweet little Addie is now 4 months old!  I can’t believe how time has already flown by.  It’s so crazy to think a year ago we had just found out we were going to have our precious little one.

These days she is all smiles and drool.  She has an awesome temperament, her fussy times are usually limited to her tired times (there definitely are some exceptions).  Addie is extremely active, she has been rolling over for 3 weeks now, she loves to sit up and she is dying to be able to crawl, walk, whatever, she wants to be on the move.  She has recently started to laugh which is so funny to us, sometimes she just laughs at us for no reason, it is super cute.  We are still not sleeping through the nights which can make for long days at work, there is about a 50/50 chance that she will sleep 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM, other nights she is usually up around 3:00 AM for a snack. 

Today we had her 4 month appointment, both Dave and I were anxious over the shots as the last 2 times were not pleasant at all.  After a great check up the dreaded nurses came in to administer her shots….we were both taking a deep breath to prepare and literally not one stinkin’ tear.  We both were staring at her, like are you sure, you just got 2 shots and nothing…..PHEW!

Here are her stats from today….

17.7 lbs (she has now gained 10 lbs since birth) 97 percentile

25.5 inches long        87 percentile

 

Guess who’s sitting up….

Yep…we love to sit up all of the time now.  We are still a little wobbly but she is gaining on her balance on a daily basis.  I can’t believe how much she changes these days…..RIDIC-U-LOUS!!

Like Mother…Like Daughter….

Dave caught both of us dozing off on our most recent trip to Childress…..yes he took both pictures while he was driving.

This is what happens when your in-laws are farmers……

Seriously?!?!?!?!?

In other news, Addie is loving her time with her daddy.