Friday, June 12, 2009

Look - 2 hands!





I just had to take some photos tonight.
Leah was holding her bottle up herself with both hands.
What a big girl!
















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The verdict is in- Leah looks like her daddy!

After going through a few photos of Rick when he was a baby, I think I have found the photos that show the closest resemblance of each other.

Leah looks like her daddy when he was a baby!

Rick August 1970

















Leah 2009


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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Leah turns 3 months old today!

My baby is 3 months old today!









Today Leah turns 3 months old!


Leah is growing so fast. The developmental milestones this month are incredible. Leah is holding her head up, trying to pull herself up when she is in the reclined position. She is holding her toys and blankets and watching as those tiny hand move everything around. She loves to hold onto her blankies and pull them up to her eyes to look at the different patterns. Of course she discovered her hands and fingers and how well they fit in her mouth. Leah loves getting those fingers in her mouth. It is funny when she is sucking on her hand and uses the otherone to help get the first one in further.
Leah is at her best in the morning and afternoon. She loves to look around at people and objects, and loves to laugh when people smile at her, as you can see from her 3 month old photos which were taken today.
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Melt Your Heart...Baby

This is a recent recap of how my child melted my heart the other night...

Daddy was out of the house for the evening, having a good time at a local school picnic with a friend of our. Momma decided to stay home with baby Leah. About bedtime (8ish) I decided to try to put Leah down for the night, and so off we were, rocking away in the living room rocking chair. About 9pm Leah was sawing logs...or catching flies... with her mouth wide open. Her pacifier had fallen out of her mouth indicating she was sound asleep. So, I decided to put her to bed. I went into the bedroom, left all the lights off and laid her in her bed. With a little time left to catch the end of my program I joined Lily in the living room to wait for Daddy to come home. About 10 minutes into watching TV I started hearing things, like someone talking. I muted the tv, and sure enough, Leah had woken up, and was just laying there, in the dark, talking to herself. It was so sweet. I crept in the bedroom, and quietly laid on the bed to listen. There she was, looking at, playing with, and sucking her hands just talking away. It brought tears to my eyes. What a precious quiet moment - her there, just talking to herself.

During the day she laughs, and coos here or there, but this was full blown gibber gabber in a little quite, petite baby voice. Then she would laugh at herself and kick, and talk some more, and suck her hands, and go back to talking. Eventually she cried and wanted Momma – but it was such a sweet little thing, and so funny with her just talking to herself in the dark.

So, the precious moment fades, and Leah decides she isn't quite ready for bed yet. She got up and we played for about 45 more minutes on the floor. Then I took her to bed with me to watch tv and she laid there playing with her hands again, and every once in a while I would look at her in between watching tv and she just had her eyes on me, then go back to her hands, then me – just to make sure I was there or something. It was cute. We had a good night! That right there is the reason to stay home instead of always running here and there. Slow down, and take in the precious moments...




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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Leah turns 2 months old!


It is amazing all the development I have seen in Leah since she was born. She turned 2 months old yesterday! At two months old, my little BABY girl has grown out of her "newborn clothes", started making cooing noises and vocalizing, and is smiling back at me when she sees me talk to her.


At this point most people are saying she looks more like Rick. I know she is like him in many ways. She is warm all the time - like her daddy, and well - let's just say she also has a digestive system like her daddy! We joke around here when Leah passes gas - it is hard to tell who it is coming from. She isn't shy about it either. She let everyone hear her talent during her Baptism last month - right as Pastor baptized her. WHAT A GIRL! Wait until I show that to all the boys that show interest in her - hopefully DECADES from now!


She has also started sleeping longer at night. Now, I will not go as far as to say she is sleeping THROUGH the night...but close. After being worn out from a hard day, which could have been playing with Auntie Beena Monday through Friday, or shopping and going places with Momma on Saturday or Sunday she falls into an evening of tired crying around 8pm. Less then 20 minutes later Leah is out for the night. Although she ususally wakes around the 3AM hour for a little "night cap" of milk - it is a short 15 or so minutes later that we are all back in bed sleeping until morning. Well, Leah is asleep. Momma is used to 2 months of being up a few times a night, so it will take a while for me to learn to not go do the dishes and laundry at 3AM after feeding Leah. Momma needs to learn it is bedtime for all of us, and the rest can wait until morning (or the afternoon, or the evening, or the next day...)