Mini Marts

Mini Marts
All 5 of us!

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Heidi-Rae Update: 11 Months

Ok, seriously!! This is my last post within the first year??? I can't even type that without getting all weepy feeling! This is insane. Why does the last have to feel like it's flying by even faster?? Alrighty, let's not dwell on that too much and talk about how much this girl's personality has come out since the last post!



Weight 

Trying so hard to drink Daddy's coffee after she got a little taste of BLACK coffee!

Little miss is still 17 pounds! She is a tiny little thing. But she makes sure we know she doesn't have a tiny voice and will not be left behind or forgotten!

Health


The cough came back with a vengeance. We had to give a few breathing treatments so Heidi could catch her breath. It makes a Mommy's (and Daddy's) heart break when we hear that terrible cough and see her itty bitty body in pain. It last for quite a while! Including while we were visiting a friend in Arizona! But. . . Praise Jesus, the kids are all healthy!

Sleep


Morning naps are stating to fade. She still goes in at 10 but sometimes she just plays or talks. She doesn't cry or protest. She falls in line with the others where she gets really fussy, appreciates her alone time and comes out with such a happy demeanor. She still goes to bed at 8, wakes at midnight for milk (last night she skipped the 3am feeding, are we setting trend?), wakes again at 6 for milk and goes back to sleep until 8am. her big nap is still from 1:30pm - 3:30pm.

Clothes


No change since last month: a few 6 month and mostly 9 month clothes.

Social


The biggest event to write about is. . . a road trip to Arizona! She did fabulous! We had to stop a few times for milk and to give the carseat a break! But we planned to drive during nap times and planned for long stops when she woke up! We made one stop on the way to see my sister and her kids. We also attended a birthday party, where Heidi mastered going up and down the stairs!


Brotherly/Sisterly Love
This picture is so precious to me!
It's the office of my OB, where each one of these precious kids
were being watched while they grew!

It's so sweet to watch the genuine love for Heidi grow! She is able to interact more with the kids. She plays alongside them and wants to be involved. She loves being on the trampoline and riding in the John Deer jeep with Jeremy. She crake up watching them and follows them all over the house! But the time she has crawled to where they are, they are off to another place and she follows again!

Diet


We are still primarily Breastmilk. BUT we have make great progress with foods! She loves the fruit pouches. She takes bites of just about everything we are eating. Tiny bites.  . . She still gags like crazy but, nonetheless, is stating to ask and enjoy food.

Milestones 

We have a few steps!! 5 at a time, that is! She thinks she can do more and gets ahead of herself, collapsing and laughing at herself! It's really cute!!
She love to sing and do the and motions for "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee." Heidi is a  CLIMBER! On anything she can reach! Scares me a little when I find her balancing on  the rocking chair and rocking. . . while STANDING! My little adventurous girl!

We got her ears pierced!

She loves to do a crab crawl!

Personality


Our girl's personality has sprung out this month: adventurous, playful, patient, caring and concerned, doesn't hide her excitement or discontent, she has this siren cry! While it's cute, it's also loud! She knows how to use her pitch and does!

She loves hanging on me!
Loe my Mommy's girl!

When one door closes. . .




This photo is so sweet to me! 
All my pregnancies, all my early deliveries, all 3 kids were walked through this doorway, in womb, multiple times! 
Now they are all healthy and happily sitting AT the doorway! God really has is hand through the whole journey. 
It's bittersweet, since we will no longer be needing this doorway. The door of having our own children has closed. Waiting to see the next door God opens. . .

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Heidi-Rae Update: 10 Months

She loves the trampoline!
See her litte bitty hand? That's a GrenBay tatoo!

Weight 
6 teeth!
Heidi is keeping a steady weight of 18 pounds. e had her 9 month appoint this month! He said she isn't steadily climbing the scale. She is in the 25th percentile but not gradually climbing up. He's not concerned, just said it was worth mentioning and keeping an eye on.

Health
"What that wasn't me, it was the other baby in the house!"

We have been healthy since the last post! We struggled through that sickness and lingering cough! Impetigo is completely gone.

Sleep

Not much change here. She has started to wake up around midnight, again. She wants milk most of the time. On nights Daddy is home he is usually able to get her back to sleep.

Clothes

Since she isn't growing too rapidly, we have 6 month sleepers and onesies she still fits. We borrowed a friend's 9 month clothes since our bin is MIA.

Social

We continue to be on the go! Heidi went down the kiddie slope on skis with GiGi! And we got together with the all the babies born in the fire department last year! There were 12! WOW!

Brotherly/Sisterly Love

Capri is still quite rough with Heidi. She just loves her so much she is overwhelming and forgets to be gentle. Sadly, it results in Heidi being upset. We are working through this! Jeremy is pretty much the opposite! He is very gentle. He sits next to her in the car and is ever so sweet and patient when she is not happy in the car!

Diet

We are still on an every 3 hour nursing pattern. We have tried to introduce foods but she gags on just about everything! Anything not milk or water with probiotics she gags, sometimes to the point of vomiting! Drama queen! We are going to wait and try again next month. She doesn't NEED food at thins point, it's just for her pallet.

Milestones 

We have a stander! She is quite good at balancing on her own! She loves to be "walked." She no longer ikea her walker or jumper. She knows she can move on her own and does not like to be put in something that doesn't allow her freedom!

Personality

I love to watch her little mind think. She finds something that moves or she can move and she focuses on it. I often wonder what she is thinking, what she is learning.