Primary Program 2012

This year’s primary program was fabulous!  I thoroughly enjoyed all songs and the testimonies of all the children.

Luke’s part was “Choose” from the scripture “Choose you this day whom ye will serve…”

Andrew said, “I obey the Word of Wisdom by eating and drinking food that is good for my body and avoiding that which is bad.”

Josh said, “My baptism was special because I felt warm inside after I came out of the water.  I knew I had done the right thing.”

Great job kiddos!

Ella 4 months

 

Ella--today you turned 4 months!

And we just love you to pieces!

I’ve definitely got your sleep back on track.  You sleep at night and take all your naps in your crib (except when you fall asleep in the car).  I wrap you up,  lay you down, and you go to sleep.  Sometimes you cry for a little bit, but you know how to self sooth and fall asleep on your own.  You take 3 to 4 naps depending on how early you woke up.

You very rarely fall asleep nursing which in the long run is probably good, but I cherish it when you do.  

Yesterday you rolled over, back to front, for the first time.  Once on your stomach you HATED it, but it made for a cool trick.

You prefer to be held, but if we put you down, your mobile will entertain you the longest.

You are a pro at the bottle…which I love :)  I think you are kinda picky with the type you have though.

You nurse more frequently now for some reason.  You’re lucky to make it to two hours.  And sometimes I’m afraid you’re still hungry after you’ve nursed.  You’ll be super fussy after I feed you.  If I offer you a bottle you’ll drink it all up and are usually more content after.  So right now, we’re doing the half nursing supplementing with formula game.  I’m happy with it.  It works for us.

I was tempted yesterday to buy you some rice cereal to see if that would help, but I’m not ready to have really poopy diapers yet.  I want to hang on to baby poop as long as possible!!

I’m anxious to see how much you weigh.  You feel like such a lightweight compared to the boys!  You’re appointment is on Monday, so we’ll find out then!

We love you Ella Bella!

Happy 4 months!

Update: At Ella’s 4 month appointment she weighed 14 pounds 8 ounces and was 25.2 inches long.

Pumpkin Patch 2012

Yesterday we went to our favorite pumpkin patch. 

The weather was dry, but cold and cloudy when we got there. 

And Ella looked so cute in her warm clothes.

We rode the train out to the pumpkin patch.

This is Ella’s scared face in the tunnel!  I was surprised she didn’t cry.  Josh really, really wanted me to include it on the blog :)  Poor girl!

Just as we were waiting in line to ride the boat back, it started pouring rain.  It was a long and cold boat ride.  The kids were all shivering, and Darrin and I were hoping they learned a lesson about bringing a coat like we told them to :)

After we paid for our pumpkins, the wind and rain stopped. 

And on the way home we saw a rainbow! 

Hopefully an eventful trip to the pumpkin patch the kids will always remember!

Happy fall!

I want to remember…

• How excited she gets when she see me.  She’s definitely getting picky about who holds her.  She throws a fit if it’s not someone she knows.
• She coos so much now!   She loves it when we talk to her.  And now she “talks” back!
• Sometimes she’ll stop eating just to smile at me.
• Her love affair with her fingers.  She’s getting better and better at finding her thumb which we promptly pull out.
• She still stares at her hands which I think is always so funny!
• Lately she’s kinda gone through a “sleep revolution”.  What I have always been doing, stopped working, so I’ve been working to figure out what works better.  For starters, Friday night I kicked her out of our room and put her in her crib.  She’s already been sleeping better at night.  I’ve also been more diligent to put her in her crib for naps as well.  She’s still swaddled…but hey, one step at a time :)
• She takes one bottle a day.  Usually the feeding around 5 or 5:30pm.  So nice to know she will take one!
• So far, I’ve always been the one to put her to bed, but this week on 2 occasions I’m not going to be home, so we’ll see how it goes having Daddy do it :)