Saturday, July 3, 2010

letty turns 2 - 2 months old, that is!

Well, Letty, here you are at 2 months old ALREADY! My how the time is flying by! With having 2 older siblings in the house, I feel like sometimes you are the neglected one. Sorry!

You now weigh probably close to 12 pounds. You are sleeping through the night - about 8 hours, and you are remaining faithful to your little routine of feeding every 3-3 1/2 hours during the day. You are now being fed formula (with a little bit of breastmilk mixed in) by bottle. I have no idea why but for some reason you have all of the sudden decided that breastfeeding is just not your cup of tea. You would scream your head off and act as if I was trying to feed you poison pretty much every time I went to feed you. We were basically having wrestling matches when I would try to feed you. Now that you are feeding from a bottle, you are a completely different baby. You rarely spit up now, and you are a much much much much more content little girl all day long. I have grown to love bottlefeeding now as we can look into each other's eyes and talk as I feed you, and now Daddy can help with the feedings and have that bonding opportunity with you as well.

As you can see, you do get entertained and some attention from your big sister and big brother (so you aren't completely ignored or neglected).


However, you may not always like the way that they give you the attention. Owen just wanted to make sure you saw the pictures from the book he was reading to you...


We love you, Letty!

Friday, July 2, 2010

little red riding hood


Today, we went to the Theater in the Woods and saw a rendition of the story of Little Red Riding Hood. After the play was over, the kids were able to take their playbills for autographs by the characters. She got autographs from Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf, Grandma, the Fox, the Pig, and the Turtle. Her favorite character of the play was Little Red Riding Hood, while Owen enjoyed the Pig the most. My favorite was the Turtle.

Friday, June 18, 2010

when Ivy gets the camera...

...this is what happens!





Doesn't every parent have pictures like these???

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

tadpoles to frogs

This summer we have been growing a frog. A friend of ours gave us some tadpoles and told us that they eat boiled lettuce or slimy spinach, so we started growing a frog. We followed our instructions, AND they're STILL ALIVE!!!


Daddy decided that the water was pretty yucky and dirty and that our tadpoles needed a clean home with fresh water. Ivy decided that she would sit and watch, I mean, help...


Thursday, June 3, 2010

Letty - one month old (already!?!)

Letty,
At 1 month old, you weigh about 10 pounds. You sleep about 6-7 hours at night and have fallen into a nice little routine of feeding every 3-3 1/2 hours during the day.You love your big sister Ivy and your big brother Owen already. You three are going to be such great friends and siblings - I can already see it. You love this musical giraffe toy and this toy book that makes a paper crunching noise as you hold onto it. You are starting to bat at toys and grab hold of a ring or a rattle if we put it into your hand.You are also holding your head sturdier so those little neck muscles are strengthening.You have already flown in an airplane! (You did that when you were 6 days old!)You cry A LOT, and you cry VERY LOUD. (But, I guess you have to if you want to be heard in this house over your two busy and noisy siblings.) The best way to describe your cry is ear-piercing - it is the kind of cry that you cannot hear anything else but your cry. The only thing cute about your cry is you do this little lip quiver thing when you start REALLY crying. You do not like to have any bubbles in your belly, which you seem to get a lot of, and when those bubbles come out, they are loud - loud enough that I would think the whole neighborhood could hear them. You do not like laying on your side which seems to be causing some problems when your Mama tries to feed you.I love to hear your snorting sound you make with your nose as you try to find your Mama.You also do this cute little shaking thing with your leg that almost reminds me of when you pet a dog in just hte right spot, its leg shakes uncontrollably. :oPLetty, we feel so blessed that the Lord has entrusted us with you. We feel that our family is now complete having you in it. Our prayer for you as you grow is that you will grow healthy and strong, both physically and in the ways of the Lord.We love you, Letty! It's so hard to believe that you are 1 month old ALREADY!!??!!Love,
Daddy and Mommy