7 Months Old!

It's that time again, another monthly update. Let's see what our girl is up to at 7 months :)

A couple days after her first tooth broke through, the second bottom one did as well! Now Missy has two little teeth and they look so adorable! She is putting her new teeth to use too, eating toast and pancake... noodles and peaches. She loves table food and we have started to slowly let her try things! I got her some puffs the other day and she tried one. I broke it in half first, but she did well with it! She loves cereal mixed with fruit, like baby banana's or apple sauce/pears! She loves her veggies for the most part and still isn't a huge fan of meats! I gave her a sippy cup the other night and let her try drinking juice from it. She seems confused at first, but once she got the hang of it, she loved it!

 

Her very first ‘Artwork’ from daycare

 

Sitting up so well :) 

 

She just got her ears pierced and did really well. I felt so bad because she cried so hard, but once she calmed down, she was fine and she looks so pretty with her earrings!! Here are the pictures from Tuesday at Dr. Miller’s office. Amanda took before and after pictures for me…

 

If you look close in this one, you can see her teeth!!!!! ;)

 

Right before he pierced…..

 

And after :(            

 

 

 

I felt so horrible making her go through the pain of piercing her ears…. but hopefully she will thank me later! I mean, she got her DTap last Friday and didn't even cry or tear up! I was so nervous about the shot, but she was such a brave girl and she didn't even get a reaction from it. The man at the doctor’s office who pierced her ears said it doesn’t hurt, but I beg to differ. How can it not? Oh well, its done now and she looks super cute with them in!

As for shots, we don't have to go back for more until her 1 year, Thank God! That’s a nice little break. When I look at the months on the calendar…It's hard to believe she will be 1 so soon though!! 

As far as development goes she is sitting up with ease and has great balance. She will even reach for toys and go from sitting up to her belly or knees. Crawling can't be too far away now.. we'll see :)

Like I said, I gave her puffs the other night and pieces of pancake... I broke them into tiny pieces and put them on her highchair table. She started reaching and trying to use the 'pincer' grasp to get the food!!!! It took me back to Carter's baby days when I saw her doing that!

She is still saying Dada all the time and sometimes you will hear her coo and say Maaaa'! Mostly just babbles though!

Her laugh is contagious, we all love to make her giggle and the one that really gets her going is her big brother! Now, she's even started to 'bounce' when something exciting happens and when you are holding her in the standing position, she will bounce too!

I am still having a hard time getting her to sleep longer than 3 hours at a time. She has had some good nights recently where she went about 4 hour stretch’s…. those were nice and hopefully she can keep it up!

 

I have some more pictures of her and her teeth to post… more to come soon!

Weekday mornings!

Last week (2/28) was Pajama Day for Carter’s class. And out of all the one’s he’s got, he decided to wear his Batman PJ’s to school…

I have never seen this kid so excited to go to school! He LOVES his Pajama’s and if he could, he would wear them all day everyday! Me too buddy, me too, Lol. Anyway, he had a blast with it and I’m glad he gets to do these kinds of fun things at such a young age :)

 

Callie just goes with the flow in the mornings!

        

Sunday at Uncle Mike’s

Last Sunday we ventured across the field to Uncle Mike & Aunt Melanie’s house for a visit. Michele, Brian, and Maddy were in town from New York so they planned a nice Lasagna dinner for everyone! I still hadn’t seen the finished house before this day, so I was impressed when I walked in and saw how comfy and cozy it was :) The kids had a good time playing and it was really good to see them again. Maddy changes so much every time she comes down, so its always fun to see her! This was Carter’s first time seeing her since she’s been walking too, so he was taken back a little when he saw her running around the house! Callie just sat and played until she was good and worn out and then took a little snooze on the couch. Anyway, let me get onto the pictures from our day!

 

Carter, the daredevil that he is, showing me his ‘flying’ skills ;)

 

Silly faces

 

 

Callie’s first Boo Boo. We were in Wal-Mart earlier in the day and I thought she could handle sitting in the front of the cart since she’s been doing so well lately! Well, she lost her balance and tipped sideways, hitting her eye on the cart! It looks worse in person, but I had to get a picture of it for the blog. Fun fact….Big brother got his very first boo boo at this SAME age…I went back and looked, Lol.

 

Just playing before we left!

 

     

 

 

Hanging out..relaxing

   

 

Our family :)

 

Callie’s 6 Month Post

 

It's still hard to believe that six months have come and gone already! Here's what our favorite girl has been up to these days...

 

Most days she is just enjoying baby life. Playing with her big brother has become a daily thing now. She really interacts with him (and everyone) now! When he enters a room, she lights up. He's like a Jester, constantly dancing and singing to make her laugh. He brings her toys and pushes her around in the walker...something they both have a blast doing. I am lucky in that he is high energy in that area, he never gets tired of doing fun things with his sis.

 

 

Besides Carter, Little sister has become familiar with all of the faces in the house and started showing a shyness for strangers. She is so smiley and happy most of the time. When Daddy comes walking in and says "I see you lookin' at me!" She gets her arms swinging with excitement. She says "Ba" and Da-Da" all the time now. And actually, here as of lately, she has been saying "Maaaa!" when she is upset and wants to be picked up! The girl knows her momma ;)

She is picking up toys with both hands and transferring them from one hand to the other! She is banging toys together and will bang toys on hard surfaces to hear the noise they make. She is also famous for dropping things on purpose, just to see where they fall, Lol. Like her Binki...MAN, she drops that thing ALL the time. She loves to pull hair....My hair especially! Nobody is safe though, not Carter, Daddy, Grammy, Mimaw, or even friends at Daycare. This girl has sticky fingers for hair! She loves to twirl it around in her hands, rub it on her face, eat it, and tangle it all up ;)

Some of Callie's favorite things are her pink blanket. It is the same exact blanket as big brothers, but pink, courtesy of Mima :) Both kids love these blankets because they are very soft and thin. She also loves her Binki's! When she is tired, those are the two things she wants..her blanket and binki.

She loves pears and sweet potatoes.

 

She loves to sit up and look around while playing with toys :)

And last, but not least, she loves her mommy, daddy, and big brother!

Milestones met this month:

-Sitting up

-Callie got her first tooth on February 21st.

-Starting to push up on knees

-Said "Maaaa-Ma!" a couple times :)

Callies stat's:
16 lbs 10 oz - 50%
25 1/2 inches long- Between 25% and 50%
Head Circum is 17 1/2 inches - 50%

Okay, now that we've covered all of that good stuff, I will update on the other 'not so good' stuff.
At Callie's 6 month Well Baby on Feb. 7th we had a scare when she held her breath after the second Vaccine was given, the PVC13. It was almost as if the nurse should have waited until she calmed down from crying after the first shot to let her catch her breath and it would have been fine. I mean, she's never had any problems before. But, she immediately stuck her with the second shot and Callie just froze. She had a look of shock on her face and no sound, no tears, no breathing. So, I grabbed her up, shook her and called her name and she snapped out of it. The nurse ran and got the doctor, who examined her and decided it was best to wait on the DTap for another few weeks, to give her time, just to be safe.

The next day I had a meeting with Callie and Carter's teachers at CDC. During Callie's meeting, her teacher informed me that she had had an episode like that the day before (morning of her shots). I was very angry that they didn't call me and tell me about it immediately and told them to call me right away should it happen again and they assured me they would. Anyway, as angry as I was (and still am) I called the doctor as soon as we left to tell them about it. They felt it was best to get her seen by a neurologist at Children's, just to rule out seizures or another condition. My heart sank when they said that, but I wanted to get to the bottom of it, so I was anxious for our appointment that whole weekend before. Saturday, we went to a friends on Saturday night to get out for a bit. Callie came with me for a girls only  "wine tasting'. It was a fun night, but right before leaving she was so exhausted and ready for bed that when I went to put her in her car seat she let out a HARD cry and immediately passed out. I picked her up so quick, called her name, shook her and after a couple seconds, she woke up. This was by far the scariest moment for me. She went completely limp... no breath, NOTHING! Thank God my sister was with me when it happened because I was a wreck. After that she was fine and we went home and I TRIED to get some sleep. She slept like normal that night and  the rest of the weekend was fine and no more spells.

We went to Children's for her appointment on Monday, February 13th. The Neurologist she saw and Cardiologist both examined her and felt she was/is having breath holding spells. They did blood work, a physical exam, and an EKG and both felt she was very healthy and just having trouble with holding her breath in an upsetting, scary or painful situation, like with the shots or at Jessica's when she was over tired and got upset. Anyway, we got a referral for an EEG as well, but that appointment isn't until March 20th. So, I guess we will know FOR SURE if it is seizures or anything else on the 20th, but until then I just pray every day that she doesn't have another spell and that it is nothing more than her being a stubborn little girl holding her breath! It actually runs in the family...my sister used to do it as a baby/toddler and scare the heck out of me and CJ's uncle Johnny used to do it as a child.

 

Okay, so now that I have written a book on here, I promise to update as things happen and not wait a whole month again! And to everyone who reads this blog, again, please keep Callie in your prayers that everything comes out okay with her EEG.
Other than this stuff going on, we have just been enjoying our family together, the four of us! We grow to love this little girl more and more every day. Seeing her and Carter together, playing together, hearing their laughter, brings so much happiness into our lives. We are very blessed to have these two little Angels :)

 

Here are some pictures of our girl…a little over the 6 month mark. More like 6 & 1/2 actually….

 

   

    

And Carter had to get in… :) These were taken right before his visit to the ENT on 2/20!