More 4 Month Pics.

Look at those cheeks! This is your Christmas picture. You are the best present your dad and I could EVER ask for!

This is your favorite bouncer. You love to bounce and talk. 

4 Months!

I love this picture. You love to hold onto someone while you sleep, just incase they think about putting you down, you will know.  Here you are holding your grandpa's hand.

You are biting down on everything. When Aunt Kenzie gave you a bath, she laughed the whole time because you were sucking her thumb. 

Wow, you had your four month appointment today! You are still mad at me about your shots, but soon you will forget. You are still in the 90th percentile for your weight and height!  You are a completely different baby. I cannot believe how much you have grown in the last month.  You smile all day long.  You love to play and talk as LOUD as you can.  I cannot get enough of you.  When your dad gets home at night he likes to play with you until you go to bed.  He likes you all to himself.  You are waking up three times a night now which is not fun, but you mostly want to see us.  I bring you into bed about 5am and you hold my hand until you fall asleep.  You are so loving.  You are looking more like your dad everyday.  If you are lucky, you will be tall just like him! I love you, I love you!!

Winter is coming...

Oh No! What are we going to do?  We may not be able to take as many walks as we are used to.  Your Uncle Aaron and Aunt Misty sent you this adorable winter suit.  We may be able to get out more with you in it. We took a walk today around the lake with you in it.  You fell fast asleep while your dad carried you. 

3 Months!

We visited your dad's work.  He works on the 42nd floor downtown Chicago.  It was an amazing view.  Everyone thought you looked so much like the both of us.  You were going to wear your monkey costume I put you in below, but the hair kept getting in your eyes and mouth.  You sure were cute though!

This is the carrier I do everything in.  We don't have laundry in our place so you and I have to go to the bottom floor of our building to clean our clothes.  It takes a long time and A LOT of energy, but we do it.  Your dad also carries you in his B'jorn when we go on walks. 

I can't believe you are getting so big.  Although, it is getting so much easier and you are such a happier baby.  We found out you have a protein allergy and got you on a new formula.  We are so happy we did.  You are also on acid reflux medicine.  You have been eating less, and keeping your mother up many nights worrying about it. Things are getting better.  You are so hilarious.  You like to talk a lot.  When your dad and I talk to you, you screach as loud as you can. You are always sticking your hands in your mouth. Teething?  I am not sure yet.   We take walks everyday.  You mostly love for me to wear a sling or carrier for you.  You like to be close to mom while she does everything. You only like to sleep in a sling or with someone holding you.  You like to be carried everywhere. So I cook, clean, and do laundry with you in the carrier.  I am in great need of a back transplant at the moment. 

Look at this face.  Cecilia, you are the most beautiful baby.  Your eyes are one in a million.  You watch your dad and I so much more now.  When you cry, tears stream down your face.  I can barely take it.  

A couple pictures from the Indy visit.

This is a little outfit your Marm bought you. You are so yummy. I just can't get enough of you!

Here is your mom and dad at a wedding.  Marm and Grandpam came to Chicago to take care of you while we enjoyed friends at a fabulous wedding!  The next day your dad and I went to a cub's game where he surprised me with tickets on the rooftop.  We had some delicious hot dogs, pizza, and ice cream.  It was so much fun!

Ella came to visit you.  She was so sweet. She thought you were her baby.  She cried when you when down for a nap because she wanted to hold you.  Ella also loved your toys.  She climbed into your bouncer and laughed along with the adults.  I just love her. 

Here is a special picture! Aunt Kelly with Lola and Ella.  Kelly came over with Lola to see you.  Lola is so darn cute.  

Indy Visit.

This is your great grandmother Joretta.  She was the ultimate best growing up.  My grandmother loved her three grandkids.  She went to my games, came on family trips, always had your aunties and mom spend the night, and showed us the way to be an independent woman.  She played hide and go seek, made up fun games for us to play, and made the world's best peanut butter and honey sandwiches.  Sadly, Joretta became sick with alzheimers.  For years she lives with us and gave me memories to last a lifetime. Some very funny and others not so much.  Now she lives in a sorority type home for woman suffering from the disease.  She does not know who we are which breaks my heart but sometimes I can tell she feels safe when we are around.  At one point when she met you she cried and asked if you were really hers.  Mackenzie and I cried.  It was very sweet. Maybe she understood for that moment in time.

Here you are with your cousin Tyler at Aunt Alicia's house.  He is the sweetest boy! He kept looking at you to see if you were real. You are so lucky to have him.  He is an extraordinary young boy!

Mamaw and Papaw love you so much.  Mamaw holds you tight and lays back in her chair while you fall asleep. We are going to visit them in January! It will be so much fun!

We went to eat with your Nana and Pop. Pop took off two days to be with you. Below Nana holds you while you fall asleep.  She knows just how to calm you down when you are upset. 

We went to Indy for a week! It was so much fun. We had friends over for some food and drinks one night. We went to visit Mamaw and Papaw.  We stayed at your Nana and Pop's house one night.  It was a great time. I can't wait to move back!