Showing posts with label month update. Show all posts
Showing posts with label month update. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2017

Harper MonaƩ || two and a half

it has been so darn long since I've done any sort of update on Harper. and I've been wanting to for so, so long! like even way before Tanner was born.
when I went and looked back, it's actually been a year! the last time I did one of these for her, she was just 18 months old (HERE). man has SOOO much changed since then! no way I can encompass it all and explain our harper girl's last year of life. but a snapshot of where she's at now will certainly do! these littles grow and change so stinking fast!
time, you're such a thief. but also so amazing, because I just love how our bond has grown over these past two and a half years.
my littlest BFF. and I pray she always will be.
I have a section in my notes in my phone, and when I think about it, I jot down some of the hilarious things this crazy girls says/does.
it's the closest I can get to bottling up her cute little self.
--- as we're about to walk out of the house to go to the store.. (most likely target) ....  Harper: "I have lots of monies, do you?"
--- referring to hiccups as "pick ups"
--- when saying "cake pops" it comes out as "cake ..." well, replace those "p's" in pop with "c's" ;) trying so hard to fix this mixup!!
--- tanner was newborn and had a clogged tear duct. he'd have dry little crusties on his eye and harper says.. "crumb in eye!"
--- driving through construction.. "ooo big mess. gotta clean it up!" ... yes harper.. we alll would agree with you on that one.
--- music comes out "mugis" ... kinda gross cause all I can think of is mucus. but whateve.
--- at dinner one night... Me: "honey please don't touch my food" ... Harper: "I'm sorry sweetie". ok if you're gonna respond like that- touch my food all you want. heart melting.
--- Me: "should we turn the fire place on?" ... Harper: "ooo! that'd be snuggy and warm!"
--- anything that is mini/baby size/or just baby related... "aww so cuuuttee!" ... while holding it up close to your cheek. again. heart meltinggg.

Harper MonaĆ©  --  my favorite things about you:
--- the conversations we have while you sit on the potty. so stinking talkative. just chatting my ear off. about anything and everything. so so cute! I've taken a number of videos of this :)
--- how you are in this stage of loving to help mom with everything. especially cooking.
--- oh how you love to "cheers" everything. if anything matches or is the same, we cheers. cups. shoes. lipgloss. toys. straws. nail polish. tv remote/toy remote.
--- your vocabulary is unreal. for quite some time it has just been exploding with each and every week! I love the conversations we get to have now :)
--- your love for kindermusik. one of the best decisions we made was enrolling you in this class. my mama heart bursts seeing you excel and love every minute of it.
--- you sing all the live long day! allll day long. it is literally music to my ears hearing your sweet little voice fill our house.
--- if it were up to you. your outfit choice would be a princess dress. every.day. I know I'm gonna miss the day you grow out of this!
this girl. she has more sass than I can sometimes handle. she's most certainly a two year old. her sweet heart and spirit melt me all at the same time. she has such a giving heart and is always caring about others. smart as a whip. it blows my mind all that she knows and watching her learn is something that will never get old. a personality that far exceeds anything I ever could've imagined. 
this girl is growing and changing as the weeks fly by. every day she is learning something new while also teaching me all along the way. 
precious girl, you are so near and dear to me. to think we've had you for two and a half years and all the joy that has come with it. I could just burst thinking about all the lessons and memories we'll have in the many years ahead of us.

Xoxo
-Brittney

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

Tanner Ross || 6 months

six.
SIX.
S I X...
how!!?
when I woke on friday to my baby boy being six whole months old, I felt some sentimental emotions. gave me a little taste as to what I'll be feeling six months from now when he turns one. but that seems like a lifetime away. until it gets here and then it'll seem as though it came so fast. 
it really does amaze me how time just flies. but at the same time, it is all so great. so much joy is brought into our home with our sweet baby tanner.  his precious little spirit is almost too much for a mama's heart to handle. we're seeing his little personality shine more and more these days.

I feel like I keep saying it, and I know I'm gonna keep at it too- but this age is SO fun! his level of interaction with harper is just the best. he loves to play with her and she loves to play with him. most of the time ;)

oh our sweet tanner boy! we love you to the moon and back! and back again!
age: 6 months

stats:
                   birth: 8lbs 2 oz  --  21 inches
 2 days: 7lbs 11oz
 12 days: 9lbs 1oz
                                1 month: 12lbs 4oz  --  23 1/2 inches
                     2 months: 15lbs  --  24 inches
                                                 3 months: 17.4 lbs  --  (from the scale at home)
                             4 months: 18lbs 13oz  --  27 inches
                                                  5 months:  20.4 lbs  --  (from the scale at home)
**6 months: 21lbs 2oz  --  28 inches

clothes: 9-12 month
diapers: 3

Tanner name sign // Quincyjeanart
banner // hooray everyday
F I R S T S
some big ones this month!!
--- first family trip to Suncadia + Leavenworth before Christmas (dec. 13-15) --- first solids- rice cereal! (dec. 19) --- first christmas! ---  first tooth!! (jan 6) --- sitting up! (jan 12) ---  
E A T
this boy is going through yet another growth spurt. but then again that seems to be the case since the day he was born. growth spurt after growth spurt after growth spurt. just look at him though- what else should I expect!?
still breastfeeding and going strong! my goal is to reach at least one year. harper was breastfed for 13 months, so I certainly believe it to be possible!
we usually have to go up to his nursery to get away somewhere quite for nursing because he's become much more easily distracted with all that's going on around him.
right now we are doing solids only once a day. we started with rice cereal mixed with breastmilk. after about a week of that, we've been playing with some veggies too. we have a baby breeze from when harper was a baby and I love it! after pureeing the vegetable, I then spoon it into ice cube trays, put them in the freezer, then once they're frozen I move them into ziploc bags. makes it so easy to grab and heat when it's time for tanner to eat.
right now, it's been one cube of veggie, followed by rice cereal. until he shows signs that he's over it. which with this guy, become very clear! he's quite vocal at meal time and gets very into it. I'm guessing this is just the beginning with having a son ;)
Tanner has had yellow squash + sweet potato + butternut squash. the butternut squash seems to be his favorite as of now. his reactions when we introduce a new food are quite funny but as he learns the new taste and texture, he has been accepting it all very well! praying he'll be a good eater like his sister! but who am I kidding? there's probably no question in that. I mean, just look at the kid ;)
S L E E P
being off our norm with the holiday + teething + having a cold, it's hard to say what's been going on. we're definitely much improved from where things were at four months though. it's much more rare for him to end up in our bed. he's getting back to being better at putting himself to sleep after a little rocking when first going down. 2-3 night wake ups are our norm. then it's nursing, a little settling down, and he's back to sleep. not bad in my book!
naps are about 2-3 a day. usually shorter, 45min ish in the morning and evening, with a bigger couple hour nap in the afternoon. usually ;)
sometimes we'll find that he's rolled himself over to his side while sleeping. and now he's actually wanting to tummy sleep at times! though he's not quite sure what exactly is going on when he wakes to find himself there. we'll see where this goes though! we could have a tummy sleeper on our hands.
P L A Y
loves playing peek a boo :) there's just something about how he likes to be startled. and he always has since the beginning of his little life. the biggest, happiest smile!
BOOKS!! books have hit a whole new level with tanner this month. he has loved them before, but now even more so. we make even more of a point to make sure he's included in harper's bedtime stories. the way his arms fly and his little facial expressions when he sees each new page as we read through the book.  it is so so fun! and I'm so happy he's as into books as his sister was as a baby.
tanner LOVES his big sister! harper literally doesn't have to do a darn thing, but just look at tanner and often she'll get smiles and giggles out of him. many times it turns into big belly laughs too. things like... while she was sitting on the potty and while using the feather duster around the house. so funny! and she of course LOVES it too! I truly get a tad bit jealous. but it warms my heart to see them playing and interacting with each other. the two of them will often sit and play together just engrossed with each other.
he's become so good with reaching + grabbing + holding. though he isn't crawling, he still manages to get himself scooted around the living room on his tummy.
--things I want to remember--
--- he has really learned his name. we just love when we can call over to him and he looks our way.
--- I don't really want to remember, but little guy came down with his second virus of his life. another stinking cold! so much sickness was going around over the holiday and he came down with it too. SO thankful it didn't turn into anything as bad as his bronchiolitis a couple months ago.
--- I keep trying to get clothes for him in the next size up to grown into and by the time they're washed + put in his room, he fits into them. I just can't keep up with his growing!
--- hates the car. though I do have to say the last handful of times have been sooo much better. there is hope that we're moving in the right direction here!

P H O T O  D U M P

happy half birthday our sweet boy!!


Xoxo
-Brittney

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Tanner Ross || 5 months

five months somehow seems a whole lot older than four months!
oh my tanner boy. another month has yet again flown by. I remember thinking when you were first born about how fun your first holidays were going to be, but that was back in july and seemed SO far away. we've gotten here so fast! how can it be already!? though I of course miss and love those newborn days, this age you're at has been just so fun.
smiles. and giggles. and laughter. it all comes out of you so easily. and for all of us, it's our favorite thing to get you to do. we act so silly playing with you but it's so so worth it when we see your big grin and hear that sweetest laugh.
baby boy, you are so loved by us all. you've shown us another level of love that we didn't know we had.
to see the relationship already building with harper. it could make my mama heart just burst. the two of you are so sweet together and oh the smiles and giggles you give each other! there must be an extra special bond between you two birthday twins. july 13th is certainly a big deal in this house! your dad thinks I'm crazy, but I've already put thought into your first birthday (and harper's 3rd of course!) having you both to celebrate on the same day will be quite the task, but there will be sooo much love, and birthdays will be extra, EXTRA special around here!
we've got another 7 months until then, so I ought to try to slow down as to not make you grow up any quicker than you already are :)
age: 5 months

stats:
               birth: 8lbs 2 oz  --  21 inches
 2 days: 7lbs 11oz
 12 days: 9lbs 1oz
                                1 month: 12lbs 4oz  --  23 1/2 inches
                     2 months: 15lbs  --  24 inches
                                                 3 months: 17.4 lbs  --  (from the scale at home)
                             4 months: 18lbs 13oz  --  27 inches
                           **5 months:  20.4 lbs  --  (from the scale at home)


clothes: 6-9 month
diapers: size 2/3

Tanner name sign // Quincyjeanart
banner // hooray everyday
F I R S T S
--- first sickness. we found out that baby boy (at his four month appt) had brochiolitis. we were doing breathing treatments with the nebulizer every four hours (even through the night) it was rough. it took just shy of two weeks to get completely through it. so there went half of the month! --- first thanksgiving! ---  found his toes and loves playing with/holding them! (11/28) --- first time at church (12/4 it took us long enough!) --- christmas card pictures (11/26) he did good! even being that he was still not back to feeling 100% --- first snow! --- first meet with santa! --- road trip to suncadia (the day turning 5 months) ---
..........
we moved tanner out of our room in the pack 'n play to now sleeping in his crib in his nursery at night! he's been taking naps in there for quite some time. the pack 'n play just doesn't provide good support and with him growing (and he's no little baby!) he needed the better support and sturdiness of the crib to sleep in. overall it's gone really well and he's done great with the transition. 
E A T
not much change here. still exclusively breastfeeding. nursing about every three hours.
he doesn't get a bottle all that often. because we just don't need to. but we try for brandon giving him one usually in the evening about 1-2 times a week. at it's going well. no resistance from him as of late!
for the week and a half he was sick, there was a lot more comfort nursing and our 'normal' there was thrown out the window.


S L E E P
lots of change here! again... being sick and teething AND the four month sleep regression came on later in the month. we went though this with harper too. we're just powering through and trying our hardest to keep consistent with how things were before. he's in need of more comfort and soothing when he wakes in order to fall back asleep. sometimes that means shh-ing, rocking, paci replacing, or nursing. and... there's been a whole lot more of him ending up in our bed in the night.
we were just a bit spoiled with he's fantastic sleep that now 2-3 wake ups in the nights is just something we're not used to! I do think we're slowly improving though! we had one random night where he slept 10 hours straight. not a clue why. we hadn't done anything different. but that only happened once ;) and then the next night was back to a couple wake ups.
BUT we're embracing all this and caring for our baby boy in the way that he needs. and right now his needs are higher in regards to sleep ;)
I find if he's woken too early from a nap, he wakes unhappy. I do what I can to help him go back to sleep and he then wakes a happier baby once he's fully rested.
he hasn't been putting himself to sleep as well as he was before getting sick and moving out of the swaddle. and that's ok. he wanted more snuggles and comfort from mom and dad when he wasn't feeling well. now we're working to get back to him going down before falling completely asleep in our arms.

P L A Y
grabbing and reaching and pulling at everything!
he's been working hard at transferring smaller toys from one hand to the other. it's amazing how his hand eye coordination has suddenly come about. I'm sure daddy thinks that will be good for playing sports ;)
playing with sister is certainly a favorite of his too! and thankfully harper is so good with him and enjoys playing with her little brother. she is so sweet to him!

---things I want to remember---
--loves his two fingers in his mouth for some teething comfort
--stares and is fascinated by the polka dots on his zippee :) when he wakes in the morning he'll often lay there examining his arms/hands. oh and it's taken some getting used to seeing our BOY in his pink and white handmedown zippee from sister. but no sense in buying another just for a different color! same goes with the pink bath tub :)
--NOT enjoying car rides lately
--we attempted driving through fantasy lights with nana + papa. but tanner boy was not having it. we drove through chick-fil-a to pick up some dinner, then turned around and called it quits before even getting to the lights
--sweet boy is starting to feel that separation from mom + dad when being around new people or in new environments. the absolute saddest little sad face right before the cry comes
--getting good at sitting with little propping. I'm sure he'll be sitting solo this next month!
--still loves the bath! soon we'll be switching to sink baths and forget the baby bathtub once sitting up gets a little more solid


P H O T O   D U M P



we love you so, so much sweet tanner boy!! happy five months to you!


xoxo
-Brittney

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