4 1/2 Months

I can't believe that Grace is already 4 1/2 months old. She has turned into such a little person. It is fun to watch her take the world around her in. She studies it really hard. She is still sleeping through the night which makes mommy and daddy happy. She does wake up once or twice to have her nukie put back in her mouth but goes right back to sleep.

Grace had her 4 month check up a few weeks ago. She is 13lbs 8oz, 24 inches long. She is in the 50% for everything. We do have to start physical therapy though because Grace has a major flat spot on the back of her head since she HATES tummy time and favors her left side. The Dr. is concerned about the muscles on her right side since she doesn't use them as much. She says that PT will be short lived and hopefully it will help Grace like her tummy better.

We have reached one milestone in the past week...we have pretty much graduated from 0-3 month clothing into 3-6 month clothing. Now granted the 3-6 month stuff is big on her but the 0-3 is way to small. Gotta love those middle stages!

We have been dealing with thrush for the past few weeks. For those of you who aren't sure what that is, it is basically a yeast infection in the mouth and it is hard to get rid of. I think we are goign to have to replace all her bottles when we finally get rid of it to be sure that everything is clean and not still carrying the germs.

I will post updated pictures of Grace as soon as we get them downloaded which will hopefully be tomorrow.

Schedule's

You have gotta love schedules! I love them even more now that Grace seems to have one. Its a lot easier to plan our lives around since we know what will be her crabby times. Plus, she is sleeping through the night. She goes down between 8:30 and 10p and sleeps until between 4am and 6am. Then has a bottle and goes back down for another couple of hours. Thats really nice on Saturday mornings, like this morning when we didn't have to get up for good until 9am.

As I stated in an earlier blog I went back to work 3 weeks ago. So far its going pretty well. Grace did get her first cold and our first frantic parent dr. visits happened but all is well. She is adjusting well and so is mommy.

Grace is almost rolling over. She gets so close but doesn't quite make it. She is really enjoying her activity gym and the toy bar on her car seat. She has finally figured out that if she reaches out she can touch the toys.

Congratulations to our friends Chet and Heather on the birth of their baby girl Hallie Grace Sat. Feb. 10th, 7lbs. 9ozs. Also congratulations to Scott's brother Ross and Sister-in-law Wendy on the birth of their 3rd child a girl Dakota 8lbs, and 20 inches.

I will have to post updated pictures when I get them uploaded to the computer. We did get her three month pictures done and you can view them at www.flashportraits.com last name is Vrieze and password is grace.

Updates

Nothing new to really update. Grace has found her hand and every few minutes its a new discovery and its great! I can't wait to see what happens when she figures out she has two of them.

Grace is starting to talk to us a little more. She tries really hard to laugh but usually nothing comes out. Its kind of fun to watch. I can't wait to listen to that first little squeal. Right now I just soak in all the smile's and coo's I can get.

Tomorrow Grace starts daycare! I think this day is much harder on mom than on Grace. I always thought I could be a mom who worked and took my child to daycare, not so sure I can. We shall see how it goes. Thankfully we have a very good friend who will be doing the care that makes mommy feel lots better.

As I said in my last blog I will put pictures up once my computer stop copping an attitude and will let me.

Meeting Mickey Mouse

Yes, that is correct, we took Grace to meet Mickey Mouse at Disney World. It was such a great trip. Grace was a wonderful traveler and I just hope that keeps up as she gets older. We were down there with my parents and it was nice to spend some time with them and also as our small little family. We were also able to see some good friends who live down there one day at Universal Studios.

When my computer will let me I will upload some pictures from trip, but right now its being moody!

2 Month Stats

Well Gracie had her 2 month appointment today. All seems to be going very well.

Weight: 10.5 lbs (50th percent)
Length: 22 inches (50th percent)
Head: 15 inches (25th percent)

She did pretty well with her shots, cried really hard when got them but once they were done she was calmed easily. She has however, never held onto me so tight as she did after I picked her up. Thank goodness for Tylenol!

Thank Goodness No Ear Infection

So I took Grace to the Dr. today because I thought maybe she had an ear infection since she really didn't want to lay down to sleep and would do her best sleeping in her bouncy seat. Well there is no ear infection but Grace is getting a cold so we have to watch it.

So many of you have asked me what Grace weighs now and I always guessed 8-9 pounds well I was wrong today she was 10 pounds even.

I think I may have solved the problem to her only wanting to sleep in her bouncy seat though. I went to a Baby and me class today and one of the moms was talking about this thing that vibrates the crib mattress and plays music if you want it to. So I went out and bought it, we will see if it works.