Grace's Baptism

Grace was baptized on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Annunciation Catholic Church. Mgsr. Caverly and Fr. Parkes performed the baptism and Erin Sullivan and Brandon Saltmarsh are her godparents. It was a beautiful service and Grace did very well! She smiled as soon as Matt lifted her from the baptismal font. 

It was very nice to have Grace baptized at the same church as William and also with Mgsr. Caverly and Fr. Parkes present. Mgsr. Caverly and Fr. Parkes were at our wedding, and it is very special to continue the connection we have with them with our children. 

God bless Grace.  

Grace being baptized

2nd Tooth

Grace's 2nd tooth has popped up. Now she has both of her lower two teeth. She's been more fussy since the 1st was spotted, but she is a bit congested as well. Maybe it's the cold or at least a combination of the two. This is a picture I took a few days ago and the drool makes it a little difficult to see the first tooth :) I'll try a double tooth shot when they're more pronounced!

First tooth at 4 months!

I have TWO teeth?! You don't say!

Grace's 4 Month Wellness

Grace saw Dr. Middleton today for her 4 month wellness visit and it was a great check-up! In and out very quickly. Sometimes I wonder if I should be coming with a better list of questions, but she's just so agreeable and doing so well!

Had to wake her up for a check-up

Great check-up!

Here were the stats:

14 lbs 6 oz - 50th% percentile
26" - 95th% percentile

Exactly like William did at his 4 month wellness visit! Right at 4 months they started to lean out. Both of them had really dramatic weight gain in the first couple months then it tapers off. I imagine because they're both sleeping through the night and eating at more regular intervals. The doctor said that is typically the situation right before they start solids, which he mentioned to begin now. I didn't think we'd get the go ahead to start food this early because with William he mentioned wait till around 5 months or 6 months, but I guess things have changed? I remember my mom saying she started me on solids at 4 months, so who knows, I think anytime between 4-6 months is good. To be honest I'm not really as excited to start food as I was with William. Nursing and bottles are just so easy!! Food gets so messy and let me tell you... the dust buster and the mop are right next to William's high chair at our house. It's a three times a day clean fest in that area. Phew... Maybe Miss Grace will be more delicate and careful with her eating?? She hasn't really shown any interest in food, such as grabbing at what I'm eating or drinking and so I probably will wait another month. I'll also probably start with oatmeal instead of that rice mixture stuff. I think we only did the rice once with William and he wasn't a fan. Keep you posted on that milestone.

We also checked out Grace's first tooth! Pretty early to pop up. Matt and his mom spotted the tooth on New Year's Day. I told Matt a few days earlier I had noticed a little white mark on her gum, but got distracted and never checked it out (the very typical scenario nowadays!) and sure enough, it was what I thought it was! A tiny little tooth - her bottom right and the tooth next door (bottom left) is peeking right under the gums too. She hasn't been too bothered by it, but she does have her fingers in her mouth a lot nowadays.

A couple shots and we were on our way.

We don't go back until 6 months! By then she could be sitting up and eating food. Wow how time flies with a little baby!! So many milestones and so many changes. Great check-up, lady!

4 Month Old Grace

Grace - 4 Months Old

Grace turned 4 months old on New Year's Eve! The celebration ended at 7:30 p.m. when she goes to bed though. No watching the ball drop this year! Grace amazes me each and every day. She is so happy and smiley all the time. Still loves being talked to and looked at!

As I mentioned in her 3 month post, she's rolling. She rolls constantly. I can't keep her on her back for more than a few minutes before she's flipped over and staring ahead of her. The farmyard mat isn't nearly as entertaining as it was. She even rolls over to her tummy to sleep at night.

Speaking of night - she sleeps 7:30p - 7:30a. She hasn't been up in the middle of the night needing help to get back to sleep for weeks. The swaddle was disposed of as soon as the rolling started. I'd wake up in the morning and see her on the monitor flipped over on her tummy in the swaddle! She looked like a fish out of water flopping around in the morning. So we just went cold turkey with the swaddle and she's been perfectly happy without it. I guess it was a good newborn tool. When I put her down at night I just put her tummy down first. She loves sleeping that way.

In addition to rolling Grace is very good at sitting in the Bumbo and standing in her exersaucer. Santa brought her an exersaucer for Christmas and she's really enjoying it. Funny to watch her concentrate on the different toys, pushing and spinning the different objects. The exersaucer will come in handy now that she's becoming mobile and so I can tend to Sir William's needs when necessary. She still likes Mortimer the Moose and the Peacock. Both make a crunchy noise and she's a fan of chewing on them. The rings are fun as well. I like to have a few available at all times because she likes to hold them and chew on them. I also got her another book similar to the Hungry Caterpillar book that I had for William. Of all his toys I think that was one of the top ones. It was great when we were out and about because it's crunchy and colorful and has a couple rings hanging off the side to grab. Hopefully she likes her version of the book too!

Strong sitter

I love my tummy!

This exersaucer is GREAT!

Big brother William is still a great big brother! A few days ago he tried to give her a bottle. It was too funny. She was actually done with the bottle, but he kept trying to pop it into her mouth for more. She gets a huge kick out of him too. Always staring at him and smiling. Already looking up to big brother! Even when he pokes her eyes and pats her on the head a little too hard :)

I don't even mind when you poke my eyes!

Baby? Baby?

The newborn days seem officially gone. The regular sleepiness has diminished, she's very alert and can spot me from across the room. She giggles a lot and has a lot of different voices. Sometimes they're very loud and other times it's very light talking. Too funny. She's eating 5 times a day at pretty regular times. Waiting 3 hours isn't a problem. It's nice to know that if I feed her then head out to the gym or lunch that I'll have a certain amount of time to do that. She's been really good at the gym in their daycare center. Not once have they had to come find me on the gym floor :) Grace is great in the car too. Never makes a peep unless she's hungry.

So far so good! Little Miss Grace is a huge sweetheart and we love her very much! Happy 4 month birthday!