Week 26

Merry Christmas everybody!!!  Tomorrow is my 6 month birthday and I'm getting bigger and bigger and bigger.  Mommy seems to think that I'm growing and changing faster than my sister did but maybe it has something to do with me being the last baby in the family.  I'm full on crawling now and am having so much fun being home on vacation this week with my whole family.  We've been BUSY busy busy though and boy am I tired.

This weeks fabric came from my cousins Sophia and Mira Spillane.  They are the sweetest little girls.  I got to spend some time with them on Christmas Eve and Mommy said they will be great babysitters soon enough!!  They picked out this Christmas fabric for me because they said it's their most favorite holiday and I have to say, after these last few days of family, friends and presents, I think this holiday might be my favorite as well!

Week 25

25 weeks and I hear that the 25th of December is a big day around here.  Something about a guy named Santa?  I don't know.  Seems like there is a lot of stuff going on these days, lots of place to be and people to see.  Mommy's been trying to get a picture me where you can see the number on my shirt, but I just like squishing up into a little ball like this.  What can I say?

I'm officially on the move these days.  Not quite coordinated crawling yet, but I can get wherever I want to go using a cute little inch worm method I created where I get up on all fours and sort of throw my big heavy head forward and plop down on my belly.  Then, I get back up and do it all over again.  It's not the most effective way of moving, but I can sure get to whatever I want to play with.  Time for Mommy and Daddy to start baby proofing!

This week's fabric came from Mommy's Aunt Peggy.  I've met her a few times but we just saw her last weekend for Ritterbusch family Christmas.  I love her lots!!  She got me the cutest little outfit for Christmas and I can't wait to see her again soon.  She picked out this fabric because all of the pine trees reminded her of Up North and the cabin.  I was there once already this summer when I was just 10 days old.  It's really pretty up there.  Mommy picked this fabric for this week because we've got a live pine tree living RIGHT INSIDE OUR HOUSE right now...for Christmas!!  

Week 24

Clearly I love grabbing my little toesies these days because the last few pictures have been hard to see the number on my belly.  We're going to have to try for one where you can see it next week so we can keep track of how old I am.

This week's fabric came from Grandma's friend Natalie.  They worked together for a long time when Mommy was little.  Natalie said that she picked this out for the cute little animals and because it was gender neutral. Remember, Mommy and Daddy didn't find out if I was a boy or a girl until I was born.  Stinkers!  My big sister Abby really like this fabric.  She thought the monkeys and the elephants were the cutest.

Big news for this week!  I'm sleeping through the night.  Like, for real!  Mommy puts me down around 7:30 and I don't see them again until 6am.  I might wake up a few times a night and cry a bit but the long nights are over and I am so happy for the sleep (so is Mommy, I think).  It was a long week and we didn't start out, this great.  I did a lot of crying those first few nights but I think we are finally over that hurdle now and we're happy as can be.....the cry it out plan wasn't awesome at first, but we're believers now.  I'm even napping in my crib (when we are home that is...we're always on the move).

Week 23

Getting pretty close to that 6 month mark!!  This week comes with a few more first.  I got my first real fever on Friday and Saturday night.  I seem fine during the day but then come evening I spike a fever in the 101 - 102's.  Mommy is not a fan!!  Yesterday I just was not myself.  I was cranky and tired but didn't nap more than 20 minutes.  She thought maybe I'd sleep well last night but that wasn't the case either.  She's hoping I'll be back to my normal smiley self here soon.

The other first is that I'm on the move now...well, sort of,  I am pretty good at inch worming myself around the room.  It's not so much of a crawl as a "get up on all fours and scootch forward".  Crawling is not far off though!!  I'm ready!

This week's fabric came from a very special friend of Daddy's, Christine.  She and Daddy rowed together in college and she picked this water fabric because it reminded her of the rivers they use to compete on.  Christine has a daughter now too, Devin, and she is doing a quilt project just like me!!  I can't wait to meet her and Christine the next time they are in town.  Mommy picked this fabric for this week because this weekend Daddy went to down to Purdue and spent the weekend living like he was back in college...but he's old now, so he's REALLY tired this week.  Of course, my not sleeping at night isn't helping that either.....maybe tonight I'll surprise them all and sleep through the night!