Four Month Check-up...She's a Keeper!

Well, yesterday was a fun day....Faith's four month check up and shots! Bubba and I had played around, weighing her with us and then doing the math. We figured she was somewhere between 15 and 16 pounds, a whopper! At the doctor yesterday,we found out we were ALMOST right as the nurse announced, "She's 17 pounds even." WOW~! Not only was she 17 lbs, she was 26 inches long! We are accepting bids from pro teams right now to sign her to an early contract. Anyone interested?


Faith was such a ham in the waiting room and with the nurse, laughing and playing and eating her hand and her dress...but she grew tired while waiting for Dr. Loden (he's everyone's doctor in our family...we love him!). Well, this was her response to his cold stethoscope on her bare back as she slept... I think she looks like me in the pic below...lol

Dr. Loden looked her up and down and began plotting her growth on the chart...95th%ile all the way around! At least she's proportional! We cautiously asked if we should cut back on the food a little, and he said no, to just feed her till she's full! Ok. She's not really a roley polly fat baby, she's just so long and as I like to say "stacked"!

Lately, she has been really enjoying her cereal mixed with veggies. She will get upset if you do not have the next spoon ready for her when she is done with the last. She's also been finding her mouth (with everything available) and is now taking her passy out and putting it back in (though sideways or backwards, sometimes).

Well, after the Dr. was finished, Faith was ready to continue her nap. She cuddled with her "taggie" that her Great Aunt Bernice made for her and went to sleep on the table, not realizing the shots that were in store for her!

The shots weren't that bad, I guess. She had one in each leg, and she cried that amazingly pitiful silent cry where she briefly doesn't breathe. I blew in her face to make her breathe, then picked her up, plugged her up, and she was snoring snugly in my arms within the minute. She slept all the way back home and for the remainder of the day for the most part. This morning, she was still doing well, no fever. Sweet Little Girl! I miss her already!

Faith's First Foods

It's official now, Faith is a bonified big girl...she started eating...from a spoon! (tears rolling down mom's face). Faith let us know that she was, in fact, ready to eat by throwing an amazing tantrum about 20 minutes prior to bottle time over a few days. We knew she was hungry, but we also knew that she was drinking the max amount of recommended formula. So Momma called the doctor and the doctor said "Give Faith some cereal before she goes to bed." Yes, I have been reading the monkeys in the bed book....sorry.

Being the ever so prepared mom that I am, I already had a box of rice cereal for the occasion. I was so excited to give her this new experience. We even had guests over that night who were looking forward to witnessing this grand time in her life. So, I sat her in her bumbo chair and prepared for the moment...Dad had the camera running...so here goes....I touched the cereal to her mouth, a perplexed look on her face is followed by an growing upside down smile which turns into an arm slapping, leg stomping WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! She threw this fit time and time again when I brought the spoon to her lips, and she calmed down every time I didn't try to give her some.

How disappointing...Perhaps I shouldn't have let her lick a strawberry prior to the rice cereal introduction. Have you ever tasted that stuff? I did, and it is nasty! Not too bad, but strawberries are definitely better. So, that was disappointing, I just knew my child would love eating, I do! Here is a short clip of one of the times I tried to feed her that night...there were a bowl of strawberries on the table that she starts looking at towards the end....listen closely...

Since this night, we've had two successful feedings. She evens opens her mouth like a little bird! That's MY GIRL! The secret was this....I got some Gerber 1st foods apple sauce and mixed it with the rice cereal....wow...what a difference!

Daddy's Lil' Sweetie

It's inevitable that in this family Faith doesn't have much of a choice....she will be an outdoor girl. Her daddy has been acquainting her with his boat and this weekend, the turkey he killed earlier in the morning! I look forward to Faith and her daddy spending time together. I think fishing and hunting will be an amazing way for them to connect...just wait, as soon as she can walk, she'll be following him wherever he goes!

Blue Bonnets

One thing I have learned is that there is an unwritten rule about Texas babies getting their picture taken in the Blue Bonnets. We decided to comply with this rule and took Faith to the lakeside yesterday for pics. Did you know it is against the law in Texas to pick these beauties or even mow over them?Here are the cream of the crop from the afternoon, including the ones that would be so great had she not been wanting a nap at the time.....oh, memories :)

Good Morning Beautiful

This is how I found Faith this morning...not the first time I've found her like this, turned completely sideways with her feet propped up on the side of the pack-n-play. She is always sooooo sweet in the mornings, and I wanted to share this with you. When you start talking to her, she starts to grin. After you undo her swaddle, she stretches her arms way above her head. She stays sweet for about 5 minutes,until she realizes her tummy is empty!!

Grandma's Girlie

Earlier this week, we were blessed to get to see Aunt Maria, Cousin Emily, Cousin Allison, and other family when we drove to Fort Worth to pick up Grandma Nina. Grandma rode with them so that she could spend a few days with Faith.

Faith tends to get grumpy and overwhelmed when passed to and fro between family, which is sad because I want them to see the sweet little girl I see all the time! This pic was taken outside of the restaurant where we met everyone...

Even Grandma couldn't win her over this night, and she started to get a little nervous about keeping her at our house, not wanting her to cry all the time! So, Monday morning Faith and Grandma went to work with me and did great! She spent the next day and a half with Grandma at home getting to know one another and everything.

Faith misses Grandma now...we love you, Grandma!

Oh, and Faith started rolling over from her belly to her back this week. Grandma was actually the first to see (and she was very unapologetic about that). She is about to outgrow 0-3 months and is on to 3-6 months for now. Aunt Maria and Grandma set her up with some cute summer clothes! Thank you!

Her hair is getting lighter, there is a new growth of lightly colored fuzzy hair appearing beneath the hair she was born with....who knows...she may be blond after all!

Batter Up!

After Faith watched the entire softball game yesterday (without even taking a nap!), the whole fam went to Wal-Mart for the baby essentials (diapers, wipes, formula). When nearing the back of the store, Dad insisted on checking out the hunting section. After finding nothing interesting, we spotted softball gear, and we decided to give Faith a few early pointers.

Faith learning how to pitch...

Faith taking signals from the batters box...

Faith getting ready for a pop fly (notice the word "hope" stitched in the pocket)...