Happy 7 month Birthday

YOU

1.  You weigh maybe around 19.5 LBS?  We haven't been to the Dr. this month

2.  You are in size 3 diapers

3.  You eat about 7 oz. every 4 hours

4.  You go to bed each night between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

5. You take 2 naps during the day.  9am & 1:30 ish

6.  You have 2 bottom teeth

7.  You try to crawl by getting onto all fours but don't move, ha.

8.  You love to smile, laugh and babble.  Ooh my it's just too cute.  You get so upset when Campbell takes things from you

9.  You give hugs and kisses.  MELT ME!

10.  You love your walker and can really move in it

11.  You love books and your flashcards

12.  You love the outside

13.  You love being out and about

14.  You sit in your crib and sometimes get stuck in this position

15.  You love watching Abby and Campbell so much.  You laugh at your sister all.the.time.  You love to pull Abbys ears.

16. You have tons of rolls on your legs and arms.  We love it : )

17.  You EAT only finger food. Once you figured out how to feed yourself you won't let me feed you unless I have a something for you to pick up.  Puffs normally do the trick :)
18.  Everything is in your mouth.  ALL.THE.TIME.

19.  You have the most beautiful eyes

20.  You are so easy!!!

21.  You have a contagious smile and get so excited when we come to get you after naps or nighttime sleep

22.  You are impossible to change and scream.  You hate it with a passion

23.  You're such a fun, cute little thing. 

24.  You say MAMA : )

25.  You're hair is so crazy and curley and we love it.  It's so you!!

You are such a miracle and we are so incredibly blessed God gave you to us.  Your sweet smile make all the demands of you so worth every moment.  Thank you for being you Sutton, we love you to the moon and back.

HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAY SUTTON!

YOU

1.  You weigh 18.6 LBS

2.  You are in size 3 diapers

3.  You eat about 7 oz. every 4 hours

4.  You go to bed each night between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

5. You take 2 naps during the day.  9am & 1:30 ish

6.  You have 2 bottom teeth

7.  You sit up by yourself  and get into a crawl position....but no crawling yet

8.  You love to smile, laugh and babble.  Ooh my it's just too cute

9.  You give hugs and kisses.  MELT ME!

10.  You love your bath

11.  You love books and your flashcards

12.  You love the outside

13.  You love being out and about

14.  You love your lovie and paci...BIG TIME!  You can put your paci back in if it falls out so you now have like 3 in your crib at all times

15.  You love watching Abby and Campbell so much.  You laugh at your sister all.the.time.  You love to pull Abbys ears.

16. You have tons of rolls on your legs and arms.  We love it : )

17.  You EAT some finger food and have had lots of food.  You've had bananas, apples, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, avocado, and pears, plums, peaches, yogurt, couscous, blueberries, pumpkin, peas, carrots, green beans, mashed cauliflower, eggs.  You aren't the "biggest" food eater, you still looooove your bottles but at least try things.  You are just like your sister, the BEST fruit eater and hate veggies.
18.   You don't have separation anxiety but it does take you a moment to adjust to someone new.

19.  You have the most beautiful eyes

20.  You will be only be held facing outward.  PERIOD. and come hell or high water you get into that position

21.  You have a contagious smile and get so excited when we come to get you after naps or nighttime sleep

22.  You are impossible to change and scream.  You hate it with a passion

23.  You're such a fun, cute little thing. 

You are such a miracle and we are so incredibly blessed God gave you to us.  Your sweet smile make all the demands of you so worth every moment.  Thank you for being you Sutton, we love you to the moon and back.

Happy 5 month birthday Sutton.  (I would do anything to not have this show I am posting this a week before her 6 month birthday, eek)

YOU

1.  You weigh ...I dunno probably around 16/17 lbs?  We haven't been to the Dr. for you - thank goodness!

2.  You are in size 3 diapers

3.  You eat about 7 oz. every 4 hours

4.  You go to bed each night between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

5. You still rock it in the sleep department.  Sleeping like a champ all night

6.  You take 2 naps during the day.  9am & 1(ish)pm.  Although, most of the time we are out in the morning and you won't sleep, so you stay awake until the afternoon.  Poor baby, I know you're tired

7.  You talk, smile, laugh, and make the cutest sounds ALL.DAY.LONG.   You literally think your big sister and I are the funniest people EVER. You flirt all the time with Daddy.

8.  You are a rolling machine! You sleep only on your stomach with your face smushed into the mattress.

9.  You give hugs and kisses.  MELT ME!

10.  You sit all by yourself too : )

11.  You love to be nude and roll around on a blanket

12.  Your hands are constantly in your mouth!! CONSTANTLY.  Still very much the same here, yet no tooth.

13.  You love being out and about

14.  You love your lovie

15.  You love watching Abby and Campbell and you even love to "chase" them while we hold you

16. You love your jumperoo 

17.  You love bathtime
18.  You EAT FOOD NOW!!! You've had bananas, apples, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, avocado, and pears.  You LOVE butternut squash and sweet potatoes.  Dislike pears, apples, and avocado and are indifferent to bananas.  Oh and I gave you a mum-mum.  Which you loved.  (Who wouldn't those things are good)

19.  You're such an easy and fun baby : )

We went to the Dr. at the beginning of May to have a check-up on your eyes and all is good!  They are perfectly healthy and normal.  We thank God for answering our prayers!!

You are such a miracle and we are so incredibly blessed God gave you to us.  Your sweet smile make all the demands of you so worth every moment.  Thank you for being you Sutton, we love you to the moon and back.

Happy 4 months Sutton

Happy 4 month birthday Sutton.  You are such a joy to us

YOU

1.  You weigh 15.2 lbs

2.  You are in size 3 diapers

3.  You eat about 6 oz. every 4 hours

4.  You go to bed each night between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

5.  You sleep all night (yippie) but have recently been waking up at 5:45AM to talk and laugh.  I just said the other morning to your dad that it is the sweetest sound to wake up to, however, just not that early : )

6.  You take about 3 naps during the day.  

7.  You talk, smile, laugh, and make the cutest sounds ALL.DAY.LONG.  Friends and family call you smiley because that's all you do.  You literally think your big sister and I are the funniest people EVER.

8.  You love to roll from side to side on your back but have yet to master the rolling from back to tummy.

9.  You give hugs and kisses.  MELT ME!

10.  You love to stand and "pretend" to walk.  Still the same this month

11.  You love to be nude and roll around on a blanket

12.  Your hands are constantly in your mouth!! CONSTANTLY.  Still very much the same here

13.  You love the ERGO.  I mean LOVE

14.  You love your lovie

15.  You love watching Abby and laugh when she runs in the backyard

16.  You pull mine and your sisters hair all the time when you're close to us

17.  You finally like bathtime

18.  You're pretty easy going and flexible : )

You are such a miracle and we are so incredibly blessed God gave you to us.  Your sweet smile make all the demands of you so worth every moment.  Thank you for being you Sutton, we love you to the moon and back.

HAPPY 3 MONTHS SUTTON!

Happy 3 month birthday Sutton.  I cannot believe you are 3 months old.  Everyday I spend at least 1 quiet moment with you thinking about how this time is going to go by so fast and then I hold you even closer.

YOU

1.  You weigh 13.2 lbs

2.  You are in size 2/3 diapers

3.  You eat about 6 oz. every 3 hours

4.  You go to bed each night between 6:30pm and 7:30pm

5.  You wake up a lot during the night, ha...but not to eat just to be held

6.  You take about 3-4 45 min naps during the day, although some days I can time it just right at that 45 minutes sleep cycle and get you to sleep another 1 -2 hours!

7.  You LOOOOOVE your big sister.  Everything she does.  She is so great to you and with you.  It melts our hearts and we know you all will be the best of friends.

8.  You have the most contagious and gummy smile.  You LOVE to talk and laugh out loud

9.  You learned how to roll from your tummy to your back a week or so ago, but have only done it once and you are desperately trying to roll from your back to your tummy.  You are so close

10.  You love to stand and "pretend" to walk.  

11.  You grab at your toys and get a kick out of spinning the duck on the excersaucer

12.  Your hands are constantly in your mouth!! CONSTANTLY

13.  You love to get into the football cradle position when we hold you.  We literally have to check your breathing when you're like this because you have your head completed surrounded by fabric.  

14.  You like to be held facing outward and moving

15.  You are so sweet, yet so intensive and fiery.  We wouldn't change it for the world.

You are such a miracle and we are so incredibly blessed God gave you to us.  Your sweet smile make all the demands of you so worth every moment.  Thank you for being you Sutton, we love you to the moon and back.

Tragic

I recently found a page( tragic )that a friend had "liked" on Facebook and out of my own curiosity I decided to click on it.  It was by far one of the saddest, most heart-wrenching, stories I have ever read.  I think about this family, this mom, this dad often.  When I am having a "take a deep breath" moment at my stay-at-home-mom gig I think to myself, "What this family wouldn't do to have things so differently right now."

I find myself checking-in everyday to see the updates in their lives, to read their raw emotion, to see pictures of their new baby girl, etc.  Everyday, I end up teary-eyed after reading and without hesitation I immediately ask B.K., "How?" "How do they go to sleep, eat, get out of bed, shower, LIVE?" HOW?!?!?!?!

And why do I keep reading something so painfully sad? 

I guess I am inspired, fascinated, and moved to my core with their most sincere love for God.  In a time of what I would imagine would be the most intense emotional and physical pain, this mom and dad are able to proclaim their love for God and have faith in his path for their lives and their daughter's short life on Earth. 

Stumbling upon this page has made me ask myself, Am I living my life today with a sincere love for God? 

Prayers and healing for this family.

Sandy Hook Elementary

Since last Friday, 12.14.12, I have watched Anderson Cooper 360 every night at 8pm.  I end up in tears at the end of the show as they play Amazing Grace and show the sweet, innocent faces of 20 1st graders and 6 adults.  I watch in amazement at how some of the parents hold it "together" while being interviewed.  I watch and wonder how and why?  I watch with a small feeling of being scared to send my own child to school one day.  I watch with overwhelming sadness as I think about how someone took the most precious gift from God to a parent, their child.  I think about how some of those parents might have tried for years to have a baby and in an instant their gift was gone.  I think about how those parents even go to sleep, do they?, or eat, or put on clothes knowing how horrific the scene in which their children passed away in was.  It all is so incredibly heart wrenching.  I say prayers and keep those who passed away and their families in my thoughts.  I know God is trying to bring peace to their hearts.