When she was 5 months old! She is the joy of our life!!
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St Patrick's Day
Sunday March 17, 2013
Aleana only has the two teeth still; she really has not been to upset except for the past few days so I wonder if they will come soon. On Tuesday March 12th she learned how to roll from her back to her stomach and is doing it pretty regularly and now she is actually staring to enjoy being on her tummy. I have not seen her roll from her stomach to her back again; maybe she will pick it up again soon. Aleana loves her jumper and is getting better at jumping each time she uses it. She also loves to walk around and explores the area. I think she likes the independence and it may help her learn to walk. I am not excited for her to grow up to fast but it is fun seeing her meet new mile stones.
Aleana is still a babbler and loves to make the bu, bu sound. It is just so stinking cute. She was babbling through church and most of the afternoon, when she was not crying because of her teeth, being hungry or poppy. Poor little thing had a tough day. We could have made it easier by checking her diaper sooner; we are not sure how long we made her sit in that poopy diaper.
Curt and I just love to play with her. We enjoy talking to her and making her laugh. She is starting to get ticklish! If you tick her she will often crack up laughing, other times she just sits there. She likes to play Peek a Boo over some ones shoulder or by having toys or cloths be put in front of her face and then pulled away. She also loves having people follow her up the stairs or around the house. She just finds the most random and simple things so funny and we just love it! Although the tricks don’t always work and sometimes only amuse her for a few minutes, but we love to try and ways!
She fell asleep in my arms today after church and I just held her; I just love snuggling with her. She also fell asleep in daddy’s arms at church and I know how much he enjoys. She is just the center of our world and we love her so much.
Tuesday March 26, 2013
Poor little Aleana has been sick these past few weeks. I think she is finally better except for a lingering runny nose. She has had a runny nose, a cough, has not wanted to eat much and was really fussy and tired. We were up with her for a good part of the night Monday the 18th because she was coughing and choking. I put her to sleep in her bouncy chair so that she was not flat on her back and it seemed to help her sleep.
On Tuesday night before we put her to bed we put some blankets under her mattress to raise it up to hopefully help her sleep better. Also Curt gave Aleana her first Fathers Blessing. It was so special to hold her and be a part her first blessing. I could feel the spirit in Curt’s words as he blessed Aleana to get better and sleep well. He also to let her know how special she is and how she has already blessed so many people’s lives in her short few months of life. She is such an angel and we are blessed to have her in our life. Also Aleana and I are blessed to have Curt in our life who is worthy to have the Lord’s Priesthood and bless our lives and home. I am glad that we had a chance to give Aleana a blessing as just the three of us, it was a special family experience.
Aleana still loves to roll onto her tummy, it is hard to get her to stay on her back unless she is playing with her toes, she loves her toes! A few times she has even rolled back on to her back. Before we know it she is going to be rolling all over the place and then crawling all over. We need to think about getting our house baby proof.
Aleana also loves faces! She loves to grab mouths, noses, hair and glasses. If she is standing up facing me she usually has her hand on my face or a handful of my hair. My family came up to visit this weekend. When Allen was holding her she thought is beard was so cool and would run her fingers through it. When Debbie holds her she loves to grab her hair and wrap it around her face and make her have a mustache or eat her hair. She also likes to eat Debbie’s hair. When my dad holds her she loves to try and grab his glasses, and when mom held her she loved playing with her mouth. I love to see her fascinated with the world around her. She is also crazy about phones, cameras, and my tablet. I guess that is probably my own fault J. She love to grab at them and often smiles for the camera.
She has started doing the cutes thing. She has started to cover her own face and play peek- a- boo with us. She will cover her face and then we say “where’s Aleana”, and she will uncover her face and give us the biggest smile. She is so adorable and gets more interactive every day.
Oh I noticed something today, Aleana has a third tooth and it is not one of her top teeth, it is her bottom right tooth. We were watching her top teeth and this little one just popped up and surprised us. No wonder why she was fussy these last few days and wanting the teething tablets as if they were candy. Now we have to be even more diligent about brushing teeth and giving fluoride.
Easter!
6 months!!
She weighed 17 lbs abs 11.5 oz
She was beginning to roll all over the place and is staring to enjoy solid food
We redid some of our favorite posses from her first few weeks, and plan to do the same when she is a year old to show how she has grown.
Tuesday April 9, 2013
Aleana turned 6 months on April 2, I
can’t believe she is already 6 months old she is growing up so fast. On Easter she cut her first top tooth now
that makes four teeth! She loves to roll
and rolls all over the living room, even underneath the coffee table. Now I
have to be more carefully about what is on the floor. It is so fun to see her roll around and
explore new things. She really likes
books and helps me turn the pages and open and close the book. Yesterday she
went to the doctors for her 6th month check-up and shots. She now weighs 17 lbs 11.5 oz and is 26 ½
inches long. She is in the 80th
percentile for height and weight. She is
growing fast. She did really well with
her shoots, of course she was already crying from the liquid medicine they give
her before the shots and she cried after
her shots but she calmed down pretty easy and was just fussy and out of it for
the rest of the day. She was pretty
upset and had a hard time going to sleep but she was hungry and the medicine
had worn off and we had just given her more.
I always give her medicine before her baby shots because it makes the
world of difference.
Last night I noticed a hole in the gums
where her top right tooth will come in, so I think they will cut through today
or tomorrow. She is just popping out
teeth like crazy. Thank goodness for teething tablets and baby Tylenol or my
life would be a bit crazier.
These last few weeks have been crazy
but fun. On the 30th Curt’s
parents and Tiff and Julee came up to visit.
They brought up cute Easter presents for Aleana. Jody made her a cute
little Easter dress. And they also
brought her a cute little barn with little stuffed Duck, Horse, Pig and Cow
that make their sounds when you squeeze them.
Aleana has loved them and smiles when they make noise. We had lunch on the back patio and enjoyed
the afternoon together. Later that afternoon we went down to Russ and
Marianne’s house for Conner’s 3rd Birthday party. Their little girl Sophie and Aleana will
hopefully be good friends when they get older. They are only one week apart
although Aleana is a lot bigger. Then
we went to my parents for an Easter dinner and then watched “Wreck-it Ralph”
which Aleana loved. It is bad she
already loves the TV, but I am working on not having it on so much J. When we left my mom said that next time
we see Allen and Kathy they may have a baby.
We figured that was not possible because she was still about a month
out.
On Tuesday morning (April 4th)
I get a call from my mom asking if I have heard from Allen, I said no and then
she said pretend I did not call. Kathy
was in the hospital having her baby, her water broke at 3:30 that morning and
she had Layla just before noon. She
weighed 5 lbs. and 10 oz. and was 19 inches long. She stated out doing fine but as the day went
on her breathing got worse and she ended up going to the NICU. She could be in there for about 2 weeks. They are treating her for pneumonia and she
will be on the medication for 5 to 7 days.
She has started to get better since they started her on the medication,
but Allen and Kathy still don’t get to hold her very often and when we went and
saw her on Saturday night we could not even touch her. She is adorable with olive skin, lots of
black hair and Allen’s nose. We love her
and pray for her and Allen and Kathy often.
We are glad that having Kathy’s baby shower and having them be around
Aleana and the family has helped their spirits and I hope things just go up
from here.
This weekend we get to go to Henderson
for my Grandpas 80th Birthday and in 14 days we get to finalize the
adoption and in 18 days we get to take Aleana to the Temple to be sealed to
us. This has been and will continue to
be a great but crazy month.
We went to Henderson Nevada for My Grandpa's 80th Birthday party.
It was fun to be there but poor little Aleana got an ear ache and was sick the whole time.
She is almost completely better:)
The Family!
My Grandpa, Grandma, Aleana and her 2nd cousin Jackson
Monday April 22, 2013
A lot has happened, Aleana now has 6
teeth, 2 half teeth on top and 3 and half teeth on bottom. The top right and bottom right next to the
middle are her new teeth. I think more will be coming soon because she is still
in a lot of pain. She all so has learned
to sit up with little or no support, next step crawling (I don’t think I am
ready for that). Also she has gotten her
first ear infectionL.
We were getting ready to leave for
Henderson on Friday April 12th and Aleana had a nasty sounding cough
and a runny nose. I was able to clear
her nose out and get rid of her cough so I was hoping we would be able to go
because I really wanted to see my grandparents and for them to meet
Aleana. We left that afternoon and drove
to Cedar City. She gaged and threw up on
the way to Cedar and when we were staying a Janalee and Danny’s places she was
up most of the night coughing and probably had a fever. We debated on going to my grandparents but
since we were so close we decided to still go.
It was fun to spend the day with them and my aunt Suzanne and be there
for the dinner and cake and ice cream. It was also nice for my grandparents to
meet and spend time with Aleana. I felt
bad that she was fussy and cried a lot, threw up twice and probably had a fever
while there.
We had planned to stay at my
grandparents’ house with Aleana, but since she was sick my parents Brian,
Debbie and us shared a two bed room suit and she kept everyone but my dad up
half the night, but at least curt got more sleep then the previous night.
The car ride home was not too horrible because
she slept most of the time and when she was awake Debbie rode with us to keep
her happy. When we got to my parents’
house we found out she did have a fever.
My Dad and Curt gave her a blessing and then she slept all the way
home.
On Tuesday I finally took her to the
doctor and found out she had an ear infection. We played sick the rest of the
week and by Thursday I was starting to get sick with a bit of a fever and cold
and curt had a cold. We are all started
to feel better but Aleana hates to take her medicine L.
I can’t believe that tomorrow we get
to go to court and finalize and Saturday we get to take her to the temple. This
is going to be a big week!! Time has gone by so fast!
Oh Layla is home, but still on oxygen. I can’t wait to see her again this
weekend.
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