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pictures I took of Aleana

 Cute pictures that my friend Chelsie Atkinson took

4 months old and update on life

Here is Aleana at 3 months.  She loved to kick, just found her hands and was starting to experiment with her voice more.  She weighed about 14 lbs and measured at 24 inches, she was still at the top of the charts. I love her big bright eyes they always make me so happy!   

Christmas 

          Our First Christmas with Aleana.  I had fun taking pictures of her; she is such a baby model.  We had a great Christmas!  On Sunday December 16^th we went over to Jeremey’s mom’s house to have a little Christmas party with Jesica, Brooke, Jeremey, Grandma Qualls (Jeremey mom).  I think this was the first time Jescia saw Aleana since placement.  It was sweet to see Jescia holding Aleana, feeding her and interacting with her.  They already have a bond.  Jesica gave Aleana a taggie, and a toy Aleana can lay under and play with toys that hang down, I know she is going to love it!  Brooke remembered us and after she opened her present from us which was Dora books she sat up on Curt’s lap and had him read to her.  It was so good to see them and know that they are doing well.  I think that Jeremey could tell Jesica was getting emotional so he had her head ouy not to long after we got there.  I understand that it was hard for her but I am glad that she wanted to see us for a little while.

       We had our own little Christmas at home before we left.  It was nice to have a quiet little Christmas at home with our little angel. Curt gave me a Google Tablet and I got one of Allen’s old Guitars fixed up and a guitar book and other guitar stuff for Curt.

       We spent some time with my family and then spent Aleana 1^st Christmas with her Grandma and Grandpa Snelgrove, Julee and Tiffany.  It was busy but we had a great time celebrating with our little Angle. She loved seeing all the Christmas lights and decorations. Next year will be so fun because she will be a little more aware of what is going on.  

New Years 

  

First New years!  We celebrated with our friends the Boucher's, Anderson's and Moore's who are all spread across the united states.  It was fun to all be together.

We had the Boucher’s help us with a task earlier that day.  They took a Christmas/ New Year’s card with $100 gift card to Walmart to Jescia, Brooke and Jeremy to help them out.  We wanted it to be secret so they did not know it was from us.    

My Little Cutie 

Playing with daddy! She loves her daddy!

Big Smiles and Cute outfits!

I love this pictures with her big blue eye

Playing at home

Look how good she can hold her head up, now we just need to work more on the rolling

4 Months Pictures 

I can't believe how much she has grown in just one month,  She is now about 16lbs and 26 inches. She has two teeth and is working on getting two more.  

More Fun Pictures 

She enjoys her bumbo because she can sit up on her own! She also likes her Jenny Jump up even though all she does is stands and moves around, but she likes to do things on her own.

What a cute happy girl in her adorable hat my friend Chelsea Moore made her!

Curt and I are doing great, we are just enjoying life.  Curt is continuing to apply for jobs in his degree.  But we are happy to stay in Logan until we finalize and take her to the temple at the end of April.   We are glad the sun is back and hope the warm weather is coming soon.
Journal entries

Sunday January 27, 2013

           We feel so blessed that she is a part of our family.  The first month seemed a little rough because we were getting used to having a baby around, getting up in the night for feedings and living on very little sleep.  I am just glad that she took lots of naps and that daddy can feed her in the night as well so that I could get some sleep.  I felt kind of bad for Curt going to work half asleep some days but everyone at work understood.  I think that we were so excited to have her here that we did not care that she woke us up in the night and that made the transition a lot easier.  I have imagined Curt as a dad for years, but he is a better and sweeter dad then I could have imagined.  He loves Aleana so much and is so willing to help out however he can. I thought he had a hard time leaving me to go to work, but now that Aleana is here he has an even harder time getting out the door.  These last three months seemed like they have flown by, we are still a bit sleep deprived, but often that is our own fault because lately she has been going to bed around 8 or 9 o’clock and sleeping until 7:00 in the morning. I really don’t miss the one 1:00 am feeding, but on occasions she still wants to eat around 3 or 4 o’clock in the morning.  She has been smiling and laughing for months and today she got her second tooth and on the 23^rd she got her first tooth. I hope she will have a break from the pain before teeth 3 and 4 come in.    We love having her in our family and look forward to watching her grow more

Wednesday January 30, 2013

Aleana did not want to go back to sleep last night.  She missed her dinner nap and just crashed at 7:30.  We thought she was down for the night and she might have been if I did not go get her when I heard her fussing around 9:00.  I went, got her and she drank 6 oz of formula and nearly fell asleep until the bottle was gone.  After that she was just wide awake and wanting to play.  We tried just about everything, going in the laundry room with the lights off and the fan on, laying her down, cuddling her and rocking her, but I guess she just thought it was morning.  Just after 11 I brought her into the office/ baby room and tried to rock her to sleep again.  She was so tired by this time that she started throwing a fit, I got her music turned on and she cried a couple more times than just crashed.  Oh the power of music, why did I not think of it earlier. 

Thursday January 31^st 2013

So I hope it is just a faze or because she is teething but Aleana has had a hard time taking naps. She plays until she is so tired that she cries and fights going to sleep for a while and I have to rock her completely asleep before I can lay her down. We were getting pretty good at having her fall asleep on her own.  If she is only 4 months old and already throwing tantrums we are in trouble.  Maybe I am waiting to longer before putting her down for a naps and she is overly tired.  I hope we can get this figured out again or I am going to get totally warn out. 

Friday February 1st 2012

Aleana had her 4 month shots today L. She started crying when they gave her the liquid medicine and just screamed when they gave her the shots.  I know that these will help in the long run but it is just so hard to see my sweet little girl so upset J.  I am glad that Curt was there to help and that we gave her baby pain relief before the visit. 

Tuesday February 19^th   

Aleana learned to roll on to her back from her stomach.  I was practicing with her and then she did it 3 or 4 times on her own.  We still may need more practice before she has it down pat, but she can do it on her own.  Yeah Aleana!

Also I believe that teeth 3 and 4 are making their move, she has been supper fussy and I think I can see her two front teeth up in her gums.  We will just have to see when they decide to show themselves. I hope she has a bit of a break before any more teeth come; she deserves to not be in pain.  However she still does love to laugh, smile and talk when she is not in pain.  

2 Months Old!!!

My Sweet Little Girl Turned Two Months Old On Sunday!!

 She is 23 inches and weighs 12 lb 1.5 oz, she is in the 85th percentile for both weight and height and 50 percentile for her head.  No wonder she is already getting good at holding up her head.

 Aleana's 2 month birthday and my sisters 23rd Birthday were on the same day.  I think my sister was just a little excited about that :) 

 A few pictures after my sisters birthday party.  We had great homemade ice cream and Chocolate peanut butter sauce.

2 Months pictures 

Her she is laughing! 

 I just love this little girl, I can't believe how responsive and interactive,

 she is for only being 2 months.

 And a couple cute smiles!!

This little girl loves to talk!

She  lays there and just coos and baby talks, she loves to have little conversations with us.

I know it is just the mom in me talking but I sware she is trying to say mom, hi and hello.  I bet that one of those will be her first real word.    

 She is a tall girl, she is giving a lot of her 4 to 6 months friends a run for their money for weight and height.  However they were probably 2 months when they weighed what she did at birth. I decided to condense her two month sign and the picture with her lamb so there were fewer pictures and it sure makes for a cute picture.  

Christmas Lights!

I think Aleana is going to love Christmas.  She already loves the tree and had fun watching us decorate the tree and the house.

 I have exciting news we have Aleana's court date set, it is for the 25th of April! Now we just need to set up the sealing date and then she will be legally and eternally ours!!!

We love our Sweet little Aleana and are so glad she is a part of our family.

Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! We spent the weekend with my family and had our Thanksgiving meal at my Aunt Jane's house.  It was fun to be with family and see cousins I had not seen in a while. 

Curt and I even made our Sweet Potato Pie for Dessert.  

  My Cousin took and few pictures of us and Aleana in her cute

Thanksgiving outfit my sister made her. 

 

 She is such a cute little girl, we just love her!!

Family Time

 After Thanksgiving Lunch, and all the attention is on Aleana. (except for my Cousins who are in the kitchen :)

 My Grandma with Aleana

 My Dad, sister Debbie, and my Mom

My brother Brian playing With Aleana

Daddies Little Turkey

Thankful Lists

Things I am thankful for!  I made a list of things I was thankful for and why I am thankful for curt and Aleana, for each day of the month.  

I am Thankful for.........

1-Heavenly Father
2-Jesus Christ
3-The Holy Ghost
4-Curt
5-Aleana
6-My family
7- Friends
8-My ward
9-Relief Society
10-Talents of others
11-My camera
12-Scriptures
13-Temples
14-Eternal famlies
15-My rocking chair
16-The Gospel
17-Service done for me
18-My ability to serve
19-left overs, don't have to cook and have dinner fast when needed.
20- naps in my comfy bed
21-My sister who held Aleana while I packed
22-time to be with family and a talented cousin
23- Family who love Aleana and help take care of her
24-Craft fairs where I get inspired by the talents of others
25-Friendly people at church
26-The library
27-A working stove and oven
28-Close friends that I can call at any time and enjoy spending time with
29-Book to read my self and ones to read to Aleana
30-A working car do that we can travel to see family

I am Thankful for Curt because he.....

1-Loves me
2-Loves Aleana
3-Does dishes
4-Washes bottles
5-Does laundry
6-Feeds Aleana
7-Changes diapers
8-Goes to work
9-Let's me stay home
10-Takes me out on dates
11-Cooks
12-Enjoys being with me
13-Honors his Priesthood responsibilities
14-Forgives me
15-Helps gets Aleana to sleep
16-Gets up on weekends with Aleana
17-cleans
18-Enjoys being around my family
19-Watches movies I like
20-Helps with Aleana at night
21-Helps make pies
22-Helps out where ever needed
23-Enjoys playing games with my family (especially Mario with my sister)
24-Does thing I enjoy like going to craft fairs.
25-He let's me sleep in in weekends
26-Makes sure we have Family Home Evening
27-Enjoys spending evenings home with me and Aleana
28-Allows me to spend time with friends
29-Continues to apply for jobs even after so man rejections
30-Treats his mom and sisters with love and respect

I am Thankful for Aleana because she
1-Is here
2-Smiles at me
3-Laughs in sleep
4-Makes funny faces
5-Coos when happy
6-Interacts with me
7-Likes vibrating seat
8-Lays on floor happily for a while
9-Loves to eat
10-Loves to cuddle
11-Is a good sleeper(even at church!)
12-Is a mellow baby
13-Made me a mom!
14-She is growing and gaining weight at a healthy rate
15-Allowed us to meet her birthmom and gain another family
16-Likes my brother and fell asleep on his lap
17-Still likes being held by other people
18-Sleeps well in her carseat
19-Has healthy skin that heals quickly even after she scratches her self
20-Has a new sleeping laugh
21-Loves to talk and even sounds like she says "Hi" and "Hello"

22-Smiles for pictures

23-Sleeps 7 hours at night

24-Likes to have her diaper changed and is starting to like baths

25-Slept through church

26-Loves to be read to

27-Is getting better at taking naps in her Crib

28-Knows here mommy and daddy

29-Is getting better at letting us know what she needs (or I am better at understanding what she needs :)

30-Likes to be around people and is the life of the party  

1 1/2 Months



 I wanted to see how she grows in compassion to her Little Lamb over the next year.

 Eventually she will be holding the lamb instead of laying by it.

Basket Photos

Big Cheesy Grin!

When I was taking pictures I jokingly Said "Smile for the camera." She gave me the biggest smile,

I missed the first one but she smiled again because my sister and I were laughing.

She is such a happy little girl when she is full and had a good nap

 I also like the pictures where baby's are in the same place each month to show how they grow, so I chose her toy basket. 

 I love all of her different cute faces! 





  I had to make sure that I took some with out a blanket to show how small Aleana really is.

Months Sign

 "Yeah I made it, I am so big"

Look how tall she is!

Right now Aleana is about 11 lbs 5 oz and 23 inches, she just continues to grow!

We love each new stage but don't want her to grow up to fast.