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Thursday, October 8, 2009

5 Months Old

Briley has turned into such a good, sweet baby. She really only cries when she's in her carseat! She screams her head off on the way home from church every Wednesday night!!

We've gotten into a pretty good routine during the day. Nighttime is a little shaky, though! On a good day, she sleeps until 7:30 or 8:00, takes a couple of cat naps in the morning, takes a great afternoon nap, and goes to bed between 7 and 8. We've had some rough nights the past few weeks, though. She got into the habit of waking around midnight and staying awake for 2 hours! Ahhh! I hope I've gotten her out of that habit this week by letting her cry herself to sleep at naptime a few times. I absolutely HATE letting my babies cry, but it really hasn't been too bad. She's only cried for 15 or 20 minutes, then gone to sleep!

I'm still nursing, but she is getting 2 bottles of formula a day. I feed her 5 times a day, about every 3 hours. She is also eating rice cereal, apple sauce, and bananas. She is still working on eating from a spoon, but she gets better every day.

She is almost sitting up, but not quite. She is grabbing everything in sight, including her brother's toys, which he is not too happy about! He is usually pretty good at giving her a "baby toy", though! She watches Maddox like a hawk and acts like she can't wait to do everything he does! He loves to wake her up if she's asleep and we need to go somewhere. He climbs up on the side of her crib and says "Sister, wake up". She lifts her head up and gives him the biggest grin!

















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Friday, October 2, 2009

September

I'm a little behind, so here's the second half of September all in one blog entry!

A couple of Sundays ago, we went to Jay, Florida and had a nice visit with Mamo.

Briley decided to show off and roll from back to front for the first time! (She's been rolling front to back for about a month now.) She also let out a rare giggle for Mamo!


On the 24th, we celebrated Mimi's birthday at Gambino Brothers. We had a great dinner. Maddox LOVES spaghetti. When we left he said "That was fun. We ate and ate and ate and ate and ate, then it got dark"!! That pretty much sums it up!


Of course, we've been watching a LOT of football lately! So glad that Bama is undefeated!! I think we've spent every Saturday with Bucky, Carla, and Colton. I guess Colton is like a little brother to Maddox!
Briley and Colton will be all over the place and into everything before we know it!


I found their matching smocked Bama outfits at Kidz Klozet. I love that place! I couldn't resist these outfits! Aren't they cute?

The weather is finally starting to cool off a little bit so that Briley can join us outside.

Maddox is getting really good at riding the bike he got for his birthday.


Friday, September 18, 2009

Rice Cereal! Yummy!

Briley tried rice cereal for the first time tonight!

After a few minutes of us oohing and ahhing over Briley eating cereal, Maddox had had quite enough of her getting all the attention!

Briley Finds Her Feet




I just think it's the cutest thing when babies play with their feet!

Happy 32nd Birthday Daddy!

And ROLL TIDE!!!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Note to self...

Don't give a chocolate ice cream cone to a 3-year-old!


Thankfully, they turned the fountains on and he got easily cleaned up. Let's just pray that Oxi-clean works on his nice outfit!

This is what Miss Briley thought of the whole situation!

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Four Months Old



Briley caught a cold for her 4 month birthday. Poor girl! Her nose has been so stuffy. It's tough to be a thumb-sucker with a congested nose. She has been a trooper and has only had one bad night.
Speaking of nights, she is now consistently sleeping ALL NIGHT! Maddox didn't do this until he was 9 months old, and we had to endure many horrible nights of letting him "cry it out". Briley is a much better sleeper. I think finding her thumb really helped. Sometimes I lie her down awake, and sometimes I nurse her to sleep. Most days she actually takes a couple of 2-3 hour naps! She is just such a good baby!
She smiles all the time now and has started to be more vocal. I can already tell she LOVES her brother! Whenever she hears him, she turns her head and strains her neck to find him. Sometimes she doesn't even want to nurse when he's playing in the same room. She just wants to watch him!




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