Hollyhand House

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

4 months (2/6)

I'm a little late on this post...but this little sweetheart is 4 months old!!  We just can't get enough of her right now...I mean look at that adorable smile!  Here is what Miss Ava Kate is doing at 4 months old:
-She weighs 16 lbs and is 25 1/2 in. long (90% for both)
-She wears mostly 6-9 month clothes now but can still squeeze into a few of her 3-6 months.
 
-She has a 6 oz. bottle every 4 hours and oatmeal twice a day.  
-She really loves her oatmeal and is doing great being fed with a spoon! 
-She spits up quite a bit but thankfully the oatmeal is really helping!  Dr. Roberts said she wouldn't medicate unless she was in pain and which she isn't and we both think she is much better!
-She is on a great schedule (most days).  I stressed about getting Anna Riley on a schedule and she ended up putting herself on one, so this time I didn't stress it at all and Ava Kate did the same! 
-She loves playing on her floor mat and exercauser!  She also likes to sit in her vibrating chair and watch us while we eat dinner.  She likes the Bumbo but not for a long amount of time!


-She wakes up between 7 and 8 each morning, has a bottle, plays a while, has her oatmeal and then is ready for a nap.  She sleeps for 1-2 hours.  She has a bottle around lunch, plays some more and is ready for her afternoon nap (usually same time as Big Sister) and sleeps 2-3 hours.  She has another bottle and plays the rest of the evening.  Since her afternoon nap is so long, she doesn't really take an evening nap anymore.  She has oatmeal after we have dinner and then a bottle after her bath and she goes to bed between 7 and 7:30. 

-She is sleeping in her crib all the time now (unless she is sick).  She sleeps on her stomach.  If you put her on her back or side, she is constantly trying to roll to her stomach.  She pretty much sleeps through the night.  If she wakes up, it is only once but she has been doing pretty well with sleeping all the way through.

-If she loses her pacy at night, she sucks on her fingers. 
-She also tries sticking her whole fist in her mouth and often gags herself.

-She has big, brown eyes (yes they turned brown!) and her hair is light brown. 
-She has the cutest chubby cheeks and thighs!  :) 
-She gets so excited and kicks and squeals...especially when she sees her bottle!
-She is also trying to hold the bottle on her own now. 

-She smiles and laughs all the time! 
-She loves her Big Sister!! She watches Anna Riley all the time and is always laughing at her!
-She is grabbing toys, our clothes and hair all the time now. 
-She wants to sit up so bad!  When she is sitting in the vibrating chair or carseat, she will try to sit up!
Ava Kate, we love you to pieces!  You make each day so bright! 



I don't really think they favor much anymore... 





Thursday, February 9, 2012

Presents, Visitors and being sick...

We brought home all the gifts so Anna Riley could open them later.  She isn't always really "in to" opening presents so I definitely didn't want to make her and all the other kids stop playing so she could open them at the party.  After she took a nap, she opened all her presents with the help of PawPaw.
She got lots of cute Minnie Mouse things, a couple of cute outfits, books, some little people toys, some Dora things and a wooden highchair for her dolls. 










That evening, Becca brought Zoe and Evan over to play.  I enjoy spending time with them since we don't get to see them often! 



How cute are these two?  I love how Anna Riley's
pants are half down! haha

Sweet friends watching Dora


Trying on the sunglasses she got for her birthday!

Anna Riley had not felt well before her party and she ran around so much playing a the party that she could not stop coughing when she got home.  She was just miserable!  That night, I ran to WinnDixie to get some more cold medicine for her and when I came back, her and Riley were asleep on our bed.  She had a few rough nights of bad coughing and even coughed so much she threw up a couple of times but thankfully she is better now with just a runny nose! 

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Anna Riley's birthday party- Part 3

Getting ready to eat


The Birthday girl!!

I think this was right after we sang to Anna Riley...Cooper
blew out her candles.  We have it on video...it was quite funny!

Let's try this again...



YUM!!

Tucker liked his Chocolate cupcake!

Fischer and Jackson eating cupcakes or maybe just icing?!

Zoe and Kendall

This picture describes Zoe at the party...she was the
little swiper, cleaning off everyone's plate! haha!!
She is sneaking food off of AR's plate in the pic!
She is a such a cutie and so funny! :)

Anna Riley's birthday party Part 2

Anna Riley did not really feel well on her birthday, poor thing!  She had a cold and she coughed a good bit of the night so she didn't sleep well.  Once we got to her party, she was so excited and played non-stop!  She didn't even want to stop for cake!!  I was really glad we had it somewhere other than our house, because she wouldn't have had as good of a time had it been here and her not feeling well.  She was so excited to see all of her friends, too!  They played and played and took a short break to eat and played some more.  I tried to get pictures of most of the kids, but I did not get many pictures of them playing because they were so fast going from one thing to the next!
She had a blast climbing up and down this slide! She
would climb up it all the way to the top!

Little Fishcer having fun!

The two great-grandmothers (Mimi and Granny Boo)
had fun watching all the kids!

PopPop and PawPaw
We were so excited that PawPaw got to come!!

PawPaw and lil sissy dressed in her
Minnie Mouse, too!

Some of the Dads...I think it is great that Dads come to bday
parties now too!! 

Chloe looked so cute in her litte Minnie dress!


Zoe all dressed in Minnie, too!  :)
Zoe came all the way from Atlanta to celebrate with us!!



Pop Pop feeding AK

Anna Riley really wasn't into pictures so this is the best
we could get!

Anna Riley with her PawPaw

Sweet Addie Gail


Pop Pop and AR
Maggie or Mags as AR calls her!  This is one of
Anna Riley's very best friends!



We are so thankful for all of our friends and family that came out to celebrate with us!  Anna Riley is so blessed to have such special people in her life!