You are 8 months old today-how did this happen? It seems like yesterday you were a tinly little bundle; now you are a big girl who is on the move all the time, giggling, eating baby food and imitating noises that mommy makes! Although sometimes I miss having a newborn around, I LOVE you at 8 months!
Here are a few of my favorite images from your first time eating baby cereal, and you and mommy playing in your nursery!
You are changing before my eyes, and each day is becoming more wonderful! Happy 7 months today babe!
I am thankful for………
chilly afternoons at the beach
eskimo kisses
snuggling together under a blanket while watching the sun set
my sweet family
We attempted to go back to the field of wildflowers with you this past weekend, since the last time we went we had to cut our session short because of the rain. Well, wouldn’t you know, just a few minutes into our second session, it started to drizzle again! But before it started to downpour, Daddy was able to capture these two images of us under a beautiful rainbow! You loved feeling the chilly raindrops on your face and giggled when you got all wet, it is a sweet memory I will never forget!
When I look at these images I am reminded of the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, and the lyrics, “Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true”. Daddy and I dreamed of you for 5 years and God knew exactly when the time was right for you to come into our lives. He blessed us with the sweetest, most precious baby! Even though it was heartbreaking to wait for you to come, and so many days I wondered if you ever would, now looking back, I am so thankful for the journey we went through. It has made me a better mommy because I will never, ever take a moment with you for granted! I hug longer, give unlimited kisses and soak up all your sweetness everyday! You are a pure gift from God!
You are my little wiggle worm these days! You are itching to sit up, stand up, crawl and walk on your own, but you still can’t do any of it without mommy or daddy holding you! Soon enough though, we won’t be able to keep up with you!
You are three months old today! The past three months have flown by and you have changed so much, mommy and daddy are amazed each day at how you are growing! There are so many new things you are doing that we always have the camera and video camera close by to capture the milestones! Here is a list of all the fun things you have started doing at 3 months:
1. You smile all the time now and have started to giggle
2. You are starting to put everything in your mouth, including your thumb
3. When we say, “I love you” to you, you say, “ah-oooo’ back to us (we know you are trying to say, “I love you too”.
4. You are sleeping through the night from 10:30pm to 7:00am, which is a wonderful thing!
5. You can hold your head up all by yourself and have started to try to sit up too with mommies help
6. If I put you on your tummy you roll to one side
You are full of smiles all day long, until mommy brings out the camera and then I think you get confused about where I go. When I put the camera in front of my face you get this worried look, but, as soon as I peek around it and you see me, you smile big and are happy again! Soon enough I’m sure you will see that the camera is harmless and mommy is right there with you! We had fun today taking some pictures! I love spending all my time with you!
I can hardly believe you turned one month this week! Life is definitely a bit busier since your arrival, and mommy has never been so sleep deprived in her life, but I adore every minute I have with you. The quiet times snuggling in the middle of the night while you are drifting off to sleep, the sweet noises you make while you are breathing, and the softness of your skin; these are all the precious things I will carry in my heart always. You are growing so quickly that mommy had to capture all your little sweetness before you become a big girl!
Mommy was finally feeling back to herself today so I couldn’t help but take some pictures of your 11 day old face. Grandma and I had so much fun posing you and watching you drift off to dreamland during our session. I am making it a point to photograph you every day at least once because I never want to forget your newborn face………….I am so in love!
