~My Babies! 4 Months and 4 Years!~

My Girls are growing so fast!  Gabby is 4 1/2 and seriously grows an inch a day in height I promise!  Scarlett had her 4 month check up yesterday and is doing very well. 

Weight-14# 8 oz (61st percentile)

Length-25 1/4(79th percentile)

Scarlett is very vocal, screaming is her new trick.  Some say she is calling her sister, Gabby, when she does this!  Scarlett eats 5 times per day, 5-6 ounces per feed.  No cereal yet as we tried this with her last week and she HATED IT!  Hmmm...I know another little girl who was like that too....Gabby, cough, Gabby!  Maybe we will try again in a month or two?  Scarlett is sleeping 8-9hours straight at night!!!  Wahoo!  She soothes herself to sleep which is great, however, this sort of makes me sad because I rocked Gabby to sleep always.  Stay strong Mommy, stay strong!  It really does make things nicer that she goes right to sleep on her own though.  She prefers her back opposed to her belly.  She can roll herself over from her belly to her back but not vice versa.  She reaches for objects, pulls hair, pinches arms, faces, etc.  Likes to be held facing outward so she take take the world in each second!  Nosey Rosie! 

Gabby is doing great as well!  She has her checkup in May so we will see her stats then.  Everyone asks if she is going to Kindergarten next year as she is VERY TALL like her Grandad and Paternal Aunts and Uncles!  NO...No Kindergarten for my sweetie yet! She misses the cutoff and will not go until she is almost 6 years old!  Some of my teacher friends say this is best!?!  I know, being her Mother, that she is not quite ready yet.  She could handle it I know, however, she still has some developing to do next year.  There is a reason state's in our country have cutoff dates. Plus...I want her home another year with me before I send her off to school forever! 

Hope to be back soon with a fresh update!  The weather here is weirdly warm!  77 degrees today!  I felt like I was on Spring Break!  People in our town dressed and acted like it too!  I saw more skin than I needed to at the park today!  You won't catch me in shorts and a tank top with thin straps until I lose at least 20 more pounds...unless those shorts are down to my knees!  Capri's it is! 

Take care everyone!  Happy Spring! 

xoxo, Katie

Milestones...They're A Comin'

Well...they have started... 

Milestones!  The Happy, Yay, How Exciting Milestones!  However, I also kind of dread milestones.  It means my baby is getting bigger, older day by day.  That makes me sad! 

I remember my high school choir teacher singing a song my senior year.  In this song, part of it went something like, "stop time, don't move on".  The song goes on to talk about how your baby grows up and turns into a young man/woman and leaves you one day.  I have heard the words of that song so much in my head lately.  I think of how I was then and how I am now and realize that I had no clue in high school what that song really meant.  I am sure my parents did for sure, but it really did not sink in until now.  I truly feel and always will feel like we never stop growing up.  We are never fully grown.  There is never a "full disk".  We are always learning new things, learning from mistakes and learning what to do and what not to do again.  Mistakes we make, great choices we make too.  However, one thing I know is that I am trying to treasure every single second of my girls!  I am trying to make so many memories.  I do not want to miss a thing! 

On that note, Scarlett rolled over.  Yep...she did it!  I video taped it three times just to make sure I was seeing it correctly.  And YES...she can roll now.  Here it is.  Just click on the link and it will show you the videos...all THREE OF THEM!  Please feel free to MUTE or lower the volume on your computer now.  FYI...my voice is very annoying...very!

http://youtu.be/rmTcAipb-wM

http://youtu.be/2qh9FotuHTY

http://youtu.be/C5xxobQwOKI

Scarlett does not like being on her belly very much.  So, SCORE for her!  Because now if she does not want to stay on her belly she can just roll herself on over.  Oh yea...and that's if Gabby does not beat her to it.  Gabby tends to have a tender heart for her sister.  I am so happy about this, however, when Gabby hears Scarlett screaming while on her belly, Gabby will secretly roll her over without me noticing and run off.  Sibling love!  I have a feeling they are going to be sneaky little sisters as they grow up together!  Scarlett is definitely watching and learning some tricks from her big sister!