Georgia Kate is 8 months old!

Georgia Kate turned 8 months old yesterday!  This has been a month of changes for our sweet girl.  We ALL just fall more in love with her every day!

"I'm 8 months already?"

Georgia Kate is officially wearing all 9-12 month clothes!  I am so excited about the warmer weather because that means it's time to start wearing her cute spring/summer clothes!  She has figured out that she can take her bows off.  We will have to fix that real quick! ;)  As my friend Ashlee says, "No bow, no go!" Even Reid knows that and when we got to the grocery store a couple of days ago and she had pulled her bow off in the car he said, "Wait Mommy!  Where's her bow?"  Love it.  Georgia Kate got her first two teeth this month!  The two bottom center teeth popped through around March 7 (at least that's when I noticed them).  She isn't crawling yet, but she is really trying to get to things by reaching and toppling onto her tummy and then log rolling.  She is so happy just rolling around on the floor.  She loves her brother's toys and they are usually what she's trying to get to.  I know I am a broken record, but seriously, this girl LOVES her big brother.  He just has to look at her and she is thrilled.  Georgia Kate's personality is really starting to shine through!  I think we may have a free spirited little sister on our hands!  We started Little Gym this month and our girl is quite the social butterfly of the class.  She is constantly "talking" while we are there!  I have loved having that uninterrupted time with her.  We have so much fun!

We have had some major changes in the sleep department this month!  Georgia Kate is getting closer to sleeping through the night!  I knew that waking up 5-6 times a night was not normal for a 7 month old, so I decided to start her on a probiotic to see if it would help her tummy.  It has made all the difference in the world.  She still sometimes wakes up around 11:30ish and/or 2:30ish and then again around 5/6 (going back to sleep until 7:30/8), but that is sooo much better than it was.  We have also transitioned to two naps, which is a welcomed change!  I love that she has more awake time throughout the day.

I feed her first thing in the morning, after her first nap, before her second nap, after her second nap, and then before bed. We hit the restart button with solid food for Georgia at the beginning of the month since she had been having tummy issues.  We took a break and didn't give her any solids for three days and then eased back into it.  She now has yogurt for breakfast, a puree of some kind of lunch, and then we've been giving her some "finger foods" at dinner, usually steamed broccoli/peas/carrots, and some blueberries or banana pieces.  She is also enjoying her puffs.  She's actually gotten really good at feeding herself!  She shovels handfuls into her mouth at a time!  We also introduced the sippy cup.  While I am not sure she is getting any water, she does enjoy playing with it.

You can see her tiny teeth in this picture!

Pretty Peach, we love you so very much and can't imagine our lives without you!

Spring Break Fun!

Since Reid doesn't go to school yet, I guess we don't technically have a Spring Break, but we did have a lot of fun this week!

On Tuesday we got to play with our precious friend Clara!  We just love this family and are so excited to add baby Craig to the mix very soon!

We were laughing because boys and girls are just so different.  Clara loves princesses and kept asking Reid to dance with her (like princess ballroom dancing).  He kept saying, "Ok! I spin around really fast!!!" and would just spin in circles in front of her.  Not exactly what she had in mind.  Maybe he will learn how to properly dance by the time they get married! ;)

I love this picture of her giggling at him!  She is such a doll!

Our precious Myers girls came over for lunch one day since Amanda is home from college on Spring Break.  Seeing the girls I used to babysit play with my kids is just so crazy!  We love them so much!

My mom and I took the kids to the Children's Museum on Thursday. During Spring Break.  Bad idea.  It was kind of a zoo, but I think Reid still had fun!  

                                        

                                        

This sweet girl was such a trooper!

                                        

Today we met some friends at an inflatable place in Katy.  We have come very far in this department.  A couple of months ago Reid wouldn't even get in an inflatable and now he loves it!  He still won't go down the fun slides, but I'm sure he will come around.  

Happy Friday! 

The Peach does Little Gym.

Reid started Little Gym a few months after he turned one and I had planned on stopping his classes and starting Georgia Kate in the Fall when Reid starts preschool (since preschool will be his activity).  Well, on Friday when we went he was just really not into it at all.  He really hasn't been that into it for a while now.  On the way home he said, "I don't want to go to Little Gym anymore."  Well, okay then.  I decided to switch our membership over to Georgia Kate for the rest of the semester!  On Monday mornings Reid and I go to Ibloom at church and Grandma and Grandpa watch Georgia Kate.  The timing of the baby class worked out perfectly so that Grandma and Grandpa could meet us at Little Gym with Georgia Kate and switch with me to take Reid to their house to play while I did the class with her.  I know how lucky I am to have all of these helpful grandparents around.  I LOVED getting to have one on one time with my girl.  She had a great time watching the other babies and taking it all in.  Here are some pictures of Georgia Kate's first day at Little Gym!

        

        

       

This picture cracks me up!

      

     

     

5 Random Thursday Thoughts

1.  I know a lot of people won't understand this, but I actually miss shopping for baby boy clothes.  Girl clothes are SO fun obviously, but I also really loved shopping for a baby boy.  Kids' clothes are kind of a hobby of mine (and my mom's) and I miss the challenge of finding cute baby boy clothes.  The girl clothes are just so available.  Reid is starting to transition into more of a big boy wardrobe instead of a baby/toddler wardrobe.  I really don't like it!  I like for my babies to look like babies and not mini adults.  That's totally just my own personal preference.  I'm having a hard time seeing him in bluejeans and khaki pants and polos.  I am still planning to squeeze in some John-Johns this summer, but the transition has started.  The thing about boys is that they will wear the same type of clothes from the age of 4 until 84.  There's not a lot of variety.  I like to enjoy dressing him and having fun with it while I can.  Who knows… maybe I will get to dress another baby boy someday! :)

2.  Over the last couple of weeks I have run into a few of my former students that are now in HIGH SCHOOL.  One was my checker at Target.  They are still little 7 year olds in my mind.  While this does make me feel old, more than anything, it makes me sad because time FLIES.  My baby boy is going to be 3 in a couple of months and I cannot believe it.  I blinked and the sweet girl whose shoes I used to help tie is now working at Target saving up for her first car, just like I blinked and my firstborn is now wearing polos. :(

3.  I feel that it is safe to say that we have already successfully brainwashed our son at the age of almost three.  He critiqued my "whoop" the other day (after singing the war hymn of course).  I believe his exact words were, "No Mommy!  You do it like this!" (as he showed me a whoop that would rival that of a yell leader).

4.  This is really pathetic, but I was thinking the other day how I am going to count my 18 trips up and down the stairs in the middle of the night as exercise because it's twice as much work to walk up stairs when you are half asleep. :)

5.  Georgia Kate's nursery is pretty much the same as Reid's was, but I have finally added a few things to make it more specific to her!  The items I added are in ballet pink/peachy pink tones.

The colors look a little off in these pictures and everything looks crooked because I didn't pay attention when I was taking the pictures…

I love this beautiful canvas from oopsydaisy.com!  Of course Georgia Kate can do whatever her heart desires when she gets older, but I sure would love it if she chose dance! :) I think this is something that can transition to her big girl room someday.  

 This monogram is actually painted "ballet pink", but the color looks weird in this picture.  The teddy bear was made from my grandmother's mink coat.  Reid has one too.

 I thought this print was so cute and the color scheme matched well!  Our Georgia Peach needed it in her room! 

 

 This is all from Reid's nursery.  I shouldn't call it Reid's nursery though.  When I designed this room before he was born, I did so with all of our babies in mind. :)  

Of course we had to add a bow holder in her bathroom!  This is actually about half of her bows.  The rest are in a bag in the cabinet.  I will need to get or make another one soon!

 The sign that was on our front door when we came home from the hospital now hangs on her nursery door!

Do you see the curl on the top of her head?!  I am SO excited about this!  

Happy Thursday!

Katy Rodeo!

Last night Chris and I took our little cowboy to the Katy rodeo!  It's such a great small town feel event. Katy isn't exactly "small town" anymore, but the rodeo makes it feel that way and I got warm fuzzies inside while the announcer prayed at the beginning (with sweet guitar strumming in the background). :) 

I couldn't handle his little booty in his new wranglers. 

Our tiny cowboy...

Boots!

This was what Reid looked like the entire time.  He was SO focused and really taking it all in.  This is very typical Reid.  He did not want to participate in the adorable stick horse race because there were too many people, but I hope he does next year!  It's darling!

I loved my cuddle time with my boy!  (I am wearing Chris' coat.)

Reid kept looking up at me (probably 25 different times) and said, "I havin' fun?"  He said it like a question, which was so funny!  At one point he said, "I havin' fun with Mommy and Daddy tonight!" I love him so very much.  

Georgia Kate is 7 months old!

7 months is a big one for me as a mommy!  My sweet baby girl is closer to a one year old than a newborn.  She is such a joy and we are so thankful for her!

Georgia Kate has found a new love for the outdoors this month!  We've been spending a lot of time outside the last couple of weeks and she is so happy out there!  She loves to sit on her blanket with toys and loves to swing.  She has started to be very interested in books.  Yay!  If there are toys and books around her on the floor, she almost always picks up the book.  I love seeing her sweet, chubby, little hands holding onto a book!  One of my favorite things that she does is hold her arms out and squeeze her hands open and shut when she gets excited.  She has started blowing bubbles and thinks it's so funny.  I love seeing her silly side coming out!  Something new this month is that she gets very angry when we take something away that she has or wants.  The face she makes is so pitiful!  Reid is still her favorite person in our family.  She really just adores him.  I love the way she looks at him.  

Things haven't changed much in the sleep department.  She goes to sleep pretty easily.  It's the staying asleep part that we have yet to master.  She is still waking up every 2-3 hours most nights, but sometimes she will give us a longer stretch!  I try not to feed her every time, but sometimes it's the only thing that will calm her down. :/ We had a couple of really rough weeks after we took the swaddle away, but that has gotten so much better.  She has found her favorite sleeping position, which is on her side.  I think we are moving towards two main naps (a morning and an afternoon) with a mini nap in the evening.  We've had a few days like that and it worked out well, but some days she still needs 4.  It really depends on the length of the naps.  Thankfully she's pretty flexible…second child, bless her heart.  

I feed Georgia Kate every 3-4 hours during the day (which ends up being 4-5 times) and she gets solids at dinner and sometimes at lunch.  I feel like maybe we started solids a little bit too early with her.  Her little tummy has had a lot of issues since starting food.  We have done "finger foods" just a few times, more as an activity/entertainment than anything.  She's had frozen peas (they are tiny, feel good on her gums, and are fun to play with) and puffs a couple of times.  She doesn't have teeth yet, but I'm thinking they must be coming soon!  Our growing girl is wearing 9-12 month clothes and size 3 diapers.  I love dressing her every day.  She's my own real life baby doll!  Georgia's hair seems to still be on the darker side and I am really starting to see some curl!  I assumed I would have another blondie, but when I used to picture a daughter, she always had curly dark hair and blue eyes! :)  

Georgia Peach, we all simply adore you!

Georgia Kate's First Zoo Trip

This morning we went to the zoo with some sweet friends!  I feel like a child's first zoo trip is something that needs to be documented. :) 

It is also important to document what Georgia Kate wore to her first zoo trip.

                                        

Reid's expression tells the story of what our morning/drive to the zoo was like.  Overall, today was just not my best "mom day".  I know we all have them.  They aren't fun, but we powered through. 

                                         

We lucked out because there was not just one, but TWO brand new baby animals at the zoo!  The baby giraffe and baby elephant were ridiculously adorable!

                                      

sweet friends...

Overall, I don't think Georgia Kate was very impressed with the zoo.  She ended up sleeping in the Ergo for the second half of our visit.

I am hoping we can make more zoo trips this spring while the weather is nice!