5 Months

Well, I guess some time between today and tomorrow would technically be Mary Lee's 5 month birthday since she was born on September 29th and February only has 28 days! Mary Lee is just doing great! She has grown so very much (in length and most definitely in weight)! We took Mary Lee to her new pediatrician (Dr. Byars...whom we absolutely LOVE). Mary Lee had gone through a period of about 3 or 4 days in which she was literally moaning in pain. It was determined that she most likely had acid reflux. We believe that this was definitely the case because she was MUCH better once we gave her the acid reflux medicine. Mary Lee is just absolutely ADORABLE, and we often wonder how we are so blessed to have her! She is such a happy and sweet baby girl...she is our world!

Things I want to remember about you at 5 months old Mary Lee:

• The way you will just lay on the floor and talk/yell/sing to whoever will listen (see videos below)
• The way you are starting to discover your feet
• How you are getting better and better at eating your Gerber Step 1 foods (prunes, peaches, applesauce)
• The way you sit in your Bumbo and play for longer periods of time
• Your ADORABLE mouth-wide-open laugh and smile
• How you LOVE to play with the bigger boys and girls in your class at school
• The way you grab mommy and daddy's clothes, hair, face (pretty much anything you can reach)

"Fun" in the Snow

Well, we actually ended up getting a good bit of snow in Alabama February 12, 2010! We measured the snow in our yard, and we had 3 inches! Mary Lee has actually been running a fever the past couple of days, so we decided to only take her out long enough to take a few pictures. As you can tell, she was not impressed, but she did look very cute!

First Bites of Cereal!

It's official! Mary Lee is now eating some solid foods! Here is a video of her first bites of cereal!

Just as quickly as we began cereal, we had to stop the cereal! Mary Lee got extremely constipated (lovely I know)! Within a few days, we made a switch to prunes (you can guess why)! The prunes have seemed to help her tummy issues. She also LOVES the prunes! We cannot wait to keep adding more solid foods to her diet!

4 Months Old

Well, it has been a month since my last post! I promise that I intend to post more than once a month, but since I started back to work for good, I am having a hard time finding the time and motivation!

Mary Lee is now a whopping 4 months old! I truly cannot believe how fast time is going by! She is simply the love of our lives, and we still cannot believe how blessed we are to have her! It was one year ago that we fasted and prayed for 21 days that God would bless us with a child in His timing. I don't know that at that time I truly understood what was to come! We prayed for a healthy baby and we got all that and more! Mary Lee brings us so much joy and happiness, and we often wonder what we did before we had her...besides sleep :-)! Mary Lee really is a great baby, and she is so incredibly happy!

We went for Mary Lee's 4 month check up today. Dr. Redmond said that she is a textbook baby...she is right on track with everything! She weighed 15 lbs 12 oz and was in the 89th percentile for weight. She was 25.5 inches. She is developing perfectly, and we thank God for that every day!

I cannot believe how much Mary Lee has grown and changed over the past month! Mary Lee, here are some things I want to remember about you at 4 months old:

• The way you hold your head up so good and look around in amazement at your surroundings
• The way mommy's and daddy's funny noises and faces make you laugh out loud
• The way you open your mouth wide open with the sweetest look when you think something is really funny
• The way you talk, no, really squeal, as you talk to anyone who will listen
• How you lay on your side on the floor and talk to mommy and daddy forever
• How absolutely sweet you are
• The way you give mommy mouth-wide-open kisses
• The way you now grab your toys and bring everything immediately to your mouth
• Even though mommy can't stand the germs it probably brings, I love the way you look so cute when you suck on your tiny little hands

Mary Lee, mommy and daddy absolutely ADORE you! You are truly an unbelievable gift from God! We absolutely LOVE every second that we spend with you! You bring us more joy and happiness than we ever imagined you could! Thank you for being who you are! We LOVE, LOVE you baby girl!