Been A Fun Year! (Mom & Dad's Christmas Calendar)

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Lola is 5 months

Lola is 5 months old!

She wears 6 or 6-9 month clothes, a size 2 diaper, & size 3 shoe.

She is feeling soooo much better these days & doesn't get gassy & sick as often. We aren't even having to give her gas drops as often.

Her 4 month check up has been postponed a few times, so that is Monday & I will update her statistics.

She can sleep anywhere from 6-9 hours ( not always, but she does pretty good). She definitely sleeps better for Dad, as did Tate, but that's okay. Mom still loves her ;) <3

She nurses good, but not for very long. Hence, she likes to eat every 2 1/2- 3 hrs. Yeah, I know, it sucks!  When she takes a bottle she eats between 4 & 7 oz.

She has developed this funny evil sounding chuckle. Bobby says it's her mad scientist laugh.

She is constantly looking around at everything. She seems really smart. She is very aware.

She smiles & giggles a TON. Such a sweet & happy girl when she feels good.

She loves to get her feet.

She does tummy time good & doesn't scream about it like Tater did. She doesn't love it, but she'll do it for a few minutes.

She is getting a tad big for the cradle. Her room is a little chilly though for some reason, so we have to fix that, & also no screaming when she goes down. Her room is next to Liv's so she can't be a screaming Mimi.

She will get her head & hands stuck in the bumper when she is being a spaz about bedtime. It's pretty funny. I have a pic below. Sometimes she screams & sometimes she just laughs, but either way she doesn't want to go to bed!

She grabs at our faces all the time & loves when you put her hand to your mouth.

She also loves to grab my hair. I rarely wear it down anymore for that reason.

She loves to talk & squeal. Her squeal sounds just like Tater's. She will talk so sweetly sometimes too. I love it. She is so cute <3<3

She loooooves her hands. She is constantly chewing on them.

She plays in her big girl saucer/boouncer thing. She only likes it for a little while though.

She has the cutest chunky body ever. I love it!!!

I am a tough Mommy & I made her cry it out one night. My sister's kids are kind of like mine when it comes to sleep. They don't want to & freak out forever (as babies). None of this 15 minutes of fussing stuff like a lot of kids. She told me she made Cruze do it & he cried for an hour & a half & by 3 days he was better. So, that gave me the courage to try it one night. She screamed bloody murder for 1 1/2 hours & then crashed. The next 5 nights she fell asleep within 15 minutes!

So exciting!!!

But then, she had tummy issues & was up for 2 nights with a gassy tummy & didn't have the heart to make her cry. So she had snuggle time before bed those nights. Since then it's been a little tough to get her back in the swing of things, but she is still much improved. We did have a bad night the other night where she went down at 11pm & was up ready to rock until 2 am. At least she was laughing hysterically & being silly, not screaming. It was pretty funny, at least as funny as that can be at 2 am when you haven't slept much for a few days.

Oh Lola...Mommy sure loves you. You're a tough kid though my girl!

You are so beautiful, so sweet, so cool & happy when you feel good. I am so grateful to have you my sweet beautiful princess.

I love you!

Thank you for being my baby.

All the kids in their cute Halloween shirts Grammy & Poppy got them

Cutest legs & feeties. She has the cutest body ever!

I love this pic. She looks like a little baby doll

With her cousins. 

She pushed Cruze & it was a domino effect. Navy face planted! Oops! Sorry girlie!

Celebrating Daddy's birthday. 44

Head & arm in the bumper. I moved it & she just smiled at me.

She is the cutest

Swingin with Grammy

Love this face!

And super cute outfit.

Angie (Bobby's sister) gave us Lainey's hand-me-downs. She is a darling dresser!

In her exercauser in the top pic

&

outside coloring with sidewalk chalk with brother in the bottom one

Love the fresh fall air!

Cute leggies, cute cheekies, & cute babies after church

That top pic she looks SO beautiful! Her eyes look gray like the towel she's laying on.

She is absolutely lovely.

In the bottom right pic she is trying to eat my face :)

Cute outfit picture day in the dress my friend Sunni gave her.

Sending Daddy a selfie while he's at work.

These aren't in a collage because I was trying to get ahead & file all my pics.

My phone is full!

Check out the super tight stretch pants! She hadn't even worn these! They look line mine on me ;)

Beautiful face baby.

Doin tummy time!

The Yo Gabba Gabba Gang!

With Gramma Marilyn & Grampa Bert

Her sweet cousins adore her. We went trick-or-treating in Angie's new neighborhood

Holdin her ba. Big girl!

LOoooove this face!

More tummy time!

She is seriously the cutest girl ever!

Love you my princess!

October fun

I found free tickets to Hogle Zoo online so we invited all the cousins & the grandparents. Poppy had to work though :(

We had a blast! Thanks for comin guys!

We had our little neighbor boy Ivan over to paint pumpkins & play. Tate has come a long way being social & using manners. He is a good friend & is a good sharer.

Way to go buddy!

Liv's choir concert.

I had to work that night. I traded Bobby so he could go because they always seem to be on Tuesday nights. Grammy & Poppy are awesome & came to support her.

I have a copy of the program. I'll have to take a pic & repost this so we can remember what songs they sang

Nice outfit on Tater Bobby ;) jk

Zach turned 30! Happy birthday Z! We love you!

And Maelee turned 3!

She had a "Frozen" themed party with the cutest cake & games Ashley made.

Thanks for the fun Auntie Ash! Happy birthday Mae Mae!

We had another playdate with Ivan & walked to the park. They ran & chased the leaves that were blowing, played with Ivan's dog Ali, & had fruit snacks.

They both had to bring about 3 cars each so we played with them too ;)

Liv got to go to Zion National Park with her mom & Shawn. She got to take her friend Josie too. They had fun walking around the little shops in town while the parents hiked. Glad you had fun & got to go Livers.

Lola girl turned 4 months old!

We sure love you our little sweetheart! Xo

We had our annual Respiratory Care Dinner for Respiratory Week. Yummy prime rib & stuffed chicken breast. I tried acorn squash for the first time too & I'm in LOVE! So yummy!

My cute babies <3

Lola & I went to hang out with Charley so Linds could take a little break. He was a perfect boy!

We love you Charley!

Tater & I had tried Lucky Slice on 25th street a few weeks before. We took the whole fam. It was YUM-MY! New York style pizza. Tate's favorite food these days

Halloween Fun

Bobby's Birthday-Happy 44!

We got him a baseball cake from Baskin Robbins & went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner

Happy Halloween!

We made the rounds to Grammy & Poppy's, Gramma & Grampa's, then ended up at Angie & Tyler's new house in Farr West for trick or treating. Tate was not a fan. Of candy yes, having to ask for it at spooky doorsteps no! Thankfully his sweet cousins helped him out ;)

Grammy n Poppy & all the grandkids

 (minus Liv who was at her friends. Too cool for trick or treating now!)

Cute Halloween clothes Grammy picked out for everyone. Thanks Grammy & Poppy!

Grammy's hard work to make Halloween fun! We had pumpkin decorating pizzas & cinnamon rolls, we played games, & trick or treated in different rooms (the kids loved that!)

Liv's dance group (Inspire) performed Thriller at Clearfield High for the halftime show at the mini bowl. It was awesome! I will attempt to upload the video next :)

Gramma Sandi & Grampa Bob came, Grammy & Poppy, Zach n Tessie, & Ashley all came to support her. What a nice surprise! Awesome fam!

Grammy & Poppy planned the funnest night for the kids at Black Island Farms.

It was SO fun! I had never been there before.

We went on a tractor ride to pick out pumpkins, played in a corn sandbox, went down the giant hay slides, went for a choo choo train ride, pet the animals, & walked through the corn maze. It was AWESOME!

Thanks for the fun day Grammy & Poppy!

We love you!