Making Progress

What an active week! On Friday we had to move Grace into her 3- 6 month clothes. Purely for length, but it was time. She woke up Friday am and had busted all the snaps open on the bottom of her sleeper - she is just too long. So I spent Friday washing and swapping out all her clothes. It's been fun to see her in even more big girl outfits and she is one well dressed baby girl, much in thanks to her cousin Maggie who passes down all her clothes. We love hand me downs! I'll have to get some pictures of her in some of her rompers, which are by far my favorites.

Friday night we had our friends Viv & Eric over to play Rock Band on the Wii and their 2 year old daughter, Adrianna, was all about Gracie. She was so cute saying "my baby" this and "my baby" that - we had alot of fun together.

We went back to Lactation yesterday and my milk production has more than doubled - praise God! She is getting 3ozs per feeding now and only needs 4, so we're almost there! All the hard work is paying off and we're gonna keep on nursing/pumping/supplementing for each feeding for another 2ish weeks, hoping she can get that last ounce. While I was there my consultant mentioned that I might consider becoming a Lactation Consultant. I'm definitely passionate about it and I think I would enjoy it...something to pray about for the future.

Yesterday was a big development day for Gracie too. She has been able to roll from her back to stomach 3/4 of the way for a while, but yesterday she rolled over no less than 5 times! She still needs a little help getting her arm out from under her, but not every time (I find if she's mad, she can get it out a little easier, lol.) I'm going to start taping her anytime she tries so the first time she intentionally rolls over and can get her arm out from under her I'll have it on video. :)

She also held her bottle yesterday. She has been getting closer and closer for days, but yesterday while David was feeding her, she held her bottle by herself! She is only 4 1/2 months old, I think that's pretty stinking good.

Tomorrow Grace & I are heading off to Lacey's house and she can't wait to meet her Auntie Lacey and her brood of cousins. I can't wait either - I haven't seen the big kids since Lacey's shower in August and I've only got my hands on Jane Dare once at my shower which was 6 months ago!! It will be so nice to be able to spend time with my BFF and all the kids. Plus, it will be research for Carol to see how 5 kids fit in the Odyssey, lol. (For those of you who didn't know, David's sister Carol is expecting baby #5 in late September.) Lacey now lives in NC, so the trip will be a long one, so say a prayer for us as we travel solo. Grace is such a wonderful little traveller, but as anyone would, she gets a little tired of being confined to her seat after a while.

Anyway, I promise lots of pictures when we get home. Until then - here are a few random photos for you to enjoy.

David came home with an awful Migrane on Friday. He laid down with Grace and she had her bunny - I had to take this photo, it was too sweet.Random closeupsIn her sweet Easter dress that she didn't get to wear on Easter Sunday since the service was SO early. She wore it on Sunday though and I had to get some pictures of her with her Easter basket from Mama & PapaGrandma got her this froggy book and she loves to eat the legs and crown!

Grace's 1st Easter

We had a wonderful Easter this year. We headed up to WV to celebrate with my family for the first time in a long time. It was the first chance my brother Mark and his wife Kayla were going to get to meet Gracie and we got to celebrate Truman's baptism while we were there. It was a wonderful weekend and, as always, we are grateful for our family time.

We arrived LATE Thursday, well technically Friday morning, after an 11 hour trip. Grace did GREAT and it was so much easier doing the drive with David. I was able to pump and give her a bottle in her seat minimizing our stop time which was great. Travelling at night is alot easier and I think as she gets older we will try to do it more..

Friday my dad and stepmom came up to meet us for lunch at the hot dog place. They stayed with us at my Aunt Reta's place all afternoon and we had a great visit. Friday night we did pizza and salads at Grandma's. It was bittersweet since it was the first time we were all together since my Grandad went to be with Jesus, but it was still sweet family time. The Dairy Creme Corner had opened a few days earlier, so we got ice cream cones (massive ones, like Amusement Size servings for $1!) on our way home.

Saturday mom & I took Gracie to run some errands and then went back to Grandma's where we did an Easter egg hunt for Maggie and had a big Easter dinner. Sunday morning we got up WAY to early (5:45am to be exact) to make it out to my cousin's church for the early service for Truman's baptism. It was a sweet service and then we went back to Jenn's for a massive breakfast. We all parted from there and David, Grace & I headed down to my Dad's for one more night.

Monday morning we got up early and despite Grace not sleeping well the entire trip, we made it home in 12 hours. She went right to sleep in her cradle when we got home and has slept like an angel ever since - I guess even 4 month olds appreciate the value of their own beds...lol. It was a really great, but too short, visit and we look forward to more time together soon. Here are just a few pictures from our trip.

All smiles with Aunt Kayla & Uncle MarkMaggie's 1st Easter Egg Hunt, Grandma's back yard. Once she figured out there were M&Ms in the eggs, she was all into it. Mmm...M&Ms...Cousin Truman, ready for the big game!Grace & Truman - Grace is 8 weeks older, but Truman is actually bigger than she is. We start them early, I suppose Grace will go to WVU or Auburn if family history proves anything, lol. We'll have to get her an Auburn outfit for the fall. :)Truman & Grace with their Great GrandmaHere is some of my family at Truman's baptism on Easter morning. Gracie & her Grandma (my mom)Grace stylin' her bunny ears from cousin JennLiz with Grace's Froggy showing us her "good side"Johnny Paugh's random silliness, the bunny editionDavid & I being silly too