Charley Hope | {7 Months}

I know it's so cliché to say that each month has flown by but seriously it has.

 

 

 

And since you can barely read what that says:

First word "DaDa"

Can make kiss sound

scoots

shakes head no

loves to splash

sits up on her own

 

 

 

You work hard at the new house with Dad.

 

Your first time at beach.

Still not crawling.

 

You love to reach and grab bowl that your food is in.

 

You love your personalized Cora Bear.

 

You eat upside down.

5 oz every 3.5-4 hours with baby food to follow.

 

Sometimes you don't nap well and fall asleep while eating.

You sleep from 7-8 and 3 naps a day.

 

 

Your first taste of chicken.

Charley Hope | {6 Months}

 

You had your 6 month shots and ran a small fever.

You are fighting your first cold.

 

 

You are still working on crawling and sitting up by yourself.

No rush.

 

You eat 5 oz every 3.5-4 hours.

 

You sleep from 7-7:30

 

Daddy loves to give you kisses.

 

 

Daddy said you look like a pin up girl in the picture above.

 

You celebrated your first Valentine's Day.

 

You can't get enough of our two new dogs.

 

You love being outside.

(I think you look like me in that picture.)

 

Slow down growing sissy!!

Charlye Hope | {5 Months}

 

 

 

We bought you a carrier and you love it.

 

You are a cat napper.

 

You kick your legs when you eat and even whine when we are not fast enough getting you the next bite.

 

 

You are teething, but no teeth yet. Here is a picture of a hard day you had when your teeth were bothering you and you slept none.

 

 

THE day you turned 5 months old, you did this!! You still just scoot and roll everywhere. No crawling yet.

 

 

 

 

You are cold natured like your Mama.  When we took you outside to take this picture you cried as soon as we walked outside.

 

You may possibly be closer to 20 pounds.

You have rolls for days and even cankles.

You are the only one of your siblings that has a visible birth mark.

Sweet Potatoes-- left

Avacados-- top right

Carrots-- bottom right

 

 

You always turn around in your bouncy and swing.

You woke up from your nap today and it was like looking at a mini me!

 

 

Merry Christmas--- a little late

Charley Hope | {4 months}

Another month has flown by and Charley has hit some major milestones and growth spurts that I didn't think we were going to survive. Once she turned three months she stopped sleeping well, ate more, fussed more, wined more... all of the above.. major sleep regression and major growth spurt. Growth spurts never affected the boys one bit. So this was so new to us.

 

 

And since you can't read what I wrote very well I will type it here:

14lbs 1oz      23 inches long

5oz every 3-4 hours

Always keeps her right foot up (picture above and below)

Keeps hands in mouth

Not much of a napper

Getting used to baths and car rides

 

 

You received your four month shots and you took it like a champ. You didn't shed a tear. It reminded me of your big sister, Adyson, she could be poked and prodded with needles and never flinch.

 

You don't like to be around a crowd of people-- like your Dad.

 

We think you are teething since you always have your hands in your mouth and you drool, drool, drool.

 

You love your big brothers and are always interested in what they are doing.

 

 

You celebrated your first thanksgiving.

 

You love to be outside.

You don't stay on your blanket to play. You roll all around the living room.

 

This is how you like to sleep. Your big brother Rivers did this too.

 

You celebrated your first Christmas.

 

You are such a happy baby and always full of smiles and laughs.

 

We love you sweet girl!!

 

 

 

 

O Christmas Tree

I have to be honest. I haven't been thrilled about Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching. I didn't even take out my fall decorations (which has a cute owl pillow). There are many reasons why I just wanted it all to shimmy on by in a quick hurry to be on to the next thing.

With all that being said, I do have kids and Dan said he wanted to get a real tree this year. So I said if we were going to get a real tree, I wanted the whole experience for the boys. You know, go to a tree farm and walk through all the trees until you find just the perfect one, take a picture with your kids by it and then a picture of the tree on your car or in our case in the trailer we brought.

So that's just what we did!!

 

 

 

The boys had so much fun running and playing through the trees. We weren't out of the car yet and Konner already said he saw the one he liked.

 

 

The perfect tree!!

 

 

We let the boys ride in the trailer to go pick up the tree.

 

 

And there she is!! Our Leyland Cypress Christmas Tree!!

 

 

Charley girl had a great time picking out her first Christmas tree!

 

 

 

I love our tree!! BUT-- my really nice, heavy ornaments won't stay. The limbs are too flimsy.

The boys love their tree and I do too!! We even put a little one in their room.

 

And, Buddy, our elf showed up!!

 

 

 

 

 

Charley Hope | {3 Months}

 

Oh sister!! You are such a ham!!

You were smiling at Rivers in the picture above.

 

Look at that tongue!!

I could seriously eat you up!!

 

 

You eat 4 oz every 3.5 hours.

You go to sleep around 7 or 7:30 and sleep 12 hours, sometimes more.

 

You still don't like baths or car rides.

 

I couldn't decided which photo above I liked better so I posted both =]

Your bow kept falling.

 

 

Those blue eyes...... just like Daddy and your brothers!!

 

 

 

You sucking on your fingers.

 

We love you!!