Grrr.

Miley got 2 shots on Monday and has been "off" ever since. She is fussy, not nursing well, not napping well, and super clingy but is not satisfied with me just holding her. I swear she wants to crawl inside me and be part of me.

I don't know if it was the shots but I hope it wears off soon b/c I'm really not a fan. (Nor is my chest...it was used to lots of good feedings now we are left rather full)

Just when we were on a good routine, it goes and gets all screwed up.

On a good note she slept a FIVE HOUR stretch last night!!! From 9pm till 2am! It was glorious for both of us!!! Now lets hope she can keep it up!

I sure do love this face!!!

9 months old!

Miley had her 9 month appt on Monday. We had to see one of the other drs Dr. M b/c Dr. H who we love was out and has been in and out for a month or so.

She was 15lbs 5ozes and 26.5 inches long...basically in the upper 5th percentile. But the dr said she is growing at a great rate and on her own little curve. Perfect for her!

He said developmentally she is doing awesome and he is very pleased!

I told him about her not liking baby food and he said that just tells him she is smart b/c that stuff is nasty. He said basically she can eat anything we are eating as long as it can be mashed with gums. So it is on to normal food for her. She does relatively well with regular food but we are taking baby steps.

It seriously made me SO happy to hear he was so happy with her b/c I get so many comments about her size! But she is PERFECT!!!!

Haha

Just looked back and only days ago I posted some of the same updates about Miley...well I guess the readers will get it twice and one day Miley will laugh at me for doing it!

Extra girls picture for fun...

Sweet sister moment!

Miley

Miley personality is really coming out and she is gonna be a handful just like her big sis.

When she wants something, don't wait more than 2 seconds or she gets demanding. She is also a super laid back go with the flow type baby. If we are out she will skip her morning nap with no problem (not that she should but she thinks there is too much excitement so I don't fight her)

She is SO super friendly and smiles at everyone. She LOVES attention. She is also a talker! When she gets going it is really funny.

She is into everything and driving her sis nuts with it. Tommi has to ask me to contain Miley if she wants to build with blocks, do a puzzle, or anything else she doesn't want Miley touching. I totally understand her frustration having little fingers grabbing everything is a tough life. But over all Tommi does really well, she understands Miley is not doing it to be mean she just thinks whatever Tommi has has got to be awesome! We get a shove or mean talk sometimes but they would not be siblings with out it.

So this cracks me up...Miley can crawl, get from her belly to her butt, pull up, and cruise. But God forbid she fall on to her back...she is a stuck turtle! She knows how but just will not roll over! It is frustrating as well as funny! She gets SO mad when she is on her back for too long and no one helps her.

She is in a big girl carseat now and not once have I had to hold a passy in her mouth or keep putting it back in. She LOVES her seat and will 99% of the time fall asleep with no passy. It is awesome!!! It looks comfy and she must agree! TJ and I were just talking about how we both though car rides would be terrible for a long time...maybe it would have stopped sooner had we done the switch earlier. Of course she is rear facing till she is at least 2 but she is a "big girl" otherwise!

Like Tommi Miley is not a big toy kid. She is much more into random things laying around...like shoes (gross). Well we don't let her play with those but she usually just plays with random things of Tommis. A ribbon, a rope, barbies, braclets, costume necklaces, etc. Always stuff she can not choke on but her ottoman full of toys is rarely touched. She would rather be climbing on me or TJ over anything!

Separation anxiety is in full swing. She does not like me leaving the room. I sneak out to get things done but most of the time she needs me in sight.;

We finally got the jumparoo thing from my parents house. Tommi used to love to sit in it and play and jump. We got it a bit too late and Miley does not like it. She wants to be out and on the move. No being contained. Even the walker has become a no-no to her. She wants to be crawling and getting into everything....and pulling up on EVERYTHING!!!

I am still loving Mileys petite size...it makes her seem so baby-ish still. She is full on in 6-9 month clothes. She can wear 3-6 still b/c like her sister she is skinny. But in things like sleepers we have to wear 6-9 for the length, I think she switched over at 7 months. She is not tall but has long legs. I will find out Monday how tall she is and how much she weights! I can't wait...hoping she is still in her good ol small curve and has not dropped any lower. I'd even be happy with a jump up to the 25%. But I know she is healthy so no worries!

How is that for the sweetest face on earth!?!

Sharing snacks...

Ok so as I think about it maybe only I think this is cute and fun but none the less this is my blog to remember things.

We were at church tonight and Tommi was in a highchair eating pears and I was holding Miley. She kept grabbing for the cup of pears so I cut one into pieces and fed it to her. She was instantly in love and was whining for them after that. So Tommi would eat the big ones and Miley got all the little ones. It was cute they were sharing but also it made Miley seem so old to be eating "big people" food. Tommi didn't finish them but Miley had no problem with that she took right over and finished them all off and even whined when I had no more.

She is not a big baby food eater but I think I will be doing more regular food now with her. She handles pieces very well so guess we will do a baby food and regular food combo. Maybe then she will eat veggies better if they are pieces of them and not baby food. Baby food is convenient esp the fruits and she eats those great.

I can not get over how much I love my girls :) 

Mindset...

The past few months I have gotten really frustrated with Miley's night sleeping. Waking up a few times a night  just to latch her on and go back to sleep (typically) is kinda frustrating.

Well I found myself getting worked up about it and it drove me nuts!

I've shared my crying it out moments and they worked for a little bit. But then I realized I was not solving anything. Any b/c of this things at bedtime have changed but now I don't let her just cry. I nurse her then while she is still awake I take her back to bed, lay her down, turn on her sound machine, give her her passy, turn out the lights, then rub her belly and shhh her while she lays in bed. I do this for 2-5 minutes then leave the room at which point she usually just goes out on her own. Some nights she cries and I go back in and do it again for a few minutes. Usually one to two times is all it takes.

She then sleeps 2-3 hours then is up about the time I'm going to bed and I nurse her 5-10 minutes and put her back in bed half awake with her passy. Which then she might sleep a couple hours or an hour. It just depends but by that point I'm half asleep so I don't know how long it is. I bring her to my bed and she wakes up a few times but since I'm half asleep I can never remember how many times. Thank God I can go back to sleep as soon as she is latched on.

Anyway...I was frustrated with it but then it dawned on me a week or so ago. Why am I so mad? She is a baby and I'm her comfort. I need to chill.

Since I have done that I feel SO much better. Still wish she would sleep through the night but I'm not stressing it b/c I have it really good. I get enough sleep and she gets my attention.

I am reading The No Cry Sleep Solution just to try and figure out why she is still waking up. I will sleep through the night one day...I can only hope it is in the next month or so but if not. I'm going with the flow.

I'm free from my frustration. It feels SOOO good!

Really?

Sometimes I feel like such a kid...like I'm faking this whole being married and having kids of my own thing.

But tonight while riding to church we only had Miley b/c Tommi wanted to go to kids choir practice so she rode with TJ's mom. So as I was thinking about Tommi and feeling a little incomplete. I had this moment that it felt like reality just hit me. I am 27 (sounds like a grown up), have been married for 6 years, and have TWO kids. This is not just playing house anymore.

I had this overwhelming feeling of accomplishment and pride. I am a mom of 2 awesome kids and have a man who loves me enough to promise me the rest of his life. So I know anyone can have a kid and people get married all the time....but my situation is legit :)

I honestly love my life. I love being a wife and mom more than anything in the world. Yes it is tough and yes sometimes quitting sounds really good. But I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

I am not sure what I did to be so blessed but I really am!

I have been so "down" about how the house stuff is going. Basically we have our house on the land but it still needs to be finished. We bought the house in April and thought we would be in by July at least...but everything has been pushed back and pushed back. Finally we are kinda seeing the light but it just feels like it keeps moving even as we make steps toward it. I know in my heart we will be in our house eventually but we don't know when. This is so discouraging.

So this reality check was really needed. I am blessed...I have such an amazing life. No it is not perfect....but I have a promise from the Lord that he will always take care of me. I believe his taking care of me right now is reminding me to look around and see how blessed I really am.

I mean look at these 2...I am a lucky mommy!!!

Crawler

Miley has been trying to crawl for sometime now but just couldn't figure it out and would get so frustrated. She would eventually get where she wanted to go (with in pretty close range) by getting up on all fours then going back to her butt. She would make it inch by inch.

Well she is finally on the move for real! It is welcomed b/c she LOVES being able to get where she wants. I love that if she is on the other side of the room and I sit down on the floor she flies over with her mouth wide open in excitement. I love being idolized!

She crawls by getting on all fours then putting her left foot flat on the ground and pumping her way across the floor while dragging her right knee on the ground. She does take breaks in the middle of crawling to sit but I think that is b/c she is just getting used to this whole on the move thing.

Yesterday at TJ's parents house, TJ and I were sitting on the floor with Miley and TJ got up and went to another room down the hall and Miley was quick to follow him and everytime he would peek out as her she would stop and smile almost saying "I'm not following you daddy" it was super cute!

It is a whole new world at our house. We have shoes by the front door and Miley is obsessed with going over and chewing on them. She has a room full of toys but no she wants the shoes at the front door. Guess I will be getting a bucket so she can't get to them. Oh baby proofing what fun!

Winning

I'm trying to document this stuff b/c it is so sweet and one day I will cling to these amazing memories.

We were at TJ's softball game last night and Tommi was playing with a friend her age. Well they were running and the little girl, we will call her M, would take off before Tommi said go. But they would both still run. Well M got to the end one time and said "I win" and Tommi said "I win, we both win". 

Then they did it again and when M said "I win", Tommi said "I lose" Well M's grandma said "No you both win, no one lost." Tommi looked at her and matter of factly said "No, it's ok. M won and I lost."

Tommi is usually just like her daddy and wants to win all the time. But she is slowly learning not everyone wins. I want her to know the joy of winning and the feeling of loss. So when she does "win" she feels even better about herself. If she "loses" she will work harder to get better at whatever it is. I tell her not to feel bad if she "loses" and do not make others feel bad if they "lose" it is just part of life.

It is a life lesson they are failing to teach kids. 

Rhymes

Tommi is all about rhyming right now. She knows the two words have to sound alike so she tries all the time to rhyme. Sometimes she is successful sometimes not so much. But for 3 years old the fact the mind is working on it is awesome.

Today she was talking about the letter Y and she said "Mommy, y and y rhyme."

I told her, "Not really, they are the same letter."

She said "Why are you feeding Miley? and Y the letter. They rhyme."

I was floored. Maybe b/c I'm her mom I think she is impressive but I thought her logic was very good. I mean for her to explain her theory the plain was amazing to me.

*Big ol mommy grin*

Chill...

Tommi was putting away her play-doh tonight and I told her to put it all in the bag and put it back where it belongs. As she put it away she said..."Chill woman, I'm taking care of it."

TJ had to cover his face and I just laughed b/c she was saying it being silly.

And yes TJ says it to me all the time...totally joking though.

MJ

I used to "brag" on Tommi alot and feel like Miley lacks that attention...well on the blog. I guess this is the difference in a first and second child...

Miley is such a sweetie, she loves being out and about seeing people and getting attention. If we are at home she demands her morning and afternoon naps but if we are out she will stay up for hours. She loves "talking" and just lighting up whatever room she is in with her amazing smile and sweet bashfulness. She is definitely a mommas girl but totally is crazy over her daddy. She wants to be held by mommy but have daddys undivided attention. And all he has to do is look at her and she folds into herself acting bashful and smiling. It is SO sweet!

She has some MAJOR separation anxiety! Most of the time she does not want me to leave the room or get out of her sight. But we make it work and I just have to time things right if I need to get something done while she is awake. She just has to be fed, entertained, and not tired at all!

When home she is either trying to climb on me or get into whatever big sis is doing...which cracks me up b/c she is already the "annoying" little sister at times.

As "bad" of a sleeper as Miley is...she has learned to put herself back to sleep. But still wants to nurse a few times a night...I honestly don't know how much she gets up b/c I latch her back on and go back to sleep :) I get super frustrated at times but it will be over before I know it (or I pray it will) and I'm just enjoying her sweet cuddles. I consider myself lucky that my baby wants me near so much. BUT I do pray she starts sleeping through the night before too long...b/c it would be nice not to have to wake up so much. But I am still her main source of nutrition. 

I find myself just squeezing her daily b/c she is just SO sweet and cute! I feel like i'm overflowing with love for her!

I have been blessed...as much as she can drive me to drink I feel like I am one VERY blessed mommy to have such a sweet little girl...I have 2 but this is about Miley and Miley only!

The last 8 and a half months have flown by! 

*shaking my head*

This is the conversation I overheard while TJ was putting Tommi to bed...

Daddy, my venus is small...but I have a big butt.
Ok honey...good night
Do you have a butt?
Yes
Do you have a penis?
Yes
Ok, good night daddy, I love you


WHAT?!?! Seriously Tommi?

I love this girl but she sure is random and asks too many questions.