What I love about you...

Weeks 9-12

What a fun and full 3rd month you have had with all the fall biblical appointed times. Lots of celebrations and special memories made. I took more video this month than pictures. I'll include some of my favorites...

  

I Love...

• carrying you in the sling and how cute you look when Daddy carries you

• the way you stick your tongue out and suck on it ALL the time

• how well you sleep

• all your many faces

• taking you to the zoo for the first time

Here is a sweet video the girls took with my iPhone while I was in the post office.
Apparently they woke Moriyah up from her nap and began singing to her!

We went on our first family camping trip with you this month to celebrate Sukkot.  You did very well sleeping on the camper for the most part.  You got used to the noise and learned to sleep through it.  I carried you in the sling a lot and you learned to nap that way.  Your sleeping routine is 9:30-4am most nights and then I feed you again at 7am to start your day.  I love all your big smiles and coos.  You are starting to bring objects to your mouth but mostly suck on your hands and on your tongue which is too cute!  We are nursing exclusively but I put you in disposables for camping and have not gone back to our cloth diapers but plan to this week.  We are all looking forward to spending more time outdoors with the cooler weather and letting your wear your cute hats sissy makes you! I love you so much "Miss Meee-I-ya" as Dalton calls you.

Moriyah's Photo Book

I enjoyed creating this photo book for our little one. The best part is I was able to use my free coupon and only paid for shipping. You can view it in full screen and may have to reload a few times...

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What I love about you

Weeks 5-8

Are you really 2 months old already?  What a precious baby girl you are.  I love you so much.  We are having so much fun with you.  Here are a few photos from the last month.

I Love...

• how much fun it is to take pictures of you

• how cute you look in everything Sissy makes for you

• giving you a bath

• Putting you on the kitchen counter while I'm cooking (you tend to draw LOTS of attention)

• your chair Daddy brought home for camping trips.  You love it and sleep so good in it!

• how good Irelyne and Rebekah are with you and love to hold you and sing to you (we all do)

• carrying you in my newborn sling on our very first family nature walk with you

• how cute you looked on Sissy's 15th birthday party

• the sign on my bedroom door that Daddy made for us

• your coos and smiles

I love that you are becoming more alert, smiling and cooing at all of us.  You are getting longer and weigh around 11 pounds.  I will know for sure next week when I go for my Midwife checkup.  This month I have had the beginnings of mastitis a few times and was able to fight it off with garlic and cabbage leaves.  Thankfully it never got to the point of fever.  We are not doing a lot away from home and I am getting rest since you are a good sleeper so it's probably me nursing you while I sleep or that you sleep up to 5 or 6 hours at night sometimes.  So I've started waking you up at least twice a night if you don't wake yourself.  

Some of your firsts for the month...

• ate dinner at a restaurant and you did well.  Sissy put you to sleep.

• You had your first mild cold this month.  I took extra fresh garlic cloves and you were well in no time.

• Sissy watched you while I ran errands with Daddy for a few hours.  I was completely comfortable with it.  I nursed you and then left.  You did great and when we got back you were napping.  

Everything in my life is timed.  It works for me, keeps me organized and allows me to fit everything in.

I still wake you at 7am each morning to start our day and you take two really good naps each day that I can count on.  I love that you are becoming more alert and we are starting to see some personality.

I love you Moriyah Elyse! I'm looking forward to your first fall feasts and camping for 12 days at Sukkot in a few weeks.

What I love about you

Weeks 3-4


I can't believe a month has gone by so quickly.
There are so many things I love about you Moriyah...

   I Love...

• saying your name

• how precious you looked when we had your portraits taken

Sissy snapped these pics as the photographer was taking hers

• how your big sister Victoria can calm you

• the bonds that are being formed
• that everyone kisses you as they walk by 
• the coos and smiles that are starting
• that you take at least 2 good naps during the day  
• that you eat every 3 hours 
• that we have a routine that is working
• ending a busy day with you quietly nursing
• that you turn to look for me when you hear my voice                    

      Here are a few photos taken over the last two weeks...

This is how you napped at the grocery store- in your sling

Your bonnet and booties were handmade with love by a sweet
little girl we met at Sukkot. Thanks again Miss Zoe and family!

Mommy loves you so much

A short video from last weekend...

Wow, a month went by so quickly! It was a precious time and exhausting at the same time. We are finally settling in to a nice routine.  I wake you at the same time each morning to start your day and have you eating every 3 hours.  We have some time awake time with you and then you are back down for a nap.  You seem more fussy than my other babies (but this time I have so many hands willing to help) and because of this I started our routine earlier that with the others. This way I know when you are fussy what exactly is wrong.  Victoria seems to calm you easily and I find myself asking her to hold you! I put you down while you are still awake and occasionally you fall asleep but mostly you are rocked, nursed to sleep at night.  You are just now starting to sleep in your crib since you sleep better there.  You go 4-5 hours at bedtime after bath and bedtime routine and then wake for the 3 hour feed before your morning feed/breakfast. 

We hardly left the house this month with the exception of your 2 week checkup, a grocery store trip, newborn portraits and a few dinners at Nana and Poppy's up the road. You weigh 9 pounds now and your face and body are filling out.  We've all had fun seeing if your eyes will turn brown because in the light they look grey/dark blue.  Of course we know they will be brown but it's been fun.   It's also been fun sharing you with the children and seeing how happy you make us all. The coos and smiles are starting! I was looking forward to that!

You are VERY loved sweet baby girl.  May Yah continue to keep His hand upon you, keep you healthy and safe.

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