6 months already.....are you kidding me!

Happy 6 month birthday my precious beautiful baby girl! You are the best gift that God could have ever given me! I can't imagine a more perfect angel! Your mommy and Daddy love you so much!

It is so crazy that our sweet Adah is now 1/2 a year old! I know it is so cliche to say but time has flown by! I was just talking with my friend Amanda earlier tonight and remembering going into the hospital to get induced...etc.

Adah had her 6 month check up and shots yesterday. She was scheduled to get her normal 3rd round boosters which is 3 needle shots and 1 oral. Since she was only 2 days short of being 6 months officially they went ahead and allowed us to get her the seasonal flu shot also. We were not sure about getting the H1N1 for her or not....we really wanted to get it with out the thermasol(however you spell it) but knew that not many were being made without it.....even though by law in CA the seasonal flu for infants and children has to be made without it. Since the supply for it has been so low and friends around her have been on waiting lists at their peds office for months we asked our ped if they had any....luckily they had just gotten a few in that day and said that we could have one for Adah if we wanted it....so we went ahead and go that too. I felt like such a horrible mom allowing them to give her not just 3 but 5 shots! She screamed and cry and it just broke my heart to pieces! I have been good with the last 2 rounds of shots but this one just killed me! After the shots were done and mommy got to hold her she was just fine. She was her happy, playful normal self all day long yesterday....until last night and she got a fever. Her fever lasted all night and all day today. All she has wanted to do all day is sleep and cuddle with mommy! Poor sweet girl still isn't feeling good or eating very well so if the fever doesn't go away tomorrow or she doesn't start eating better then we are going to give the doctor a call!

On to what Adah is doing now:

-sitting on her own(really good for the first time 10/31)

-reaching for EVERYTHING

-eating solid foods (sweet peas, squash, zucchini, pears, prunes, cereal) Adah is a eating machine...she love love loves to eat

-laughs like crazy at her daddy! She is such a daddies girl!

-finally taking at least one nap a day in her crib for 1.5 hrs!

-loves to drink out a big cup not a sippy cup

-still nursing every 2-3 hours

-Girl LOVES to talk

-flails her arms all the time

-LOVES paper....tearing it up...eating it...

-size 2 diapers

-3-6, 6 and some 6-9 clothes

Adah's Stats:

Height--26 inches

Weight--16.11

Head--43.5

The doctor said that she is absolutely perfect...which we already know....he said that she is above average in height and weight but that her weight is absolutely perfect for her height!

Adah still has not rolled over either way....we were concerned and asked the doctor about it and he said that some babies won't roll over. Rolling over is evidentally not a...what they call...."fixed" developmental milestone. Some babies roll over at 1 month and some don't until like 10 or 11. Adah is very content and happy and has no need to roll to get to anything...I guess we give her everything she wants....:)

Now to start the planning for her first birthday....the first 6 months flew by....I'm sure the next 6 will go by even faster!

5 months

Can't believe it has been 5 months already! Everyday is more and more fun with our little peanut! Adah is growing and changing everyday! She is learning so much and it is so much fun to see her discover new things! Adah is also getting more and more of a personality everyday....she is one high maintenace little girl!

Adah at 5 months:
-reaching for and playing with toys
-sitting for about 30sec. to a min all by herself(she still has no interest in rolling over)
-started rice cereal and LOVES it!
-laughing
-starting to nap in her crib
-LOVES to be outside(like she always has)
-traveled across country
-starting to teeth
-talking ALOT
-wearing size 2 diapers
-wearing 3-6 and 6 month clothes

I'm sure there is so much more but I can't think right now! I will post more if I remember!

We don't go to the doctor until Thursday but as of last week Adah weighed 15lbs 10 oz. I will know her height and percentile after the doctor on Thursday!

Here are pictures of Adah from the month of October!


I made this bow for Adah for a competition that she was in with our friend Kathryn's neice in CT. Adah of course won by a long shot! So as the winner she now gets to be baby Calton's girl friend!
Playing in her jumperoo...which she LOVES!

Chomping down on her fingers! (RIP pink and white paci.....It got eaten by Ringo!)

My smiling sweetie! I just love her!

The scared/help me face!

So sad!

All clean! My favorite time with her is right after bath...I think she is just adorable and so happy!

Hello! Tummy time is fun!

DJ A!

Her and that tongue!

"I love to play with daddy on the couch!"

Growing, Growing, Growing....

I know that I have not posted Adah's bear pictures in a few months but even though I have not posted them we do still take them. Here is how much she has grown and changed in the past 5 months!


1 week old

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old

5 months old

Oh my have we been busy!

Wow! I don't even know where the time has gone! Adah is now 5 months old! CRAZY! I can not believe it! She is so curious these days! I will do a 5 month post on Adah and what she is up to tomorrow!

We have been crazy busy the past few weeks! Our friend Christie came to visit for a week back on the 29th of September and flew back to CT with Adah and I for our visit! It was nice to have extra hands to help out with the travel!

While Christie was here we did a lot of hanging out around the house and just talking and catching up...we also did a lot of walking around! The day Christie got in we actually FINALLY got Adah in for an appointment with the GI doctor...we had to go to his office in San Jose so it actually worked out good cause that is where Christie flew in!

I am so glad we went to the GI! I absolutely love the man! He checked Adah out and asked us questions about everything. He said that I was doing a good job with my diet and journaling....he wanted to do some more stool samples....and the last thing he wanted to do was to check Adah's butt one last time too check for a tear (the first ped said that Josh and I could check her for a tear b/c she didn't want to bother Adah.....the second ped checked but not too well)....sure enough he checked her and there it was....a Fissure tear!!!!! So you got it....I have been on this no dairy, no soy, no peanut diet for 38 days and she wasn't even allergic to ANYTHING! You have got to be kidding me! I was PISSED and glad at the same time! We asked him what we needed to do and he said that we need to loosen her stool.....my response was "How in the world do you make a breastfed babies stool any looser!?!?!?! I mean it is already like water!".....we now have to give her 1 tsp of prune juice 2x's a day mixed in with the breast milk. I thought it was kinda silly but let me tell you it WORKS! She has only bled 1 time since then and that is b/c we were out all day and didn't have a chance to pump and give her a bottle! God is so good! I prayed everyday that there wouldn't be anything seriously wrong with her! (Adah goes for her follow up appointment with the GI next week)

So...Christie was here for a week and then me, christie and Adah left for Connecticut! Adah and I had sooo much fun in CT! We spent a whole week there! We stayed with Rachel....who I can't think enough for purchasing her baby stuff around what would help me out while I was there! You are the best and I love you and miss you and can't wait to move back out there so our babies can play! I was able to attend OCF bible study on Wednesday and introduce everyone to Adah.....we had a wonderful shower for Rachel on Saturday.....and I got to see and introduce Adah to everyone at GHBC on Sunday! It really made me miss everyone so much more! I love my family there! We ate at a few of my favorite CT places...but my favorite of all was the last night....we had dinner with Momma and Papa Muck and Auntie Val! It was the best dinner every.....steak grilled by papa.....and papa's pasta salad, potatoes, green salad....not to mention the company was pretty good too!

Adah and I finally got back home to daddy yesterday and we were both EXHAUSTED! It was the worst day ever and crappy way to end such a great trip! I don't care to elaborate but will just say that I will NEVER fly across country with a child alone EVER AGAIN!

That is the quick and dirty update on us! oh....and while Adah and I were gone Josh did a lot of work on his thesis! Please pray for him that he can get it done and not get stressed!

I will be sure to post some pictures and an update on the peanut tomorrow!

Night!