SOLIDS!

Mikayla has started to eat Rice cereal a few weeks ago, and than solid foods since she will be five months in 2 days. 3 days ago we gave her her first taste of solids! She had yummy green beans that mommy home made! By the way- If any of you mommies (and daddies) are looking into making your own baby food- I highly recommend it! It was super easy and inexpensive! When John & I were first married one of the bigger investments we made was buying a really nice Ninja Blender System. It is FABULOUS! One of the things that it does is puree things. My lovely cousin told me all the gross things that could be in beechnut & Gerber and such, It grossed me out. So, I decided on making my own! She ate it up & LOVED it!

 Just hanging out with mommy, taking some pictures :)

 I am such a big girl & sit up so well!

 

I have learned over the past almost 5 months that very BIG miracles can come in very SMALL packages. That is what our little princess is to us; a miracle for all she has overcome in such a short period of time.

 

 

 

Four Months Old!

 

 

Somebody is FOUR MONTHS OLD THIS MONTH!!

 

She loves:

*Mommy & Daddy holding her

*Her swing!

*Sitting up in her bumboo like a big girl!

*Eating rice cereal with a big girl spoon

*Bath Time

*Time with grandma[s]

 

 

Still sleeping through the night; makes mom & dad MORE than happy!

 

STATS

Weight: 10 pounds 7 ounces

Height: 22 inches long

Head Circumfrance:14 inches [yay for finally being able to wear normal sized headbands!]

 

We are just so proud of our little 4 pound miracle; she has overcome so much stuff in such a short little amount of time. :)

 

 

3 month & Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken about 1 1/2 weeks ago. These are the beautiful results!! :)

 

 

In her blessing dress

 

 

With daddy [I love the smug look on her face]

 

Mommy & Mikayla

 

Happy Baby!

 

Daddy & Mikayla

 

Chilling

 

Funny Family Picture

 

3 months old!

It's hard to believe that my little Mikayla is three months old!

 

Mikayla was also blessed in march

More pictures on that to come in another post :)

 

Mikayla has been SUCH a joy to have in our home!

 

STATS:

8 POUNDS 11 OUNCES

21 1/2 INCHES LONG

 

*Holding her head up by herself like a little champion

 

*starting to roll over by herself

 

*LOVES having staring contests with daddy

 

*LOVES laying on mommy's chest

 

*Enjoys tummy time

 

*Favorite way to pass time is to look at all the different lights (this makes her AWESOME to take to stores with me! I just make sure that she can see up at the lights & she is good to go!)

 

*LOVES the Moby wrap!

 

 

Mikayla's Newborn Pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our regular photographer, Danielle, was due to have a baby not too long after me so our maternity pictures were the last ones she was going to do! So when Mikayla got home from the NICU, a woman who I went to the singles ward with, Sierra, came and took her pictures! These are a few of them! We think she looks pretty cute :)

Maternity Pictures

The wonderful photographer, Danielle Rainey was able to capture some my pregnancy just a few mere days before all I became severely sick. We had pictures done on Friday December 28th 2012, and i was admitted to the hospital Monday December 31st and had my C-Section on Wednesday January 2nd 2013. We are so grateful that she was able to take Maternity Pictures when we did { I really wanted some} John & I absolutely LOVE them! We are so grateful for all the time Danielle has spent doing pictures for us {she took our engagements, bridals and "wedding" pictures also}

Two months

 

All the cousins watching a movie!

This is what Kayla thinks about tummy time! {I would rather be sleeping}

We had the chance to go out and see my sister and her kiddos for a day. Lindsay and Matthew LOVED having Baby Mikayla around! {Especially Matthew}

Matthew was so fascinated with Kayla! He loved her little tiny toes and wanted to hold her all the time.

Right before her shots, poor Kayla had NO idea what was coming :( she took them like a champ; she had to have five shots. She screamed when they actually stuck her with the needle, I was able to pick her up and hold her right after they were done. She cried for a minute and then was done!!

 

 

 

                                                                 Two Months old!!

STATS

WEIGHT: 7 pounds 2 ounces
 HEAD: 13.35 inches
LENGTH: 20 1/2 inches long!