Lil' Bit's 15 Month Stats...

Weight:  18 lbs 9.5 oz - less than 3% (BUT SHE'S ON THE CHART!!)

Height:  29.5 in - 18%

Head:  17.75 in - 24%

A great appointment for our Lil' princess!!

August 21, 2013

Lil' Bit's 12 Month Stats...

Weight:  15 lbs 14 oz - Below the chart!

Height:  27.5 in - Between 5 to 10%

Head:  17.25 in - Between 10 to 25%

Lil' Bit is keeping her nickname alive.  Unfortunately, she's lost a bit of weight over the last month and is no longer near the curve for weight.  The doctor isn't horribly concerned but has ordered up a full battery of blood tests.  We're also heading to Children's tomorrow for a sweat test to check for cystic fibrosis.  This will be our first experience with this test...should be interesting.  We are all fairly certain that Lil' Bit is just going to be petite, but I am thrilled that the doctor has decided to be so thorough.

May 14th, 2013

*Update (May 29th, 2013) - All the tests turned out fine!

Christmas Blessings!

December 25th, 2012

Lil' Bit's 6 month stats

Weight:   12.5 pounds  ---  less than 3%

Height:   25 inches  ---  16%

Head:   16.25 inches  ---  12%

November 19th, 2012

Yum!

Way back when Zep was a baby, I counted down the days until he was old enough to start on solid foods.  At four months exactly we started him on rice cereal and moved on to other store bought baby foods.  

When Bright Eyes entered the world, I held off until 6 months to feed him solids and decided to make 75% of our baby food at home.

Sunshine wasn't fed solids until 7 months and she was exclusively fed homemade purees. 

And now we have Lil' Bit.  She is now 6 1/2 months.  We've finally decided to dive into the world of solids, but this time we're trying a new approach - Baby Led Weaning.  The basic idea is to completely skip the purees and go straight to finger foods.  The baby feeds herself from day one.  Our reasons for trying this method are (1) it makes sense and (2) I have three other kids to feed and barely enough time to feed myself (although from looking at me you'd never know it).  Trying to fit in time to spoon feed a baby seems impossible.  

Lil' Bit was introduced to Baby Led Weaning with a soft asparagus stick.  We placed it in front of her and after about 5 minutes she finally started showing some interest.  It didn't take her long to pick it up and bring it straight to her mouth.  LB doesn't have any teeth so there was no actual eating involved, but she loved sucking on the asparagus.  It was amazing!

Since then we've tried bread, meat, and bananas.  So far it's been a slow going process.  She isn't horribly interested in the food and finds it hard to pick most things ups.  From what I'm reading though, this will change in no time and we'll have a pro on our hands!

November 17th, 2012

St. Louis Trip - Purina Farms

For the last year Zep has been begging me for the opportunity to milk a cow.  You would think that would be an easy request to fulfill.  I had zero luck finding a place to take him.  So...you better believe when I saw the Purina Farms in Missouri had cow milking I signed us up right away!

The Farm is amazing!  They have a small barn where they keep lots of animals that the kids were able to interact with.  The little ones loved this!  The best part was the dog agility demonstration!  It is absolutely amazing to watch the trainers with these beautiful dogs.  

The kids had a great time - definitely a must do if in the St. Louis area!

October 13th, 2012

Lil' Bit's 4 month Stats

Weight:  11.1 pounds  ---  3%

Height:   23.5 inches  ---  12%

Head:   15.75 inches  ---  14%

September 17th, 2012

Isn't She Lovely!!

How can you not fall in love with this face?  The quickest way to cure a bout of frustration is to share a smile with her.  Thank you, God, for this beautiful gift!

August 23rd, 2012

Our sweet baby girl!

Lil' Bit is now 3 months old.  The time has really flown by.  I think we finally found our groove about a month or so ago.  Lil' Bit started sleeping through the night right before she turned 2 months old.  She is now slowly working herself into a pretty workable routine.

We have all loved having this sweet baby girl in our lives.  She is such an good spirited baby.  She greets us each morning with the most beautiful grin.  Her smile spreads throughout her whole face...so big that her little eyes close shut and her mouth grins wide open.  It's precious!

I am truly loving this time with our Lil' Bit.  After four kids, you tend to finally relax a bit with newborns.  Instead of worrying over everything she does, I feel much more peaceful and able to just love on her.  This little girl has grabbed such a hold of my heart.  Our family was absolutely blessed with her addition.  Hubby and I are so excited to watch our Lil' Bit grow into a beautiful young lady!

August 17th, 2012

Welcoming a new cousin!

Hubby's sister welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world!  We're so excited for J&K.  Little HC is absolutely adorable.  I can already envision lake days in the future...the four little girls huddled together laughing and giggling.  

Pic of the new parents with all the kids!

And the boys could never miss an opportunity to torture their Uncle Totem!  He's such a good sport!

July 20th, 2012

Lil' Bit 2 Month Stats...

Weight:  9 pounds 11.5 ounces - 10-25%

Height:  21.5 inches - 5-10%

Head circumference:  15 inches - 10-25%

July 18th, 2012

Summer Crafts

In a desperate attempt to squash summer boredom we pulled out some craft sets we had around and spent some time painting.  I think we managed to only fill about an hour.  It was fun though!

Lil' Bit was close by!

July 5th, 2012

Just hangin' around!

July 4th, 2012

Lil Bit's Stats

10 days old...

Weight:  6 pounds 2 ounces - 10 to 25%
Height:   18 3/4 inches - 25%
Head:   13 1/4 inches - 25%

May 21st, 2012

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3 weeks old...

Weight:   6 pounds 14 ounces - 10 to 25%

May 31st, 2012