Park Adventures

This week has been a blast. We went to the park four different times to get Missy out of the house and she loves it. She still loves swinging more than anything and will sit and swing for over an hour if I take her right after her nap. It is so nice to be outside. The weather has been beautiful!I absolutely cannot wait to get her play area set up outside so we can play outside all day if she wants.

One of the parks we went to has a splash pad. On Monday when we went I didn't put her bathing suit on but she seemed very interested in what all of the kids were doing. We went back on Friday and I decided to let her try it. Needless to say, she was not a fan. She cried!! The water was pretty cold so I'm hoping when it warms up a little she will like it more.

We also took Lainey to meet the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg at Chic-Fil-A this week. We met the Dawsons and the Colemans there and got to take a few quick pictures. It was a fight to get her there after her evening nap and before bedtime, but she did GREAT!  This was our last week of having Brian home before soccer season started so now the count down to summer begins. We are so ready to have him home. Here are a few pictures of our fun filled week.

She went right to the Easter Bunny and didn't cry at all.

The funny looking Easter Egg and bunny were so sweet to her.

Lainey loves Mrs. Jess!

I really am thankful for Kinley! She takes such good care of our babe. 

She squeals with joy when she swings. I love it!

This is so much fun mom!

You can see the splash pad was not such a hit  in her opinion.

Sweet girl was just unhappy.

This was the biggest smile we got at the splash pad. Hopefully she will like it more in a month or so.

Easter Egg Hunt

Lainey went to her first Easter Egg Hunt today at church and really had fun! I didn't think she would get in to it, but she LOVED it. She loved the eggs because there were things that made noise inside and really liked all of the bright colors. Plus, it was outside, which she loves, and tons of people were there. She did great. It was so fun to watch her. It was a beautiful weekend and we enjoyed going to the park as a family on Saturday and spending time with friends. What a blessing! We truly are loving this time of year and all of the fun things Lainey is starting to do.

Five Months Old

I can't believe it's only been five months since we met our little Lainey. It's so hard to imagine life without her. She is a joy and a challenge and we grow daily because of her. We truly feel so blessed to get to be her parents.

Every day she is learning new things. She is rolling from her tummy to her back, she loves to stand up with help, she is pretty close to sitting up by herself. Lainey loves to sing songs and look in the mirror, she is eating three meals of baby food a day and nursing about 5-6 other times,  she has started drinking a little apple juice mixed with water, and she is napping much better. She takes about four 30 minute to an hour naps a day. We were sleeping from about 10-around 5:30 am, but this week she has started waking up again. Her poor gums are killing her so I usually give her a little orajel, feed her and put her back to sleep. She does not go back to sleep unless I feed her. We have tried introducing a sippy cup since we started apple juice, but she kind of makes a mess, so we are sticking to the bottle for now. I didn't really want to start juice this soon, but poor baby was having trouble going to the bathroom so we had to do something to help her potty.

Lainey weighs a little over 15 lbs. and is still wearing a size two diaper and 3-6 month clothes. I've already boxed up an entire bin of her clothes she has outgrown so I hope she can wear her 3-6 month stuff a little longer. 

Right now she has started noticing when I leave her and immediately starts crying. It's heartbreaking, but I do want her getting used to being around others and learn to entertain herself so I have to let her cry a little. She still does not love the car, but she loves going new places so it's usually worth the trip. She loves being around other kids and is laughing and talking so much more. Her talk is more what I would consider a yell, but if you know her daddy, her loud voice makes sense.

Lainey is so much fun and although I've never been able to say she's an easy baby, she is such a joy!! We have our hands full, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I can't wait to see what she starts doing in this next month.

2 days shy of five months old in her Bluebonnet pictures. What a big girl!!

Fun filled week!

We have loved this week. It has been so nice to enjoy time as a family. We have also enjoyed catching up on sleep and I've loved having an extra hand to pass sweet girl off to as she has had some rough days. :) She still doesn't have any teeth, but is eating everything and just really uncomfortable. My mom kept her for us on Tuesday so we could go on a date night and even she mentioned that Lainey had a hard night. (That's a lot for a grandma to say.)  We did have a fun week though and had so many fun "firsts" with our girl.

We loved going to LaToretta Del Lago Resort on Lake Conroe. We decided we would have to go back once Lainey is older. It is SO kid friendly. They have sand castle building, arts and crafts, s'more making, kid movie night at the pool, free putt putt golf, a lazy river, kids pool, water slides and more. It was a blast! We did take Lainey swimming in the heated pool and she did ok. She loves her baths much more, but she also doesn't have kids splashing water in her eyes and the sun in her face during bath time. I'm hoping she will just LOVE the pool this summer. She didn't cry at all, but she looked around trying to figure things out the whole time and crashed in my arms as soon as we got out of the pool to lay out.   She did great once she hat a pool side nap. :)

After we got home from LaToretta we spent some times with friends Friday night and then had bluebonnet pictures on Saturday. It was so fun to watch Lainey checking out the flowers. She loved them. We've said for months that blue may be her favorite color and she really seemed to like it on the flowers.

All in all it was a WONDERFUL week. We are so ready for summer. It's been a LONG year with Brian working crazy hours subbing as AP, working on his masters and coaching. We are very ready for him to get to spend time with us soon. That is one of the perks of him being a teacher and coach. It's so nice to know that we only have to wait 10 more weeks. YEA! Here are some of our pictures from this fun filled week.

Ready to swim!

Super fun kids pool!

So tired after swimming!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Bluebonnet Photos!! Thanks Jess

I love this! She was taking it all in. :)

Rodeo Time

We took Lainey to her first rodeo on Monday and she loved it!! She wore the cutest little bandanna dress I made her and had a blast! She loved the petting zoo and screamed for joy every time we let her pet an animal. The llamas were her favorite. She would pull their hair and just laugh.  We did not stay at the concert very long. Although we love Zac Brown Band, it was getting late. Lainey did love the music and the lights were so interesting to her. What a fun trip! 

Spring Break is here!

Missy had another rough week. She has been so fussy and I'm really hoping this goes away soon.  She has had trouble sleeping this week and is aggressively chomping on anything she can get her mouth on. We've been giving her teething tabs, freezing wet washcloths I've tied in knots and Tylenol at night. Nothing seems to work. Last night she woke up 5 times. Ahh!

She is at least eating well. She is up to three cereal and fruit or veggie meals a day and loves them. There is never anything left at the end of our meal. She smiles and says, "ummm" the whole time I feed her. It's super cute. Peas were not a hit at all, but squash, pears, avacado and bananas have been great. Avacado is her favorite. I was excited because they were on sale 3 for $1 so I bought 12 and made tons to freeze this week.

I am so glad Spring Break is here so that Brian can be off to help me get up with her at night. We don't have huge plans. We are going to go to the rodeo, set up a play area for Lainey in our back yard and get away to La Toretta Del Lago one night. Since she doesn't do cars that is about as far as we can go, but we want to get away to relax and soak up some sun. They have a great pool and lazy river there. I am excited. I can't wait to get little one in the pool because she loves the water. I'm just hoping the sun comes out. It rained most of the week this past week so we only got to spend one day out at the park. Here are a few pictures from that day and her eating peas. :) Too funny not to post.

Peas mom? Really?

Picky eater!! :)

Loving her jumper since we've been stuck inside. 

Sweet friend Kinley taking care of her at the park.

Lainey loves all of the "big kids"

Loving the weather!

Lainey swinging with her buddy Seth

She loves being outside and loves to swing!

What a perfect day!

Sweet little feet. :)

Jake wanted to help her swing. 

Kinley and Lainey swinging away

Not quite ready for the slide. HAHA