Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Aliya: 8 Weeks

Aliya girl, oh our sweet Aliya. 
Our little sweetie got her 2 month check up yesterday. She is weighing in at 11lbs and is 23".  She's a great sleeper (between 4.5 and 6.5 hours) at night. She's a super easy baby (thank you Lord!) She loves to be on her tummy, and is slowly enjoying some play time on her back in her play pen. She's giving us some great smiles (as evident below). She loves to look at her brother and her mommy and daddy. She really is super chill. It's great. We love it, and her. Especially her. ;) Here are some more recent pics...















Tuesday, June 12, 2012

6 Weeks!

6 weeks old today. My oh my. This little girl is growing and getting cooler and cooler every day. She's sleeping well, going on average 4.5 hours at night. She likes to snooze for big chunks and be awake for a chunk or 2 during the day...not quite a "baby wise" baby, but we keep trying. Ok I'm trying, she's resisting. ;)
At her 1 month checkup she was up to 9lbs and 8 oz, a whopping 2lbs 6oz above her last visit. This puts her in the 75%. She was 22 3/4" which is 95% for height. She's started smiling too...don't have a good picture of that yet. But here are a couple shots of her life these days.

Her first bottle with daddy...took to it like a pro, no big deal, totally unfazed.




Thursday, June 7, 2012

Monday, June 4, 2012

Color coordinated family

After our first church outing as a family the other day, I realized that COMPLETELY UNINTENTIONALLY, we all matched. Honestly, it was unintentional, there's no way Trevor would have let us out of the house if it had been purposeful, or if he had noticed. ;)
Anyway, seemed like a good excuse for a mini photoshoot. I can't believe that Aliya is looking (somewhat) at the camera. Crazy Ok, well here's the result.




Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Aliya: Week 4

Well, we've made it to week 4. Aliya is doing great. Great, great, great. (Now that the growth-spurt-h-e-double-hockey-stick that was week 3 is over.) She's sleeping between 2.5-4 hours at night. She has been eating between 1.5-3.5 during the day. She likes to cluster eat a bit in the morning and the evening, but this enables better naptime (Rye and mine) and nighttime sleep so we are going with it. 

She is a crazy fast eater. I'm talking between 5 and 15 minutes...total. Gulp, gulp, done! But the Dr says that as long as she gets a good 5 minutes she's ok. Makes those nightime feedings easier.

She's pretty easy going but has quite the set of lungs when she needs to tell us something. She loves to be on her stomach. We think she likes to be swaddled although she also has Rye's propensity for escaping even the tightest wrap. Our little Houdini. :)

Ok, enough of the details, bring on the cuteness! 



 She has inherited her Taylor Gramma's ears. Apparently it is female trait. Missy has them and her dautghters, Sammy and Autumn, but none of the boys. Crazy. We are exploring their elvish heritage and will report back. ;)






Monday, May 28, 2012

Big brother, little sister

Rye trying to entertain his unhappy sister...


 He likes to clap to entertain her. It entertains me, a lot.


 my favorite...




 so sweet...
 classic....haha.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Generationaly speaking

My mom and her daughter (me).


My mom and her daughter's daughter.



My Dad and his daughter (me).


My Dad and his daughter's daughter.



Love this shot of my parents and my kids.