My 10 Month Old!!

This last month has really gone by so fast. My goal is to try and drag out each day as much as I can for the next two months because then she'll be ONE! Sigh. The above pic is her in her new swing...which she loves...if you couldn't tell.

As you already know, Matthew and I have been making little home improvements here and there and finally our house is feeling more like a home. Well, being that we are kind of getting a little stir crazy and the weather has been so nice...well except for the past couple of rainy days, we started working on our backyard now! First, my dad came over and planted Skylar an oak tree...which is so cute, then that just got me all excited and we ended up planting and pear tree, a palm tree, a hibiscus, some jasmine and some iris' and I still want to plant more! So now are backyard is really looking cute. We have a few more things that we'd like to add but that will come later. We're currently working on a name for Skylar's tree! Any suggestions??

So Easter went great!! We went to Waco on Good Friday and Saturday to spend with Matthew's family and then we came back to go to church on Easter Sunday and have breakfast with my family. It was a very busy weekend. Skylar really enjoyed Waco though and loved seeing all the kiddos. It was such a blast. Oh and Easter Sunday was the first time I checked her into the nursery and church...I cried of course, but she did so good!

So anywho Skylar's doing great and growing fast. She's now 18lbs and 14oz! 11 pounds heavier than the day she was born! She's still a skinny-mini but healthy! We found out also that she can have cake on her first birthday despite her milk-allergy. I'm so excited! The doc says we're transitioning over after her first bday anyway, so might as well start then! Woohoo!

For the taaaaadaaaa's -

-She's standing all by herself

-She took her first step (matthew saw this not me *sniff)

-She can walk if you hold her hand

-She says mama and dada discriminately now not just babbling

-She's eating so hearty (like chunks of chicken and fruit)

-She's blowing kisses (still working on it but has the general motions)

-She will carry on long conversations with herself

She's such a cutie pie and we are so proud to be her parents. She's growing so very fast and soon she'll be a one year old! Oh...invites will be coming soon...so far, the bday is planned for June 13th!

Easter Bunny!!

Skylar got to meet the Easter Bunny last Monday and she LOVED him! When we first arrived, she was looking around at all the pretty colors and was just in her own little world.

I walked her up to Mr. Bunny and she went right to him! Then, after her picture, she didn't want to go. She kept leaning into him and rubbing on his fur. So...perhaps we'll buy her a bunny of her own....TOTALLY KIDDING!

My big 9 month old!!

Howdy everyone!

So here it is. The post that I know all of you expect and wait with anticipation for!! Just kidding!

Here recently we've had a lot going on. Matthew and I have been busy with making changes to the house and are always busy chasing after Skylar these days. We finally got our furniture and we LOVE it!! We discovered really quickly why leather is so much better when you have a baby that spills, spits up, etc...and a dog that sheds. We've managed to baby proof the crap out of our house. SO much so that even we are struggling to open a cabinet, get to an outlet, or use the toilet. There is nothing worse then really needing to use the restroom and you're having to fiddle with the adult...uh, I mean, child safety locks! lol.

Skylar and I both have been battling with "seasonal allergies" and it's yuck, yuck, yuck! Matthew is so good to us both and has been doing his best to try and help out! I will be glad when all the mold and pollen pack their bags and move on!!!!

Skylar's 9 month check up was yesterday and it went great. She even got her ears pierced and they are so cute! With her two bracelets and now the earrings, she is a TOTAL diva! Love it! Her stats from the appointment are:
weighing in at... 18lbs 2oz
and measuring at... 28 1/2 inches
Basically....she's tall and right on track with her weight!! Horray!

Now for the taaaaaadaaaaaa's!
-crawling MACHINE (she is everywhere, in everything at every moment of the day)

-claps her hands (either after a song or during pat-a-cake)
-pulling up and cruising around things (like the coffee table, sofa, tub...Roxy)

-gives kisses (you can say...give me a kiss and she'll place her mouth right on your lips)

-has temper tantrums (if I try and put her down and she's not ready for it, she stomps her feet and makes a very mad face)
-understands no-no (she's been able to shake her head no-no for a while but now, she understands it. If she's getting into something and we say "no, no Skylar." she'll stop and look at us with the most Innocent face!
-can almost wave bye-bye (just this morning as we walked Matthew out to his car, I started waving and Skylar picked up her arm and waved with me)
-has 4 teeth! and will bite you!!
-eating meats, chunks of fresh fruit, noodles, cheerios and scrambled egg yolks!!

She amazes us everyday at how smart she is!! With each passing day, I thank God for my little baby girl and always try to cherish each day because it's going by so fast! It brings me to tears to think that she will only be this small for today, let me rock her to sleep only a few times more and carry that sweet baby smell for a short while longer! Sigh...my little angel is growing so big!!

That's all for now! Love you guys and hope you have a wonderful Easter!!
Matthew, Sarah and my Baby Skylar

Tooth numero three-o!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Just wanted to send out a quick one to let everyone know that Skylar is now on tooth three! Just yesterday she got her top left toothy! But watch out! She bites! :)

I am trying to still make time to post her crawling video! The way things have been going lately I will probably end up posting her crawling video and walking video back to back! :)

Daddy's "cuddle bug"

Here recently Skylar has really started taking an interest in her daddy more. Of course she's always loved him and will give him precious little smiles but for the most part, she's been a mommy's girl! She wants ME to hold her, ME to feed her, ME to put her to bed...the list goes on and on.

Well ever since she started crawling, she has been at daddy's side. He'll sit in her playroom with her and she'll look over her shoulder, notice he's there, and crawl over to him. Once she's there, she starts to crawl all over him and snuggle her face into his chest or as you can see in the above pic, she'll cuddle against his face too! He, of course, LOVES this and my heart just melts at the sight of it! She's his little princess and it's so very precious!!!!

My 8 month old!!!

I hope that everyone is well and that you all had a very good Valentines Day. Skylar received a HUGE gorilla from her daddy which he named "nanners." We have been pretty busy lately and time seems to be just flying by...I know that I say that in every post but truly, it does just zip by.
Anyway, over the past couple of weeks we have managed to sell our living room and dining room furniture, convert our dining room into a playroom for Skylar, paint our living room and entry way, make some changes to Skylar's room and Matthew had his wisdom teeth removed last week! I have pics that will be used for blackmail purposes! Ha! Ha! He did really well and finally he has some relief from those painful boogers!!

Okay so on to the princess...We will do the "blah" first and then the "hoorah's"....

So, Skylar is back on her amoxil because once again, she has another UTI! Boo! She has her ultrasound today just to make sure that her kidney isn't severely dilated. The plan is to keep her on her medicine until after her first birthday at which time we will look into surgery...if it is necessary....which it WON'T BE! Because of her infection she wasn't really eating all that well which caused her to fall below her weight requirements. But never fear...the infection is gone....and she's "fluffy-ing" out once again!

Now, are u ready for it???!!! Her TAAAAADAAAAA'S!!!
-She's crawling!!! (she started bear-crawling a couple of weeks ago and then moved to hands and knees last Saturday)
-She's pulling up!! (she's been able to kind of pull herself onto her knees but just this morning, Matthew and I found her standing up in her crib, waiting for us to get her)

-She's doing a "cheeeez" type of grin!!! (her Nana...my mom...started this grinning game with her and now she'll wrinkle her nose and smile real big)

-She's singing!! (when we're driving to go somewhere, if the radio's on, u can hear her in the back singing along)
-She's a pro and eating her puffs!!!

-She can hold a sippy cup and her bottle (although sometimes she still wants momma to hold it if she's fussy!)

-She will look around for her gee (pacifier) while she's in her crib and put it in her mouth all by herself!

Phew! I told you it has been a busy month! She weighs 17lbs and 2oz which is right where she's supposed to be. Still not sure on height but we find out next month.

Stay tuned for her crawling video!!

xoxo

Another prayer request

Okay, so once again please pray for Skylar as she needs to have another ultrasound to check on that darn kidney! She has developed another UTI which has the doctors a bit concerned. We will let everyone know how the ultrasound turns out once we get the news. Please be prayin!!

(singing: "ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough")