February 15, 2015

We spent this weekend with Chris and Carrie.  They brought the kids down from Huntsville to see the baby for the first time.  It was great to see them.  Though they were here for about 24 hours, we had fun kissing babies, eating steak, playing Cards Against Humanity, eating brunch, and sharing laughs and good stories.

Selah June stole their hearts as she is apt to do.  She makes a great valentine baby.

February 13, 2015

Selah June is using both her hands to play like crazy on playmats and in exersaucers and bouncers and bumbo chairs and you name it!  She gnaws on both hands but prefers to suck her left thumb.  She likes to squeal and squeal and squeal with her Mommy.  We sing Itsy Bitsy Spider.  We shake rattles.  And we watch Peppa Pig.  It’s a full life for this little play monster.

February 9, 2015

Selah June spent her first night in the nursery.  She slept in her crib!

Both her mommy and her daddy had anxiety over the experience.  I had nightmares that someone broke into the house and kidnapped her.  Jeremy just couldn’t sleep.  She seemed to handle the situation much better than either of us.

This major change is brought on by her new discovery that she can roll over.  The co-sleeper is just not the place for a roly poly.  She also is squirming all over the place.  At nap time, we lay her down in the middle of the crib, and within 15 minutes she’s managed to jam herself up against the slats at one end or the other.  She’s a mover and a shaker.

I dreamt last night that her feet were huge.  Maybe it’s because I started this post last night.  Maybe it’s because she’s growing so fast before my very eyes.  I can’t soak her in enough.

February 8, 2015

We spent Sunday afternoon at Sanders Beach Park celebrating Winston and Liam’s birthdays.  Of course, Selah June had to be the best dressed baby at the ball.  How many fashionable princesses pulled off hot pink leggings, striped onesies, saddle oxford sock feets, and a black flower headband?  Holy cow!  That’s so much cute per square inch!!

First week in February….

February 6, 2015

Selah June loves to splash and splash and kick her legs in the bath.  We are using our whale tub (one of three we were given….  Apparently, whale tubs are really popular baths and really popular to pass along).

Her cheek was really really red this morning.  It calmed down, so I’m thinking she just scratched herself or something.  Her back on the other hand is covered with some new eczema.  Ugh….  The Aquaphor is working, but I guess we’ll just have to use it in more places.

January 4, 2015

Selah June had to take a trip to work with Mommy today.  Grammy has church orchestra on Wednesday, and so I try to pick SJ up by 3:30.  At about 2:45, Dean Brown asked that I meet with him at 4:00 to review the agenda for Chairs Meeting.  It was gross outside, but I knew Lori would love to hold and snuggle her while we met for a little bit.

Lori’s a pro!  Though Selah June is a little sensitive right now, she warmed right up to Lori.  They walked and talked around the building.  Lori sang songs, and SJ cooed and snuggled.  By the time I got done, Selah June was happily asleep.

January 3, 2015

Oh my word.  We are in the middle of some kind of phase….

For the last several days, we’ve been up multiple times a night with Miss Selah June.  Apparently, she’s in a developmental stage where she’s developing REM sleep.  She’s transitioning from being a newborn who sleeps off and on all the time to being an infant who takes a few set naps a day and then sleeps like a champ at night.  We’re not there yet, but that’s supposed to be where we’re headed.

Right now, we’re neither here nor there.  We’re in the frustrating middle.  She’s not sleeping well during the day, and she’s not sleeping well at night.  But she’s awfully cute when she wakes up!  It’s hard to be upset at 2am when you get to spend time with such a cute bear.

February 5, 2015

Apparently Selah June can flip herself over.  We haven’t seen her in action, but Jeremy found her this morning flipped over on her back.  Lots of tummy time must be paying off!

She’s also been crying every day when I leave her at Mom’s.  Though she loves Grammy’s house, it makes her mad for me to leave.  Ugghhhh…..  Like it wasn’t already hard enough.