9 Months New

In the last month Lettie has started crawling and in true fashion it really was 0 to 60 in a period of 24 hours! She is no longer interested in her toys and would rather be getting into everything! Oh and I can't forget her love for chasing Gus around, thank goodness he is a good pup and doesn't mind her pulling his ears, tail and climbing on top of him. He normally just looks over at me like "really?" Her curiosity in all things is so fun to watch! She still only has two teeth and is only saying "dada dada", she is in size 3 diapers and is wearing mostly 9 to 12 month clothes! 

Lettie's Measurements

Length: 28 in = 65th percentile (grew 2 inches)

Weight: 20 lb 9 oz = 85th percentile (gained ~ 1.75 lb)

Head Circumference: 17.5 in = 68th percentile (grew 1/4 in)

Big Day!

Lettie started crawling today! (Of course she did this at daycare) As much as I loved my stationary baby I know this is a good thing for her developmentally! I am determined to figure out a way to post a video on here that will actually work, so stay tuned! :)

Daddy's Girl

Even though Isaac is away during the week this little girl has a special place for her daddy! She still only says "dada dada" and she never wants to take her eyes off of him when he is home, which can make for a very interesting nursing session! I love watching these two together ❤️

8 Months New

Ms. Lettie continues to grow like a weed and she truly amazes me every day, she is just the happiest baby! She has two teeth and has started to eat some table food! Her favorite food is still probably apple sauce but she does not discriminate against anything! She has become a butt scooter but I think she will be crawling any day now! She loves going for walks and our new "thing" is having Gus come with us, which she thinks is pretty awesome!

This was the most "difficult" photo shoot we have had yet as she is on the go! As you can see from the photos below....

We will go see Dr. Boe at the end of September for her 9 month appointment and I'm excited to see how much she has grown! :) 

Miller Park Zoo

We went to Miller Park Zoo today with all the cousins: Clayton, Sawyer, Jackson & Oakleigh! I have not been to the zoo in years and I was so impressed with how big it is, I think we spent about 2 hours there! I can't wait to go back with Daddy!

Lettie with the new Flamingos!

Clayton was such a big help today with all the littles!

The boys!

Her smile truly kills me, we were watching the seals and I was able to catch her cheesing this big! Lettie already loves her puppy and any other puppy she sees so I am hoping she is going to love animals as much as I did when I was a child (who am I kidding, I still love animals)! 

Getting the Girls' Ears Pierced

So I have been planning on getting Lettie's ears pierced for a long time so I did a little research and decided I would wait until she was 6 months but after that it was fair game and I of course talked my sister into taking Oakleigh and getting hers done too! Let me rephrase that, there really wasn't much "talking into" she was on board from the get go! So Alisha called me this week and informed me that she had won a gift card to Merle Norman at work so we took that as a sign to go and get the girls' ears pierced as soon as possible! Here are some pictures to document their experience....

Oakleigh has no idea what's coming :( 

"Ouch that hurt Momma!" She really did pretty good... we just waited a few minutes and got the other one done!

J.D. was all smiles, I mean a sucker and Momma's cell phone, what more could you want?! I also think this was about the time we were being judged by a pregnant women in the store! 

Now it was Lettie's turn... again having no idea what is coming!

"I don't know about this!"

"Now that hurt!" Her recovery time was honestly better than when she gets her vaccines so off to the second ear we went!

This was Lettie after the traumatic experience and as you can see she was as happy as can be! :) 

Update: She hasn't minded me cleaning them twice a day and they are healing wonderfully! :) 

7 Months New

 

 Lettie loves to sit up and play. She also loves to eat just about anything but her favorite is probably applesauce. Still no teeth. She is in 6 to 9 month clothes and in size 2 diapers (she should really be into 3s but this frugal momma is trying to use up the 2s)! Our breastfeeding journey continues and I'm thinking at this point if we have made it this far we will be able to make it to my goal which is her first birthday!