She has figured it out

Ellie has completely figured out the toy that I lay her under. We finally put batteries in it so now I think she has some incentive to hit the hanging toys. She hits them with a vengeance too buddy, she is not playing around :-) She also kicks them with her feet a lot. It is so cute to watch. She just smiles away and squeals as she is playing.

She slept through the night last Wednesday; 9pm-5am!!! Wooohooo!! Since then she has only woken up once and then last night she slept 7 straight hours but it was 3:30am when she woke up to eat so I guess that doesn't technically count as sleeping through the night.

On another note, I am pretty much at my wits end with nursing and pumping. I am getting engorged EVERY SINGLE DAY and I just can't take it anymore. I really wanted to make it through six months but it looks like I am only going to make it to four months. The pain is just unbearable, not to mention when I am engorged I don't get much milk out, which means it's a waste. I am disappointed and actually feel guilty but what is a mom to do?

Well, I will keep everyone updated. As soon as I figure out what is wrong with my camera I will post some new pictures.

Family Photos

We went to have our first family pictures made this past SAturday. They turned out cute and I am quite pleased. Click on my "photos" link to see them.

Pictures

I took Ellie to have her pictures taken a few weeks ago. Click on my photo link to see them all :-)

My baby girl is three months old

3 month birthday

Look at those pretty blue eyes

This is an old picture but here is the toy I was referring to

How time is flying. Ellie turned three months old yesterday. She is getting so big and she is so alert. She has started somewhat playing with her toys. She has this thing that she lays under and it has a sun, moon, and star hanging from it. She has started to hit them with her hands and it is the funniest thing because she makes this face like "what in the world was that?". Other than that she pretty much just hangs out with me (and when I say with me I mean me carrying her around). She is babbling up a storm. I think she is going to talk early because she gives it her all as it is. She just squeals and opens her mouth really wide like she is trying to talk. She also likes to smile a lot and has even made the laughing face without actually laughing. If that makes any sense. Ellie and I have been enjoying each other at home every day while Stephen is at work. We sure do wish he was home more but someone has to make some money :-) Everything is good here. We took Ellie to the beach for the fourth of July and she did not like it. I think it was too hot and too bright out there for her. I guess we will try again some time next year; definitely not the fourth though, it was very crowded.

Let's see, other than that; Stephen has been working during the week and hanging out with us on the weekends. I really like that he has a normal schedule now. He does like his job, which will surprise a lot of people. I've been trying to be a good stay at home mom/wife and have been making him a good dinner every night for the past couple of weeks. I plan to keep this up because I love to cook and it is usually the only decent meal I get all day. Ellie does not seem to like it when I try to eat :-)

Well, speaking of dinner, it is time for me to get dinner ready. I'll try to blog again soon.