This was a big week for our baby! She took three big steps all by herself! And miracle of all miracles, Sean and I were both sitting there to watch it happen! She just started walking towards me while we were eating breakfast on Saturday morning. It was so cute. She hasn't done it since, but I think its close. Another adorable thing...
I took this picture last week but forgot to post it here on the blog. I am sad to say that for the first time in 50 weeks, I don't really remember what happened this week! Just a lot of the same... Gia still only has 4 teeth, and has started waking up again at night. She wakes up around 10:30 or 11...
We've had a great couple of days around our house, and I just have to document it here. Nothing extraordinary or exceptionally fantastic, but just a bunch of "precious moments" mixed with some craziness of life that has me feeling especially grateful tonight. On Thursday night, Sean and I arranged to have one of our awesome youth group students come over to watch...
I am working on a new MixBook photo album that is about my pregnancy with Gia and her birth. (I'll work on her first year album after I finish this one.) So I've been taking a little stroll down memory lane. I didn't write much at all when I was first pregnant with her. In fact, the first actual "pregnancy" post I have...
Sunday was Gianna's first Easter! Its hard to believe it has almost been a year since she was born. Time is just flying by way too fast. We had a good Easter Sunday at church. And of course, Gia looked adorable in her dress. Here are a few pictures: Her dress was so cute-its a patchwork of different fabrics! Gia & Her bestie,...
Happy Easter! This past weekend was Easter. Gia looked so adorable in her Easter dress. Its hard to believe that this is her first Easter... she is getting so close to being a year old! Sean got home from Baltimore on Saturday, then on Easter Sunday we headed to Cincinnati to see Sean's family for a day. We had a good visit with...
Length: 27 and 3/4 inches Weight: She is 16 pounds, 9 ounces. Clothing Size: I've just moved her up to mostly 12 month clothes. She still wears some 6-9 month onesies, but she's getting longer so they are a little tight in the torso. Fave Toy: She's having a lot of fun knocking down block towers that I build with her colorful...
With an 11-month old baby girl, I am pretty new to this whole parenthood thing. Despite the best efforts of friends and family who have gone before me into the realm of motherhood, nothing could have prepared me for this new stage of life. It is both wonderfully amazing and incredibly difficult. The joys of motherhood far outweigh the difficult days, but there...
I've finally found a way to get Gia to stay still for about 60 seconds at a time... it's singing this line from a silly song on the Baby TV channel... "Oh my, my, its shushy-bye..." over and over. Its annoying and gets stuck in my head, as that's all I know of the song, but it gets her to hold still for...
I am so close... so close I can actually see an end in sight. Twelve months ago, when I was thinking about and preparing for the arrival of Gianna, I knew I wanted to try breastfeeding. But I was just so nervous it wouldn't work. None of my friends had breastfed for a full year; most of them gave up within the first...
