6 months

Wow, 6 months with our sweet baby girl have already gone by. Well, almost. Eden will be 6 months old in 4 days.

I just cannot believe it!

She has been changing so much here lately.

She is doing so many new things,

- taking a pacifier AND sucking her thumb (neither of which she did until a couple weeks ago)

- trying to hold her bottle on her own

- likes being on her tummy(didn't like it before)

- sleeping on her tummy

- done with nursing

- riding in the stroller without being in her car seat

and is on the brink of so many others

- sitting on her own (so close, but not quite there yet)

- sleeping without her swaddle ( sleeping with both arms out as I write & hoping to be done with the swaddle next week)

- getting teeth (drooling, chewing and more fussiness and can feel the bumps under her gums)

and all I can say is that she is truly a wonderful little girl! She is so fun to love and be with and I hate to say that there are times that I wish I could just freeze her in this stage forever. She is growing and changing so fast and I tell John how sad I feel that her first birthday will be here before we know it.

But enough with the "Debbie Downer" comments :).

I wanted to share a few pictures I took of her yesterday to capture her wonderful-little-6-month-old-self. I am just so thankful to be the mother of this precious child!

Girls' Weekend

In honor of my Mom's 60th birthday, we had a girls' weekend this past weekend! Bethany kidnapped my mom from work on Friday and met us at the Eagle Ranch lodge.

We started the evening with time with the grandkids. Eden and Benjamin love their Gram!

We hung out, caught up and munched on some yummy snacks. Benjamin had fun taking pictures with my camera, playing photographer. (I won't post all of the pictures he took of crown molding, couch cushions, etc.)

We then had mom open her presents(with some help from Benjamin).

One of Mom's new outfits!

The kiddos were soon picked up by their daddys, so we could enjoy a nice dinner and watch a chick-flick.

The next morning we went out for manis and pedis and had lunch at Aquaterra in Buford!

We had such a great time celebrating with Mom and we are so thankful for the 60 years of life God has blessed her with! Also, thanks to our husbands for giving us the time with the girls!

Such a trooper

We had to take Eden to the doctor last week for her first "sick" visit (if you could call it that). Eden had developed a bad diaper rash, with bleeding, but had not been any more fussy or had difficulty sleeping! She's a trooper. I know I would be upset if I had been in her situation. I think we realized how much she can tolerate! We took her in to see our nurse practitioner, Christy, and she was great! Eden's rash cleared up within 36 hours of the Dr's visit.

We are so thankful to God for Eden's good health, and that this was her first doctor's visit that wasn't a regularly scheduled check-up!

Snow week!

Sunday January 9th, a big snow storm (well, big for Georgia) came in that night. We woke up to about 6 inches of snow on Monday morning. We had sent home all of the Ranch boys and girls in fear of losing power and not having adequate resources. This was a great decision, seeing that we were snowed/iced into our home for the majority of the week. We were, however, able to walk to our neighbors homes, so we gathered for soup, a Wi tournament and sledding to avoid cabin fever. It was a fun, lazy week!

I look forward to snow next year when Eden can get out and play in it!!

Eden is eating cereal!

My 29th

Just wanted to share a picture of the yummy and creative breakfast my sweet husband, John, made for me on my birthday, January 5th.

John also took me on a shopping spree to REI the week before to get some colder weather walking/hiking gear! I am ready to finish working off this baby weight!

4 month check-up

The first week of January we took Eden for her 4 month check-up. She was 14lbs 3oz (75%) and 27in (95%+) long. She esentially gained 3 lbs and 3.5 in, so there is a bit of a trend in her growth patterns (last appt. she had gained 3 lbs and 3 in).

She was at or ahead of all her developmental milestones and she was so happy and engaging with Dr. Hilton and his nurse. She got her second round of shots and she did excellent with those once again. Just a little bit of crying, but she slept like a champ the next 24 hours. I started wondering if we could make shots a weekly thing! :)

Eden is truly a JOY! Living up to her name - our "perfect joy." She is sleeping so well, through the night (I am talking 12-13 hours at a time) and has been for several weeks now. She is also drooling a lot which makes me think she is beginning teething, but she has been drooling a lot for the past 3-4 weeks and still no sign of teeth. She is smiling, laughing, making all kinds of fun noises and over the past two weeks she has been trying to blow raspberries!