trendy girls for fall

zara now has online shopping for kids!

it is times like now that i am sad for sweet cheeks to wear a uniform to school when she could be rockin' some of the clothes below- and we know she would rock them.

dresses-

how adorable is this. love the brown with the orange
for the fancier side of sweet cheeks
shirts-

love this polka dot skirt w/ belt
shoes...because sweet cheeks love shoes! don't know where she gets that from.



a scarf... oh yes, she could pull this off no problem

leopard print ear muffs for those cold recesses.. she could get away with this one at school

and the purse. omg the purse. i would use a purse like this
and even though they do have zara baby, the only thing i really saw that i would put on sweet eyes is this striped dress. everything else is adorable but just doesn't look comfortable or functional for a 4 month old
definitely worth checking out zara- boys for some really cute tees.

a year ago

one year and two weeks ago sweet cheeks had strep. that girl is so susceptible to strep still to this day.

one year and one week ago we were up having a great weekend with our friends at their mountain house. then suddenly i started to feel tired and weak. next thing i knew i was feeling sick to my stomach. all in a matter of two days. i was pretty sure that i had caught strep from sweet cheeks.

4 days later i was getting pretty upset that i couldn't kick whatever was making me feel so horrible. i was still tired, nauseous, and now crabby. poor hubby and sweet cheeks.

it took me a whole week of being sick to even consider the notion of pregnancy. so on my way to work, a wed morning, i stopped at cvs to pick up a test. got to work, peed on the stick (like i had a gazillion times before- i was so sadly quite experienced at this), and had a heart attack in the bathroom stall when i saw a second line appeared. the tears just started coming uncontrollably. i could not believe that despite 3 failed iui's (and thousands of dollars later), we were pregnant. the tears came because i was scared to death. the fear of a miscarriage, the fear of not being on progesterone, the fear of everything baby flooded me. i called the hubby to tell him. i was shaking. he was calm, cool, and said he already knew it. he's that good.

that was september 7th, 2010, the day before my 34th birthday. turns out it wasn't strep. i was 7 weeks pregnant. and boy did i, the husband, and caroline have to endure many more weeks of sickness. it was a rough ride. the whole time though i knew i was having a girl. i just knew it sweet cheeks would get a sister. some birthday present.

what a difference a year can make...

wordless wednesday

wordless wednesday

wordless wednesday

month 3

3 months already! I'm sad that I am rushing Hadley to grow up while I should be savoring each and every baby second. She has come so far though with each week she turns. She doesn't cry all the time like she once did. She is happy a lot and as a parent, that is so rewarding.

So at three months, Hadley:

-is all hands. She can practically get a whole hand in her mouth. Impressive, right
-is a drool machine still
-loves her feet. She is caught holding her feet lots
-can grab anything she sets her sights on
-is now on week three of the prevacid solutabs. She had been on compounded prevacid since two weeks. If I had known how well she would do on the solutabs, I would have changed her over 2 months ago. It's working out great
-is on night 3 of sleeping in her crib in her room on her belly. (ironically I'm on night 3 of sleeping on the floor in her room) she is doing so well with it since she has such strong neck and head control. She's still waking twice a night but seems to be sleeping more comfortably
-drinks 4 oz of alimentum formula every 3 hours.... So she probably won't be giving up those night feedings until she increases the amount she drinks during the day
-smiles so much
-is full time in daycare
-is still smitten with her big sister

Her three month pics

This sums up hads at 3 mos perfectly ... Mouth full of hand and hand full of foot!



Still has blue eyes. Thinking there here to stay


Such a sweet girl with an extra sweet smile

first and first and first

Sweet cheeks started first grade! That even feels weird to say and type. Please someone slow time down for me when it comes to my kiddos. The good news is that she loves school and is an awesome student. Two things I could never say about myself. She also has a friend in her class so that made her transition into her new class a bit easier.

Look at her. Seriously, she has a style of her own. Dig the socks! I love this girl. I'm smiling as I even type this because she makes me so proud.


Walking in with her daddy on day one



In front of her new teachers name just outside the classroom



and lookie here....guess who else had a first day of school. Ok I admit she didn't cry but I did. It's so hard to leave her as I worry so much given her health issues with reflux. Just totally adds another level of stress to daycare that I could do without. For the most part, Hadley is adjusting really well. She just doesn't nap much there yet. Luckily the first two weeks she was only there from 9-1 as we are both adjusting to the new schedule. This week she is staying until 3:30 and next week begins our normal full days. It's going to be tough for sure.

Hadley with her teacher, mrs. Connie


I am so blessed to have two smart, well adjusted girls!