I know...I know...I KNOW....

....I'm not on top of the whole blogging thing. It's ONLY been 3 months since my last update! I will be putting 3 sets of pictures in this blog - Months 4, 5 and 6. Since it has taken me 30 minutes to figure out which pictures I wanted in this blog....the text portion will be brief. Enjoy!

4 months old

This was me practicing with my new camera

The "squeal"!

5 months old

Can sit well by 5 months and can sit up in the bathtub!

All kinds of new fun.

Sitting up and playing at her Grandparents house.

My little Daredevil!

Camping - just before turning 6 months old

6 months old

So BIG!!!

This is something new for 6 months old - She learned

how to sleep on her stomach. In this picture, you can see where

she fell asleep on her hand. She looks like she's been smacked around!!

Leah and her friend Lindsay "playing"! haha

Just after my last update, Leah had her 4 month check-up. She weighed 15 lbs and 8 oz and was 25.5 inches long. That was in the 90th percentile for both height and weight!

At her 6 month visit, she weighed 18 lbs 10 oz and was 28 inches long! That is in the 90th percentile for weight and 95th % for height! Big baby girl! The doctor said she is doing great and that she is perfect and right on track developmentally.

Some of the new things she has learned to do since my last update (not in any particular order) :

- Sit up

- Roll over (front to back as well as back to front)

- Sleep on her stomach

- Drink from a sippy cup

- Say, "Mama" (but has no idea what it means)

- Say, "Num, num, num" while eating from a spoon.

- Eat from a spoon. We have now moved on to Stage 2 baby food. She LOVES everything! All fruits and veggies but isn't particularly fond of cereal. (It's getting better though.)

- Jump in her jumper.

- She seems to understand what "jump" "splash" and "Reese" (our dog) means.

- Goes to sleep by herself.

- Entertain herself while playing (for a little while)

- Sits in a highchair when we go out to dinner.

- Sit's in the buggy like a big girl at the grocery store.

I'm sure there are more things that she has learned, but I am tired and 3 months is TOO much to update on (Note to self, haha). Until next time!! (however long that may be)

Three Months in a Pear Tree

Christmas has come and gone and so has the first 3 months of Leah's life. (The year 2011...wow...when I was younger I was sure we would be in flying cars by now...oh well.) Jason and I have really enjoyed this past month. Watching leah learn to laugh and use her hands has been hilarious! Actually on Jan 11th, she goes for her 4 month check-up and shots. :( As you can tell from the picture above, she is growing so fast!! Those are 0-3 months clothes and her little legs are stuffed in like sausages! Rest assured, I have moved up to mostly 3-6 months clothes. I just wanted her to stay in 0-3 months until she was ACTUALLY 3 months old. I've moved on now. Oh and the socks are size 6-18 months!!! Yeah...she has big feet...like her mommy. If anyone is keeping up, Leah weighs about 15 lbs by my scales at home.

We were so happy that Jason got some time off around Christmas. We were able to visit both of out families for a few days. Leah was even able to meet some family she had never met before: Grandma Wagner, Uncle Oliver, Aunt Rebecca, Cousin Kate and Cousin Cole on Jason's side of the family: Cousin Danielle and Cousin Gavin along with some Great, Great Aunts and Uncles on my side of the family. Here are a few pictures of Leah with her cousins.

Asher, Trulie, Leah, Gavin and Levi

5 Great Grandkids on my side

Gavin - 19 wks, Leah - 13 wks, Asher - 10 wks

Leah with her only 1st cousins; Kate and Cole

They were so good with her!

Aunt Rebecca got Leah and Kate matching hats...so cute!!!

Cole and Kate taking care of Leah at Christmas Dinner

Oh...I almost forgot....Leah got to see snow on her first Christmas! About 4 inches, actually, in Huntsville! I know she won't remember it, but it may be the most snow she will ever see in the South!

I have no idea why Jason doesn't have on a coat.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Here are just a few more pictures from the last few weeks of 2010! God Bless!

2 Months Old

I can't believe my baby girl is two months old! (2 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days at the time I'm writing this post to be exact!) Leah is getting so active and interactive. On December 4th, she had her first laugh out loud. It was more of a giggle actually, but WOW!!! Jason and I both were here to hear it and it was music to our ears.

Some of her favorite things include:

Baths

Bouncy Seat animals

Whoozit Toy (Thanks Rebecca!!)

Outside

Meal Time (haha)

Lights and ceiling fans

Leah LOVES to sit and stand up. She needs a little help balancing, but is totally strong enough to stand for over 10 mins! It's so cute when she lays on her stomach, because she tries to crawl already! She doesn't get anywhere, but those legs are just going like crazy!

I took her to the doctor when she was 7 weeks old and she weighed 10 lbs 12 oz and was 23 inches long. She was in the 70th percentile for her length, weight and head circumference. I weighed her in her 10th week on our home scales and she weighed 12.4 lbs!!

I can't believe how fast she is growing up!! I won't be buying anymore size 1 diapers; I have had to move her bathtub into the "grown-up" tub because she splashes so much she soaks my kitchen floor when she is in the sink; and she has all but outgrown her 0-3 months clothes. In fact the dress she wore to church today was a 3-6 months and was NOT too big!!

Ok, I could go on and on about all the things that fill our days, but I'll stop rambling now. Here are a few pictures since the last post!

At her first wedding! Congrats Kirby!

Loving on Daddy with her eyes!

Going to the mall

Napping with Daddy on the couch

One Month Old

I am 5 weeks old!!

My mommy TRIED to weigh and measure me and she says I weigh 10.2 lbs and am 23 inches long! That's right....I'm a big girl!! (I go to the doctor in 2 weeks, when I'm almost 2 months old and they will tell me how big I really am.)

Well, this first month has really flown by! I guess when you sleep all the time.....well, you know. Anyway, my parents seem pretty cool. They let me sleep when and where ever I want, my mommy feeds me (I've really got this booby thing down!), and my daddy snuggles me so good that I can't help but fall asleep. I have to admit, Mommy and Daddy are pretty weird sometimes though. For example, one time, I was trying to sleep and m

y Daddy put his finger on my chin and made my mouth move and everyone was laughing. I don't know what that was all about...here...just see for yourself. Click Laughing Attack

Oh, and my mom sings ALL the time! She makes my arms and legs move and makes her laugh so hard....it IS pretty funny. Sometimes, I'll even smile too...but it isn't funny enough to make me laugh, I mean, come one Mommy! Geez!

Now that I think about it, my whole family is kinda strange! EVERYONE talks to me in the same voice. Mommy, Daddy, grandparents, uncles, cousins...they all talk really high and their eyes get really big and they smile a LOT! I wonder if I will talk like this one day?

Other stuff that has been happening:

I really, really like baths! (While I am actually IN the bath....getting out is COLD!)

I take naps in my "Big Girl" crib in my room now.

I got to meet family from Virginia and New York!

I got to meet my Great Gran (He's the OLDEST! Mommy says he's 85 years older than me....that's a LOT!)

Everyone says I look like my mommy. Here is a picture of her when she was a baby like me.

I think that's about all of the stuff I can remember about this first month. Oh and I forgot to mention that I've had so many visitor that I can't even name them all. I've met all of my Grandparents, 3 of my uncles, 5 of my great grandparents, 2 great uncles, 2 great aunt, lots of my 2nd cousins, and 3 of my 3rd cousins (one of them is 3 weeks younger than me!) Mom says that there are probably more that I'm forgetting, but you get the picture! I've had lots of visitors and I loved it!!

Ok, time for a nap!

See you soon,

Leah Love (that's what mom calls me!)

And then there were 3...

I guess since my baby girl will be a 5 weeks old tomorrow, I should probably update my blog, huh?

Leah Rose Street has made her appearance into our world! She was born on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 at 7:23 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 20 inches long. PERFECT!

The labor and delivery, while unexpected, went very well. Jason and I went to the scheduled doctor appointment at 9:45 that Wednesday morning for our 38 1/2 weeks visit. The doctor didn't seem to be expecting much, but when he "checked" me, I was dilated to 4 cm and was 95% effaced! "Let's go break your water," were the next words we heard. We were checked into the hospital around 11 am, and about 8 hrs later, Leah was here!

I'm not going to bore everyone with all the details, but honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, I started having contractions at home about 40 hrs before Leah was born, got an epidural 6 hrs before she was born, didn't feel anything, pushed for like 10 mins, and she was here. Ok...ok...the 36 hrs of contractions before the epidural weren't THAT pleasant, but bearable, and the almost passing out and shaking for the next 2 hrs after the epidural weren't great.....but all in all...labor and delivery are doable! We had a healthy, happy, beautiful little girl. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

1 hr after delivery

When Leah was 10 days old (on her actual due date) we had some newborn pictures made. Our friend Summer, from Birmingham, came to our house and took some beautiful shots. (If anyone is interested, her website is www.summersimpson.com.) These just melt our hearts! Enjoy!

Jason and I are so blessed to have such a good baby and also to have such wonderful friends and family that have helped out during this first month. Thank you to everyone!

Mini-update

I will do a better update after our doctors appointment Tuesday, July 13th. But for now.....

We have all been doing great! We are mostly moved in to our house in Meridian, even though by looking at our garage, you couldn't tell. It is storage right now for "things we don't need on a daily basis". Hope to get it down to "stuff we don't need until the next time we move" before Leah gets here, but we'll see.

So, as of today, I am 27 weeks and 4 days pregnant. If anyone is counting (like me!!) that means we only have 12 weeks and 3 days to go! Give or take. As far as symptoms go, not much has changed. If you remember from my last post, I'm not working anymore, so my back pain is actually better as of right now. I'm sure it will probably pick up as my belly grows, but other than a little hip pain, it's not too bad. However...the groin pain is terrible! It doesn't hurt if I've been up and moving around, but if I've been sitting for a while, or when I sleep at night it's REALLY bad. Doctor says this is normal "round ligament pain".

I'm still having contractions - Braxton Hicks, that is. It started at about 1 or 2 a day, but now it has picked up to 6 or 7 a day and more than that at night. I've found that if I lay on my back at night, they get worse. Still, though, no pain with them....just a hard, contorted belly!

Also, Leah is a little wiggle worm. She still isn't making my belly look like an alien, but she is definitely squirmy! She has really gotten busy over the last week all of a sudden...must be packing on some pounds. I know I am!!! At my 24 week check-up, I had gained a total of 5 or 6 lbs...but that was all in 4 weeks!! The doctor didn't say it was too much, but I have a feeling that if I gain that much this time, he will tell me to "Slow Down!!" I haven't changed my eating habits, but I have quit work, and that may have something to do with it. Keeping my fingers crossed for 5 lbs gained or less at this next visit on Tuesday. Here is a picture of the belly from today. Sorry it's blurry...Jason took it with an iPhone.

In my last post I had promised pictures of Leah's "stuff". I didn't take many pictures of individual items, but just enough to give you an idea. Most of these things are from my baby shower that the girls at work threw me during my last week before we moved. Other than that, my mom sent me some things that were mine when I was little that she had saved and she also sent just a couple outfits that she had purchased a while ago (even before I was pregnant) to give as gifts. Well, they are Leah's now!!! We still have two baby showers to go......blessed or what???!!

Clothes: Newborn - 18 months

Laundry basket, diapers, wipes, lotion, blanket and other random items.

Cabinet holding blankets, shoes, socks, rattles, onesies, towels and washcloths!

One of my dresses when I was a baby.

Little Alabama booties from my Mom.

And finally, this is just a little preview of what the theme will be in Leah's room. We can't paint in our condo so we found a cheap bedding set that we are gonna use to decorate with. We decided on something neutral so that we could use it for the next baby...boy or girl!