Photo Dump

Well, I've probably got enough un-posted photos to do about 10 photo dump posts but I'm going to start with one.  I don't want to get over-ambitious.  Some of these are over a month old.  I'm not going to caption them, I'll just let you use your imagination.  Enjoy!

Baby Shark

Here's my squeaky clean baby shark.  What a cutie!

(sorry, I can't flip the photo.)

Snow and Big Girl Beds

We had some fun snow over the weekend! It was the first time Savannah has really enjoyed the snow, and we got out in it and ran, raced around the backyard, built snowmen, dug and threw the snow, and got out the sandbox toys to play in the snow with.  It was a super time!

Also a certain 2 year old decided to start sleeping in her big girl bed.  For two or three months now, we've not been able to rock her (yes we were still rocking her. don't judge) cause she's just TOO heavy.  So one of us was lying with her until she fell asleep in her double bed (big girl bed) in her room and then transferring her to the crib after she'd called asleep.  She's just too big for that, people.  She was waking up, because one of us would not place her gently enough cause she's TOO HEAVY to move without some muscle.  So, we asked her if she wanted to sleep in her big girl bed and she said yes! So she's in there for night number two and we will see how she does.  She slept all night the first night and woke up very pleasant and happy so hopefully that'll continue.  

Walker at 4 months

Walker, you are 4 months old! The months are just flying by with you, buddy! It is hard to imagine life before you joined our family and you are such a sweet happy little baby.  We love you very much and thank God for your life! At 4 months you take about 8 4-oz bottles each day, sometimes 9 bottles (you ask for extra every other day or so) and you love your bottles! You are on strictly breast milk and we are having to defrost frozen breast milk every day to feed you because Mama can't keep up with your demands.  Luckily we have a deep freezer full from when you were in the NICU so that should hold us over for a while.  You started taking Zantac this month for Acid Reflux because you were just really arching your back during bottles and after bottles, and crying and burping a lot while feeding. It has helped some so we are glad for it, but I guess I was hoping for a miracle worker and of course it is not one.  You sleep from about 9:30 to 8:30 in the morning, getting up once around 5 and your daddy feeds you every night! Mama gets to sleep! (She does stay up until 12:30 to pump once more though)  Walker you are still using your Soothie paci but we're using the WubbaNub ones now so that is nicer, I can actually hold on to the thing and not drop it every minute.  You also don't mind a Nuk paci but don't love it as much as the soothie.  You're still wearing size 1 diapers and really going up on the clothes sizes.  You're wearing a few 0-3, and mostly 3 and 3-6 month clothes already.  You have a really really long torso that makes buttoning things very difficult  (more on that later).  You've lost quite a bit of hair up top this month, but that's ok, you'll get it back.  You've really taken off with smiling and cooing and found your hands (which you put directly in your mouth) and wave your arms and kick your feet really well.  You love your playmat and grin and wink at it like you are trying to flirt with the light show. It's adorable.  Walker, you got to get off your heart monitor and caffeine medicine right after you turned 3 months so you've been without it almost a month and I can hardly remember it at all.  You weigh about 13 or so pounds (I KNOW. SERIOUSLY?) and are 23 1/2 inches long roughly.  You've got a big noggin just like your sister and your mama, so that's a sure sign you'll be brilliant with that big brain in there.

Just a quick health update so I remember all we went through in the past month: Walker had some tests run for possible forms of skeletal dysplasia.  His femur and humerus bones are shorter than average and his torso is very long.  Dr. Aaron noticed it more at his last appointment (we've been talking about his short femurs since he was in my belly) and I was glad he decided to go ahead and do some testing.  We've seen a geneticist and he said at this time he does not see any reason to diagnose Walker with any skeletal dysplasia! Praise the Lord!  We did, thankfully, find out Walker has Rickets, thinning of the bones, and are in the process of figuring out a treatment plan for that.  Totally curable and not a big deal, but we wouldn't have probably found it if we hadn't had X-rays done until Walker had another reason for an X-ray or broke a bone or something.  Walker might not be 6 feet tall but that is ok! (and maybe he is, but his measurements now don't predict that) Walker also has been seeing a Retina Specialist Ophthalmologist as his retinas had not matured from his early birth, but he has officially had his last appointment and his eyes have matured! Yay!   Anyway, lots of wins this month with Walker's health. No skeletal dysplasias, no eye problems, no heart monitor, and no caffeine! And help for the acid reflux and getting help for the rickets.

Pictures!

Oh. So we're doing this again. Hm.

Ok, I love you Mama, I'll smile!

Get a close-up of my foot!  This one!

Don't forget the monthly yawning photo.  It seems to be my thing. 

No I was serious about this foot.  Close-up.

Ok, whatever, I'm just happy you're making a fool of yourself to get me to smile.  It works every time!

Just be thankful no one is here to see your dance moves and hear your crazy voices!

You almost forgot my bear. C'mon Mama.

Here's my best dimple-y smile!

And my best little smirky grin!

And here I am.

Walker is such a cutie and I love him so much! He is such a laid-back baby and a great sleeper too.  I feel very lucky and blessed.

::Savannah, Age 2, Interview

I did a very adorable interview with Savannah and am going to try to do the same thing every six months or so just to see what I hear.  I've seen lots of people do this and I think it is so fun to go back and look at what changes and what stays the same.

Tell me your whole name: Savannah Amy Cate Morledge (there is no Amy in her name she just made that up on the fly I guess.)

How old are you? 5! (then I said, no…so she continued,) Aiden is 5! Savannah is 2!

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite color: first green, then blue

Favorite show: PaPunzel (Tangled)

Favorite Book: Cows Book

Favorite thing to do outside: Swing (sfing is how she says it. cute)

Favorite friend: Charlee May Matthews

Favorite thing to do inside: palay with toyees (play with toys)

Who do you love?: Mama, Daddy, Walker, Caddo, Cadence, Anna, Aaron, Nana, Gran, CC, Grandad, Missa, Candy (Andy), Aiden, Anna, Tucker, BonBon, Dixie (a couple of you got more than one shout-out) She said these all by saying, "I love mama!  I love daddy!" and so on…

Favorite Song: Wheels On the Bus or Baby Bumblebee or Tinkle Tinkle Little Star (She can't quite get the 'w' sound in twinkle yet, which is funny)

Organizing all of her puzzle pieces.  Our FAVORITE thing she does.  NOT!

last time in a high chair.  We've been avoiding them mostly lately but Panera was out of chairs and so we grabbed a booster and she was almost stuck in it.  So that was the last time! :(

Ringing in 2014

(28 days late-oops)  We went to Graffitis for dinner with Birc's parents, my parents, and my uncle Hank.  It was a yummy dinner and a fun way to ring in the new year.  I wish I would have taken more pictures but I didn't.  Here are Savannah and me in our party attire. :)

CC getting some love

Of COURSE, we had sparkly toes...

Blurry but all smiles!

Yes, Walker was there too. He just slept thru the entire thing and woke up to party at midnight!

Yay for 2014! [side note: it is a little confusing and mind-boggling that Savannah has lived in 4 different years: 2011, 2012, 2013,2014 and yet is only 2 years old.  Doesn't that sound odd?]