7 Weeks

Well this counting of weeks is going to have to come to an end here soon…and then we will count the months!  You continue to be a very good and happy baby…well…most of the time! I feel that you are trying to laugh…and it is the cutest thing!  I am trying to catch it on video, but no luck yet! You are a sneezer and boy is it funny to watch you! After you are done sneezing you let out this “whooooooooo” sound. I will also try to get that on video as well!  The past few days have been a little rough on your old mom. You haven’t slept well at all during the days…just when I think that it is safe to put you down in your crib or bassinet…you wake up!  BIG SURPRISE! You have to have that human contact to sleep. Mom is highly considering trying to start you on a schedule!  This is more for your mom than you…since I have to go back to work in 5 short weeks. We still haven’t found daycare for you and it is really stressing me out!  There are not that many options here…and the ones that I am ok with you attending are full! 

7 weeks old

Working hard with Tummy time!

Lefse!

 

Today was your first experience with LEFSE!!  Your uncle Ian provided the potatoes and cousin’s Kieran and Freja provided the entertainment and copious amounts of kisses and hugs!  You did pretty well throughout the process…I was able to roll out some lefse a handful of times and I manned the griddle for a while. I tried to put you in the baby bjorn, but you were not having it today!  You slept well today…and by that I mean we were able to put you in the bassinet and your slept (versus us ALWAYS holding you)! 

Dad and Uncle Ian (notice dad just standing there while Ian works!)

You soaking in the whole experience

Cousins Kieran and Freja watching ELF

Uncle Ian and Mom rolling some Lefse

Uncle Ian and Dad…more rolling…

Keeping watch over the lefse to make sure no one steals it!

Final Product!

That was an exhausting day!

Thanksgiving 2011

We spent Thanksgiving in Billings this year with Pappa and Munga!  You again were a great little traveler and slept the entire time!  You even slept through dinner…so I was able to have a hot meal!  Thank you…just one more thing to be thankful for this year!  It was a quiet Thanksgiving with Pappa, Munga, us, and Mommy’s uncle Dale. Later in the evening Mommy’s aunt Julia and Mike came over to gawk over you! 

 

Finally Munga was able to snuggle with you without you fussing!  We had some good laughs over it!

Pappa would rub up and down on your back and you would fuss, but if he would rub your back in circles you were quiet! 

Henry and Maggie enjoying the SUN!!!

More smiles

Daddy’s little girl!

6 weeks

6 Weeks Old!

 

Today is a little bittersweet!  You are 6 weeks old today, but that also means that in 6 weeks I have to go back to work and you will be heading to some sort of daycare. You continue to grow like a weed and you are gaining weight. At your 6 week appointment you weighed in at 10 lbs 4 oz, which is 3 lbs 4 oz more than when you were born!  We went into the doctor knowing that you would get your shot for pertussis (as there has been a breakout of it here in Bozeman), but little did we know that they gave you all of your 2 month shots!  You were a trooper through them though…you cried really hard, though soothed easily with breastfeeding…your Mom and Dad were so proud of you! We just had Grandpa and Grandma Anderson visit and I really think that you loved the extra attention and especially the cuddling and kisses!  They were so thrilled to watch you smile and “talk.”  Today we are headed to Billings to spend Thanksgiving with Pappa and Munga Reinhardt. They are going to be excited to see how much you have changed!  Auntie Brooke and Uncle Jeremy were here last night with Bohdan and Meridian on their way up to Missoula! So needless to say, we have had a busy past week. You are still a really good baby. You are sleeping well and eating well. You still get so mad when we feed you a bottle. As soon as we take the bottle away to burp you, you cry. The instant we put the bottle back in your mouth, you are as happy as can be! We were able to catch a small video of it, but it does not even compare to how mad you actually get. You have been smiling now for about 2 weeks and it is so fun to get you to smile!  It just warms my heart!  You are even starting to have some reciprocal “talking” and your pediatrician was even impressed with it!  Tummy time is going well and most of the time you even seem to enjoy it!  You get your legs moving so hard and fast that you have almost rolled yourself over…even though it would totally be an accident…it is still fun to watch! You continue to awe your mom and dad with your growth and development!  We love you so much!  

Kisses from cousin Meridian

Cousin Meridian pretending to be you

6 weeks old

All Smiles

Gma and Gpa A!

A visit from Grandma and Grandpa Anderson!

Cute!

Working so hard!