The Hen is 3 months old!

Henny Penny... you are 3 months old!!! 

Here is what your life looks like right now...

-You weigh 10 pounds

-You wear 0-3 clothes and still fit in a few newborn pajamas

-You recently moved to size 1 diapers...but they cover half of your torso! :) 

-You sleep like a champ! 8pm-7am...with usually one wake up. I rarely get up and feed you because you quickly fall back asleep. You nap great too! You are usually awake for an hour or so after eating, and then you go back down for usually 2 hours. 

-When you're awake, you are SO happy! You love your playmat and will bat at your hippo for hours! 

-You have the sweetest smile! And you are very quick to give it out! 

-You eat very well... 5 times a day, drinking 5-6 ounces at a time. We are determined to make sure you are in the right percentile at your 4 month check-up! 

-You do spit up a lot, but you did that when you were not getting enough milk too... so I'm suspecting that it's reflux and not overeating, like her doctor suggested at the 2 month appt. 

-You survived your first illness, the flu! I knew I'd pass it on, but I had hoped it wouldn't go to Henley. Thankfully, it wasn't very bad at all, for either of us. She only had fever for a day and a half, and her congestion never settled in her chest. She didn't eat nearly as much, but she ate enough to keep us out of the hospital. She didn't take her medicine very well...kind of became a game each time I had to give it to her. 

-Some of her nicknames are "the hen", "henny penny", and of course, the very popular, "mrs skinny legs"

-She still has blue eyes and fairly light hair (if we can call it that!)

-Your sister is still pretty obsessed with you, and the feeling is mutual! You will stare at her for hours! 

We love you, Henley!!! You are such a sweet addition to our family! 

I need a sick day...

Well, I am a victim of the fact that the flu shot is only 60% effective. Such a bummer! I thought it was just a cold but decided to call my doctor when I had a fever this afternoon. Thankfully the flu test results came back quickly because it gets hot wearing that mask! I do feel terrible but I'm hopeful that the medicine will kick in soon. It's also a bummer because Harper's school has asked that if anyone in the family has the flu, that you keep your kids home. I completely understand but tomorrow would be a nice day to just have to take care of one child! It's a shame moms don't get sick days.

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Happy girl!

Ever since we figured out that Henley was just hungry...this is the face we usually see:















Life is much happier now!!!

Henley's Newborn Pictures

We had Henley's newborn photos about a week after she was born. She wasn't very cooperative until the very end... so her session took almost 6 hours. Our photographer, Rachel DeBell, is AMAZING. She was so unbelievably patient with our sweet girl who was not so sleepy. I highly recommend her, if you're in the Dallas area. I'm pretty obsessed with all of the pictures of the girls. Obviously, one week after having a baby, I'm not too fond of the way I look... but that's expected! Here are some of my favorites!

2 months old!

Henley turned 2 months old on December 26th. Sure, I'm nearly 2 weeks in posting this, but I did take her monthly picture on time, so that should count for something! She also had her appointment the next day.

Her stats:

Weight: 8lbs 2 oz (5th percentile)
Height: 21 1/4 in (12th percentile)
Head: 37.5 cm (25th percentile)

At 2 months she was waking only once in the night to eat, and that has now changed to SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! Of course, I helped with this by just giving her a paci in the night, but it worked, so I think it was a great idea!

The last few weeks she has been rather fussy, and I just thought she was tired all of the time, because she does sleep a lot... but it turns out, she was just hungry. She went from the 10th percentile at 2 weeks to 5th, so her doctor was slightly concerned. After some feeding issues, I was told to pump for a day to see how much I produce. Yep...not a lot at all! So I'm now doing all that I can, but we had to start supplementing with formula today because I didn't have very much frozen at all. I will continue to work on my supply because I'd prefer her to get breastmilk a little longer with flu season being so terrible this year. Harper was on formula pretty early on, so I know it won't affect Henley negatively, but I also want to protect her the best way I can during flu and rsv season. But as the lactation consultant said today... you can only do so much, so do what you can but don't stress yourself out. So now she is drinking 5 oz, every 3 hours. I expect she will gain weight much better now, and she'll hopefully be back to the 10th percentile by her 4 month appointment!

She is smiling so much and cooing a lot too. She usually wakes up about 30 minutes before Harper, so I love this time together. I feed her and then she just smiles and smiles at me...like I'm the greatest human in the world.

Now that we have figured out the food issue, she has been so much happier. It makes me sad that she was simply hungry all along. Talk about a mom fail!

 Mrs. Skinny legs

Before those awful shots...

honestly, Harper was the saddest about the whole situation!

Christmas #2

We traveled to a snowy Little Rock 2 days after Christmas. Most of the city was without power, but somehow my mom's street never lost it! So we all met there...each car stopping outside LR for different groceries since the stores in LR were out of everything! (Sidenote: Harper and I were just about the only people in the Arkadelphia Wal-Mart not wearing pajama pants!) We had a great time with my family! Eliana and Harper had such a blast playing together, and I loved being at my mom's house! It's just so relaxing being there! She is SO ridiculously helpful with the kids, and she still finds time to make delicious food for us! Since the roads weren't the best and strep and pink eye also joined the family, we stayed at my mom's for several days straight. By the time Sunday rolled around, we ate our first meal at a restaurant...we were all thrilled to be out of the house! I stayed a few extra days with the girls, and I successfully traveled 5 hours with them in the car...without stopping. Henley slept the whole time and Harper stayed very busy with her Christmas presents. I was thankful it went so well!

My mom's tree before opening gifts

 Harper and the snowman that was built with the help of Uncle Chris and Uncle Mike

 Hanging with her namesake

She loves her Gran-D

I had a passenger on the way home... 

the giant bear that my sister Lindsey gave to Harper for Christmas! 

One other thing... we have a tradition of the pickle gift. My mom hides the pickle ornament somewhere in the house and the first to find it, gets the gift. Well, after several years in a row of me winning, my sisters complained to the point that my mom now buys a gift for all of us. But it's still fun to compete, and I'd like to note that I won again this year! But the gift was a new game called Quelf. It is hysterical! We played several rounds each night, and would laugh so loudly that we were afraid we'd wake up the girls, while they slept upstairs. The game consists of 5 cards, some with actions you have to do, others with quiz questions. The things you have to do are absolutely ridiculous! Here was my favorite... Ann had to stay under the table until her next turn.

Christmas #1

Corby's family came to our house for Christmas. We had such a fun time together. Saturday night the kids spent their evening with a babysitter, so we could enjoy a kid-free dinner at The Porch. A great evening was had by all! The plan on Sunday was for everyone to go to his parent's house near Tyler. Unfortunately, Harper threw up on the way there, so we had to go back home. Thankfully her sickness ended there! Monday we went to our church's Christmas Eve service and enjoyed a great fajita dinner! Christmas day was a blast! The kids had a great time opening their gifts. Harper asked for the Lorax and surprises. We decided to surprise her with a big trampoline for our backyard. Sadly, it was raining, then it snowed, then we left town, so she hasn't been able to jump on it yet! Such a bummer!!!

We are thankful that Corby's family was able to come see us. Although hosting is a lot of work, traveling with a lot of gifts is harder! I didn't get many pictures but here are the few that I did take!





























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