Hadley Weekly!

Hadley is 24 weeks old today and just past the 5 month mark! In the midst of a few challenging weeks with her, the great news is that she started taking a bottle!!!!! Yay!!!!! Mama is happy :) And Daddy is too...Brad is happy to have some Daddy-Hadley bottle time before bed and we're just so thankful that we have more flexibility now. She's drinking anywhere from 6-8 ounces! She's already trying to hold the bottle on her own (which Tucker didn't do until 14 months-was he lazy or what? :). If you're wondering what made her finally like the bottle, I got nothin for ya--she just all of a sudden decided to take it!

The rolling over during sleep has been out of control. Almost every nap is interrupted and nighttime sleep is usually interrupted at least once in the night. We're having to hold her down and rub her back until she falls asleep, or she rolls over. It feels like we're creating a monster but we have simply been doing whatever it takes to get her to sleep. We are working with her on learning how to roll back over on her own since that seems like the only solution.

Of course with her seeming so interested in moving, we have wondered if she is uncomfortable. It's all a guessing game, as it always has been, but it's hard not to wonder if something's going on with her tummy. I've been pretty discouraged that things don't seem better than this, as my diet is so limited. I talked with the doctor about some possible allergy testing this past week so we'll keep you posted on what we decide to do. This mama is just ready to be a little more sure of what's going on with her baby!

In other news, she loves her exersacuer and her bath. She still takes 2 longer naps and a short catnap around dinner. She wants something in her mouth ALL the time but we still don't see any teeth actually coming through. She started crying real tears this week :( She's started "reaching" for me, which I love. She loves watching her brother and laughs at him more than anything else around.

every picture of Tucker right now seems to catch him in the middle of saying whatever it is I've asked him to say to try to get him to look at the camera {cheese}... cute huh? :)

We love you Hadley girl!