Hadley Weekly!

17 weeks

Hadley is interacting more and more these days! She's giggling a lot and smiling at people all the time. She's trying really hard to hold onto a toy and every now and then, she'll get the toy in her mouth. She's sucking her fingers more consistently and sometimes still sucks her knuckle or her "mickel" as Tucker calls it :) She's wearing 6 month clothes and size 3 diapers...she's growing so fast! We solved our "rolling over" in the bed issue with a sleep positioner and I'm so thankful! We'll keep using that for now...

We took a trip to Greenville for my brother's wedding (more on that in another post :) so Hadley got a lot of family lovin'...

She's starting to be entertained by Tucker which is really cute to watch. They were too cute on the bed together one night...

As for the diet, I decided to start adding things back in last week because well, it's really starting to get harder and harder for me to eat like this. The good news is I've been eating corn for about 7 days and it seems to be fine! I introduced dairy yesterday so I'll be curious how that goes this week. Hopefully we'll find that her stomach can handle much more than it could a few months ago!

We're thankful for our beautiful girl...who looks a lot like her Daddy :)

Hadley Weekly!

16 weeks

SLEEP INTERRUPTIONS! Hadley is now a professional at rolling over (from belly to back) and since she sleeps on her belly, this has been quite the sleep interrupter this week. Brad has nicknamed her the turtle since she can't roll herself back over. Oh how I wish I could teach her. Every nap today I must have rolled her back over 10 times. Let's just say my calf muscles should be growing since I have gone up and down the stairs about 300 times today! Okay, enough venting for one post :)

Hadley is smiling at everyone and even starting to giggle this week! A little peek a boo or tickling her belly usually does the trick.

She still refuses the bottle (UGH)...It's so crazy that a baby that has only been in the world for 16 weeks knows the difference between a bottle and well, ya know... We'll keep trying--this Mama is a little too stubborn to give up yet.

Hadley had a great week with her first trip to the beach. She did fairly well on the road trip, sleeping most of the time. She met lots of new family with no shortage of holding, lovin, and spoiling going on.

We love you Hadley girl!

The Beach...

Is good for my soul. Maybe not as good as when I only had to worry about carrying one chair and wondering what book I was going to get lost in...but it's still good :) These days, the beach means packing everything up except the kitchen sink (literally--see above), figuring out a way to carry it between 2 adults, and hoping your toddler won't have a meltdown when it's time to come inside. It is a BIG effort to set ourselves up to play for a few hours but I must say that it is worth it to see my boy in his own heaven, playing with sand and diggers until his heart is content. We've had amazing weather this week and I'm so thankful for Gigi's help!

Maybe one day I'll read again...for now, I'll just build sandcastles.

First trip to the beach!

Favorite place to be~in someone's arms... Cousin Meredith doesn't seem to mind :)

Hadley Weekly!

~14 weeks~

Hadley is sleeping better and better...she sleeps through the night with a feeding around 11 pm. She's still taking 3 naps and a 4th cat nap before dinner.

She's still sucking on her knuckle/hand a lot...I've wondered this week if she might be teething with all the drool!

She still loves to be held and doesn't mind a crowd if it means new people to hold her :)

She's still not wanting a bottle at all so we're going to keep reintroducing it once a week and hopefully she will have a change of heart soon :)

As for the diet update, I quit eating corn since I felt like it was bothering her. After another week, I added in dairy for just a few days but I noticed some affects on her poop (frequency mainly) and I think I've decided to continue eating without these 4 allergens (dairy, soy, corn, and wheat) for another month or so before adding anything back in. It's definitely challenging for me but Hadley is SO much better with such a raw diet so I'll try to stick with it for a little while longer. I'm hoping her stomach is just taking a little longer to develop...

Hadley had her first trip to the beach this week...she's had a few naps out there and seems to be pretty content with the breeze blowing in her hair :)

Easter!

Happy Easter from these two cuties!

We celebrated at the beach with Gigi...the kids woke up to Easter baskets, we went to an Easter egg hunt, ate a delicious Easter brunch, and spent a great day with family.

her first babydoll

diggers...of course :)

cute Easter bunnies! Tucker was not a fan though...

Thankful for Jesus being alive!

Papa

Hadley met her Papa for the first time this weekend... She is great-grandchild #6!

We love our Papa!

Easter Egg Hunt-Round 1

We got invited to "Grandma Pat's" (the Gibbs boys' grandma) annual Easter Egg Hunt and we were excited for him to hunt for eggs for the first time! It didn't take long for him to learn how to hunt for eggs...

Showing Taylor his eggs...

Playing in the bubble machine bubbles!

Sweet Hadley hanging out in the sling...the cheeks are in full effect here :)

Who can scowl the most?

Love all the green...so thankful for this time of year!