Our Little Hawkeyes

Iowa vs Iowa State Game 09.15.2013 

 

We watched the game at Ryan & Laurie's this year. Both kiddos were pretty well behaved and we had a great time with good friends. As much as I feel like a bit of a traitor (graduated from ISU in 2005), I must admit that I know I am raising two little Hawkeye fans. When your child knows the fight song.. dreams about basketball, football, and Hawkeyes you know the battle has been won. It's a good thing this Mama is admittedly not into sports..

Hattie is 7 Months

 

Our little girl turned 7 months on August 30th. We have been busy which is why I have struggled to post this!

 

• Hattie now has 2 teeth. Her second lower incisor came in shortly after the first. We keep thinking that the two on either side of these teeth are pushing through as well but we have yet to see them.
• She is a much better eater. She is eating baby food 2x per day (more recently up to 3x per day). She still nurses or takes a bottle while at daycare about 6x per day.
• Hattie has unfortunately been sick this month. She had pink eye during the second week of August. Then she had a high fever for about 3 days followed by a rash. And look out - because Hattie did not feel well and she was letting everybody know about it. When she finally felt better (about 5 days later...) she was a completely different person. Mommy and Daddy both said - Oh, there's our sweet girl! We missed you. We were extremely relieved when she started feeling better.
• Her hair is starting to grow in more. Mommy is excited for braids and barrett's. :)
• She has started to make some fun noises like raspberries and more recently "dada, gaga, baba..."
  
  
• She is not crawling yet. We are encouraging her to get up on to her knees but have yet to see a lot of progress.
• Hattie prefers to sleep on her tummy. It is to the point now where it is hard to get her to sleep in her carseat because she can't get comfortable. She wants to be able to flip on to her tummy to get some good rest. :) Makes it a little more difficult for us to travel but we make it work.
• At her 6 month appointment she weighed almost 20 pounds and was 28 inches long. She was in the apx 95th percentile for everything.

Overall Hattie a lot more active and showing more personality. She loves to be held by her Mommy but watch her Daddy and Emmett. You can tell she wishes she could play more with her big brother. She is just as sweet as can be and so squishy and lovable. We couldn't have asked for a sweeter little girl.

My Baby

Emmett's new obsession - his toy "baby". This is the Stella Doll (boy) that we gave him for his first Christmas. He has finally taken an interest in it.

 

"Open up, Baby!"

 

 

Emmett likes to take Baby's clothes off, try to put them on, and dunk baby in his basketball hoop. :)

Flashback Video.. Hattie's first smile

In looking through some older videos I found this treasure... :) There is some random chitter chatter but the most special thing (thatI probably didn't want to admit at the time) is that it captured what I'm pretty sure was Hattie's first smile at only 1 month old on March 2nd. She smiled for her Grandma Pat.. then quickly wanted her Mama as babies do... She was so little!

Hattie is 6 months old!

 

Hattie Jeanne is 6 months old today. It is really hard to believe that she has already been in our lives for 1/2 of a year. She'll be celebrating a birthday in another 6 short months!

 

• Hattie is now sitting up. She sometimes falls over so we always have her on a soft surface. She is typically very steady though.
• She has a new tooth! As of July 27th we noticed a few white dots pushing through and it has now come fully through. It is her bottom right tooth. She has not been extremely fussy with this tooth and is very good at manipulating teethers, which make her feel better.
• Hattie rolls onto her tummy all the time. We can't keep her on her back for more than 1 minute. While we still always put her down to sleep on her back we find her on her tummy 100% of the time when getting her out of bed.
• She has been enjoying eating cereal 1x per day at lunch time and is now up to 1-2oz. We are starting to introduce some baby food too. Tonight she tried a little sweet potatoes. She wasn't quite sure about those!
• She also has her own high chair now and loves it. I had put Emmett's chair away for a few months hoping he would sit in a booster seat at the table. However, when I brought it back up for Hattie to use recently he exclaimed, "My chair!". Now we have one at each end of the table and they love looking at each other during supper every evening.
• At this point Hattie is on a pretty regular schedule. As of last weekend she goes down much easier for naps and bedtime (hardly any crying, yay!). She typically takes 2 naps a day - one from 9-10/10:30 and another in the afternoon with Emmett from about 1-3:30. They actually sleep in the same room at Dragon Tots. It is awfully sweet and I think they enjoy that. She goes down for bed around 8pm and gets up typically around 5:30/6am.
• Hattie is a very smiley and happy girl. She is starting to express how well she knows her Mommy and Daddy. She likes to be able to see Mommy, but Daddy always makes her smile and laugh.
• She doesn't do a lot of talking at this point but is very interactive with her facial expressions. She says MMMmmm at times but we are still waiting on any "dadas" or "babas", etc.
• Her favorite place is still the floor for playtime. She is very active and is getting stronger every day. She is content in her jumperoo and her high chair as well.
• Hattie still nurses 6x per day: once in the morning, 3 bottles at daycare, once when we get home and then once before bed.
• She still fits into 9 month clothing but some are pretty tight so we mostly have her in 12 month clothes at this time. She is wearing size 3 diapers. I would guess her weight to be in the 20 lb range but we will find out at her six month appointment next week.

Hattie is so much easier now at 6 months of age. As long as she is fed and well rested she is a super happy little baby! I am reminded each day of how much I love this baby stage. Life doesn't get much sweeter than having our little girl in your arms!

Sitting Pretty

Little Hattie Jeanne is sitting up all on her own at 10 days shy of 6 months! Tonight I also saw her go from laying on her back on the boppy to sitting up and then turning as if she was going to go down on her tummy and start crawling.. this girl is going to really take off soon!

 

Look Mom, no hands!!

 

 

Here is a video of her in action..

Picture Catch-up (June and July so far)

Hattie's first time swimming.. We are at the YMCA in Waukee.

 

 

Swimming was no big thing for Hattie. She loved kicking in the water.

 

Daddy's attempt at rocking her to sleep. Notice her eyes are still wide open. :)

 

 

Pretty girl!

 

Father's Day weekend.

 

 

Emmett has recently learned to take his shoes off and then tries to put them back on.. or someone else's! Will he ever be big enough to fill Daddy's shoes? :)

 

Reading together before nap time.

 

 

What Emmett made Daddy at Dragon Tots for Father's day.. #1 Dad mug! Also the cutest paper tie I have ever seen. Not pictured was a frame with pictures of the two of them holding the letters D-A-D. So cute, I don't know how they do it all!

 

 

Mommy's first week back at work full-time, June 17th. Still a happy girl!

 

 

Tummy time, cheese!

 

 

Back time! Hattie has scooted under the coffee table.. luckily her head is still small enough that she hasn't run into it.. yet!

 

Ready for bed!

 

 

Hattie ready for bed after her bath. Trying to sit up so hard!

 

My friend Crystal's wedding - June 29th.

 

Adventureland - July 2nd.

Riding the train with Daddy.

 

 

Riding the carousel with Mommy!

 

In the chuck wagon with Mommy & Aunt Katrina.

 

On the convoy with Daddy.

 

In line for the teacups.. our last ride before heading home for a 4 hour nap! We have a good little sleeper. :)

 

We came back in the evening to hit up a few more rides and brought Hattie along too.

 

4th of July! Watching the Urbandale parade..

 

 

Amanda, Dawson, and Baby W! :)

 

Hanging in the backyard on the 4th.

 

A little baby pool time..

 

The water table..

 

Celebrating Bob's retirement with a family picnic.

 

 

 

We had a busy past few months to say the least.. and I wouldn't have it any other way! The kids are changing so much.. It is so much fun to see. We are really enjoying being a family of four and are completely settled in. Life is good.. :)