so happy I could cry!

Tonight when I walked into daycare Leah was swinging quietly in the swing.... when I stepped in front of her she started squeeling and smiling!! Seeing her recognize me and being so happy to see me just made me want to cry! It was a great feeling!!!

She is becoming such a joy! I think Brian said it perfectly...

Kim: Can you remember what life was like before Leah came?
Brian:Yes... you were alot less crabby! (I try to ignore this comment, but I know its true) but its alot more fun now!

In other news I only lost 1/2 a lb this past week... but I find that to be quite the accomplishment since our share of Girl Scout cookies arrived and I had pizza 3 times last week!! ... Brian has lost 5 lbs too! :) Yeah us!

Chatty Cathy

Leah has definitely found her voice!  She is one noisey little girl now!  Sometimes its hard to tell if she is happy or upset....

Can we slow this down?

Leah is currently taking a morning nap in her crib, while wearing a 6-9 month sleeper....

And she rolled over this morning from her back to her belly! (she got a little upset on her belly though bc her arms were underneath her, but she did it!)

I cant believe how fast she is growing!

I dont know if my heart can handle this.... slow down little one!!

Bored

Waiting for daddy to get home....

oh yeah!

Leah must not be too sick ... she gained almost a whole pound in the past 2 weeks!

She is now weighting in at 14lbs 6.5 oz!

Just Saturday Brian bought a huge, 288 count box of diapers from Sams in size 1-2, which goes up to 15lbs.... looks like Baby Selene might be getting some extra diapers from the Gilmores soon...

I just googled baby percentiles and came across this website....

http://www.tallbabystuff.com/baby-growth-chart.html

According to it, Brian is in about the 75th percentile, while my height is "off the chart"... where do you think Leah will fall!?

and then there was pink eye!

I found Leah this morning with a lovely, crust filled right eye.... I think I didnt want to admit to myself that it was pink eye... I played it off as she sneezed really hard and got snot all over her eye (is that really much better!?) but in reality how would she have done that when she was laying down, swaddled, with her arms tied down....

So of course she was taken to daycare and I received a phone call an hour later saying that Leah needed to be picked up.... Lucky Grandpa Gilmore got the honor of coming to her rescue and watching her all day until her doctor appointment at 3:45.

This doctor appointment was supposed to be a "you finished your medicine, lets make sure you are all better!" appointment... but it turned into a "look at how gross my eye is, and oh yeah, I dont sound any better." Her lungs still sound wheezy and her ears look worse.... she just finished her medicine Sunday morning... we think the medicine stopped and everything just came right back.... with pink eye. She received a new 10 day prescription... a stronger one, that tends to cause diareaha. ( I usually would not add that last part, but Grandpa heard this and STILL is willing to babysit her tomorrow, by himself, and at his house!! Way to go Grandpa Gilmore!)

Lets hope this medicine helps! I yearn to see my baby healthy again!

And oh yeah... if you are keeping track... Leah has yet to make it a whole week at daycare! This is week 4.... shes almost missed as many days as she has been there!

And who wants to bet I get pink eye next?... Did I mention Brian has it too? Ugg...

wonderful weekend

Leah has been an amazing baby the past few days!

Its like she turned 3 months old and something in her changed! All of a sudden she is drinking almost twice as much, taking 6 oz at a time and acting like she could drink 6 more, talking NONSTOP!, so smiley, reallying watching and paying attention to things, even things across the room, holding onto more toys and putting everything in her mouth, and really getting into more of a schedule. I knew 3 months was a milestone Bday... but this all seemed to happen over night! All of a sudden she is no longer a newborn, and suddenly an infant!


I am loving her jumperoo.... its so nice to put her in that thing in the mornings and make breakfast and just things done! ... except I kind of noticed that she will start making crying noises so I go over to check on her and she just smiles away! She knows that Cry = Mommy appearing! ... I dont know if this is a good thing...

In other news... I have lost 10.5 lbs in 4 weeks and I havent sweated one drop!! Whoohoo!