Eleanor- 4 months!

Eleanor at 4 months:

She is grasping everything reach.

Sticks out her tongue all the time & when she smiles.

Holds her bottle by herself.

Has found her feet & mastered "happy baby" pose.

Has been congested for 2 months straight causing Mama to constantly use the nasal aspirator & saline spray.

Has a favorite toy (see below). It belonged to Zara.

Sleeps through most of the might (except for two nursing sessions around 2am & 5am).

Nurses through the night & bottles at daycare::4 ounces a 7am/ 5 ounces at 10/5 ounces at 1/ 5 ounces at 4 &3 ounces every couple hours until she sleeps around 10pm.

Has a long nap at the beginning of the day & short naps until bedtime.

Talks by saying "ahhhhhhhh". Definite flashbacks to Zara sounding & looking exactly the same at 4 months.

Holds her head & body weight well.

Does this spitting/ talking/ raspberry blowing thing all the time!

No solids or turning over yet.
Has at least two teeth coming in (up top).
Experienced her first Christmas.

Loved so much by all of us & squeezed tightly by her sister. 

Four Month Checkup::

13 pounds, 2.6 ounces (25th percentile) 

Height: 24.02" (27th percentile) 

Eleanor's FAVORITE toy:

Christmas Day.

It was in the 60s here in Kentucky for Christmas. When it snows Zara will ask if it is Christmas so this must have been very confusing! We started our day making silly pancake snowmen together & Zara played with her new toys. I nursed a migraine while Jonas took Zara on a bike ride before we headed over to my Grandpa's house in Lexington. My aunt brought the saran wrap game and it was so fun! We ended the day at my Sister's with soup and a gift exchange. Eleanor wore a Santa outfit from Zara's first Christmas too. Click here to see that!
Happy Christmas to all!

Christmas Eve 2019.

I didn't feel very festive this year but I did enjoy Christmas Eve with my little family. We had a simple dinner with kale, chickpeas, pasta & fried rosemary to make it extra Christmasy. We read through the story of Christ's birth using our felt nativity, took turns opening gifts under the tree & let Zara play with her toys for the merriest Christmas mess.

She has very serious things on her mind::

A dear friend gave me this beautiful German ornament for Christmas this year. Now it is a favorite::

Happy Christmas Eve!

Christmas Sunday & special dresses.

It made my heart so full to see Zara and Eleanor in their Christmas dresses this year. Zara's dress was made by my Grandma Cilla and worn by my Mom many years ago. Eleanor's was worn by Zara when she was a newborn. I am thankful for my girls and our time together at church this day. It is such a comfort that even through tough times I have my family and cuddles with Z & E.


I had to work so we didn't have time to prepare our usual Raclette dinner but still had the missionaries from church over. We had pot roast for dinner, decorated cookies with them and sang a couple Christmas songs.

I hope you could all feel the Christmas spirit and comfort through this season that can be emotional and stressful.

Zara refused to let me fix her hair. Sometimes she drives me crazy, haha::