smitten

a year ago at this exact time, i couldn't imagine life with a third baby. now, i can't imagine life without her. poppy has captured my heart.

somehow (yet again) i missed her 4 month "birthday". and so here, just a few weeks late is an update on our little penelope.



at 4 months: you have woken up! you are no longer a sleepy infant. you have three naps throughout the day and spend the rest of your time giggling at your momma and daddy, staring in awe at big sister ellie, and trying your hardest to keep track of big sister delaney. you are beginning to hold onto toys, but can drop them and forget about them in an instant. you spend a lot of your day rolling onto your tummy and yes... you have found your toes.

you hold onto them a lot, but are sometimes just as happy to hold onto the cuff of your pants. your not picky! you'll take either.

at nighttime we have made some big changes. you are now sleeping in your own room in your own bed. you go to bed at 8pm and you sleep for 3-4 hour stretches. mommy is a little tired, but you are much more well rested now that you are out of the moses basket and into your own digs. secretly, mommy misses having you right next to my bed. i liked to gaze at you sleeping and i also liked sleeping with you in my arms (but my arms were getting really sore and you were waking up way too easily). we're both better off with our new arrangement.

in month three you survived swine flu. it was a little scary for mommy and daddy. you had a high fever and a pretty bad cough. we wished we could make things easier on you, but since you are so little there wasn't much we could do except keep a close watch on you. each day we had to give you saline- you did not like that too much. the best way to help keep you comfortable was to hold you and give your legs little massages. you really enjoyed that and it helped you relax. we were so thankful that you were only sick for a few days and you recovered without any problems.

in month three you also decided to reject the bottle. mommy was so happy that you would take it so easily when you were younger, but just as easily as you took it- you rejected it. currently you are on strike.

we all love you so much little poppy. ellie is especially delighted by you. she lays in bed with momma in the morning while i feed you. she strokes the back of your head and you "talk" to her after you eat. daddy has been getting full belly giggles from you these days. he likes to hold you in front of the mirror and you laugh your head off at the sight of yourself and your daddy in the mirror. mommy wishes that she could stop time. i know that watching you grow will be delightful, but right now, i want to stop the clock and just keep you little for as long as i can. what can i say, i'm smitten.