Sleeping Beauty

Yesterday Leah was starting to get tired earlier than normal so I decided to get her ready for bed. I bathed her, we had some mommy & daughter time,  and I fed her.

Normally Leah will go to bed around 9:30-10:00 at night, but she was so tired that she fell asleep at 8:45. Usually she wakes around 6:00-6:30 in the morning to eat on days that I have to go to work, but since I didn't have to work the next day and she didn't wake to feed, I decided to let her sleep through and skip the feeding.........

6:30 came and went. At 7:30, I wasn't too concerned. At 8:30, I had my ear against the monitor hoping to hear something but didn't, so I went to check on her to make sure everything was okay. By 9:30, I was in a LOT of pain (you moms know what I'm talking about when you skip a feeding or in this case two!) and was getting worried that she was hungry, but told myself not to wake her because if she was hungry she would wake herself...it wasn't until 11:00 o'clock that I FINALLY had to WAKE HER UP...she was still asleep! She might have slept all day for all I know, but being the concerned mom that I am, I felt that I had to wake her up so she can eat. Leah slept a whopping 13 hours straight! Can you believe it?

THEN....a whole hour and a half later she lets out a huge yawn while we were playing...I couldn't BELIEVE that she was tired already. Leah slept another 3 hours! What a sleepy head :)

I thought for sure that I would have a hard time putting her to bed tonight, but she was tired and went to bed at 9:00 PM. She must be growing! LOL

Leah, Cody, and Chris in front of our Christmas tree

Leah at work

I was at work today and I get this text message from Chris that reads "I'm helping daddy" with this picture :) hehe...isn't she so darn cute!

Leah's First Christmas Tree

After spending 20 minutes stuffing Leah into her snowsuit we were finally on our way to cut down our Christmas tree. Once we got there it was bitterly cold and over a foot of snow. It took us a good while to find our tree whereas years past it never took us long...it was probably because it was Leah's first tree and we had to find the perfect tree :).

We ended up going far from the beaten track and trekking through over a foot of fresh snow to find a decent tree and once we found it, poor Chris had to drag the tree all by himself since I was carry Leah (and Chris wanted to bring Cody, our dog). The farm has a nice petting zoo and a store with fudge, hot cider, and other yummy treats, but we didn't go in since Leah slept the WHOLE time!

Leah's all ready for her big day :)

Thank you Grandpa & Grandma Cindy for my snowsuit, it kept me nice and warm!

Chris took this picture of Leah while waiting for me in the car

This would've been a nice picture if Chris was patient and waited another second :) haha

Leah had her 4 month checkup today

Chris took this picture of Leah and me while

we were waiting for Leah's doctor to come in.

Leah had her 4 month checkup and another round of shots today. Leah weighed 16 lb. 2 oz. (88th percentile) and was 26.5" long (97th percentile). 

Her doctor was very happy with the way she is growing and said that we can introduce solids whenever, which brought up my question of starting Leah on Avocados instead of rice cereal....I know it sounds crazy to some but here's my reasoning.

Avocados have a ton of nutrients, great for normal growth and development of the central nervous system and brain, is sodium and cholesterol free, do not require cooking, and is easy to mash and very creamy. I can go on and on about why I think avocados are a good first food for babies, but I won't bore you (too late LOL). The good news is that Leah's doctor does not have a problem with me starting her on Avocados :)

Anyway, we probably won't start her on solids until 6 months since research has shown that a baby who is breastfed exclusively for the first 5-6 months have a reduced chance of obesity, but of course that will all depend on when Leah is ready for solids. I personally would like to wait until 6 months, but if Leah is ready before that then of course we will introduce solids earlier.