Just thinking about you puts a smile on my face

Marley girl,

Wow 2 and a half months goes by fast. So much has happened since the last time I wrote to you. We've gone to Alabama with the other RCDP families, taken a mini vacation with your cousins ( you've even gained a new cousin already! ) moved out of town, and your big sister started school. It's been quite the three ring circus around here.

You are almost 8 months old. How can that even be possible!?! It seems the tighter I try to hold on to every moment of your babyhood the faster it slips away. You are sitting up pretty well and rolling everywhere!!!! You continue to put everything in your mouth and suck both of your thumbs at the same time. I tell your mamaw all the time that you are perfect and that really isn't a far stretch from the truth. As long as you aren't hungry or tired you will play on the floor with your toys for hours. And as far as sleep goes you are still sleeping 10 - 12 hours a night. You're amazing.

Sometimes though I wonder if you are getting everything you need from me. Some days I'm stretched so thin between all 3 of you that I don't know if I'm covering all the bases or not. I'm doing the best I can and hopefully its enough.

I love you baby and I promise I'll be back before 2 and half months go by!

Slipping into the future

How has it been a month since I've written you a letter?!? We've covered alot of ground in the past month.

You are grabbing for toys and putting everything in your mouth! You try to suck both thumbs at the same time. You love to chew on your Ikea bunny. I think it's almost time for him to take a trip through the washing machine. He's getting pretty yellow!

We bought you an exersaucer and you love it. You can already make some of the toys light up! You are still little miss sunshine. You have a smile for everyone that catches your eye.
Speaking of eyes your blocked tear duct has caused you to have an eye infection and so we are back to glasses for a couple days. You are not a fan of glasses anymore and after having the contacts I'm not either! You are constantly pulling them off and slobbering on them and they also have a giant scratch down the middle. I have no idea how it got there but I'm pretty sure there is a certain 2 year old we both know that could tell me.

We added a new Dr to the list this month. She's a GI Dr. It turns out your liver enzymes have gone down so that's one less thing to worry about! Yay!!
We are also talking about adding a Pulmonologist because with the slightest cold you get you end up wheezing like crazy and sometimes the breathing treatments don't help.
You also have your 4th ear infection right now so you might be headed in the direction of your sisters to get tubes. Hopefully if that's the case it can be scheduled along with your quarterly glaucoma checks so you won't have to go under anesthesia any more than necessary .

For some reason these days have been really difficult . In reality I think they should be feeling easier but I think I'm just worn out from the endlessness of the past few months. I feel like my emotions are right below the surface just waiting for someone to say the wrong thing or even sometimes for someone to say the right thing. I just dissolve in a puddle of tears. I think the crying is helping though. It's gotta come out sometime I guess. Spending every evening relaxing at the pool is definitely helping me rejuvenate. You and your sisters are the best medicine!

I am a poster girl with no poster, I am 32 flavors and then some ~ ani

 

Dear Marley,

Sorry it’s been so long since my last letter. We have been running crazy the last couple weeks. Not that that is much different than normal but I have definitely had less time to be in front of the computer. I can’t believe that we are already half way through May. Pretty soon we will be leaving for Alabama and then shortly after that we will be moving!!! Yay for more space!

Today was a big day for you! We got your contact lenses. Dr. Awesome and her daughter and you and I went to Austin to pick them up. I think the eye guy expected it to be easier than it was. You sure can squeeze your eyes shut tight! It took at least 5 tries to get them in but once we did WOW! It was so obvious that you could finally see. After you finally stopped screaming, you blinked your eyes and started smiling. That was such an amazing feeling for me. With everything you have been able to do without really being able to see clearly I know you are really going to blow everyone away now!

The other big news for you is that you gained over a pound in just 10 days! Apparently the combo of formula and breastfeeding is exactly what you need.

I told your daddy yesterday that I wondered when life would slow down for us and he said “Slow down?! I just hope it doesn’t speed up!”

I love you baby girl…

More soon