5 months!

Typing this makes me realize that my baby girl is almost half a year old!  WHAT!?!?  Where has this year gone?  I've found myself wishing I could just keep her little.  I love her sweet baby skin, her wittle feet, her rolls (once she finally got a few), and that sweet, sweet baby breath.  Oh if I could just bottle it all up!  But what I'm learning as I go is it just gets better and better.  

So my sweet Landry, here you are at 5 months:

5 months!!

~Weighs around 12 lbs. 8 oz. (probably more now) and I'm guessing around 24 1/2 inches...we don't know exact #'s since you didn't have a doctors appointment this month
~Still size 1 diapers (the 2's look so big but I don't think they are too far away), mainly 3-6 month clothes but some 0-3, 3, and even some 6 month things...we had to get 6-12 month socks for your long feet!
~You nurse 5 times a day (every 4-5 hours with no middle of the night feedings).
~September 22nd you tasted your first real food (bananas)!  You loved them (or at least your bib did).
So far you've tried bananas, carrots, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes and peaches. You weren't keen on the green beans and squash until I mixed them with bananas...weird, I know, but you liked it!
~You nap 2-3x's/day, usually in your swing (aka "the sleep maker" per daddy).
~You talk nonstop even trying to imitate us!  Always cooing, babbling, and squealing.  This speech pathologist mama LOVES it!!
~You have the best belly laugh.  It's contagious.
~You started trying to put your pacifier back in your mouth.  You've almost got it down.
~You jump like crazy in your jumperoo.
~You started sleeping flat in your crib, no more Nap Nanny!  It never phased you.  You started rolling onto your left side to sleep (just like mommy).
~Anytime you are on your back you turn in circles (not rolling, scooting).  You will do a 180 degree turn in your crib.  It's pretty cute.
~I think you'd be army crawling if you could get a little traction.  You scoot your legs up to push off and use your arms to pull.
~You are working on sitting up, still doing V-ups and trying to get your balance but topple easily.
~October 11th you flew home to Louisiana with mommy.  I was a nervous wreck but you did great!  Everyone said you were the best baby they'd ever seen on an airplane, and I had to agree :)
~Things you love:
     -  Sophie the giraffe
     -  your LaMaze butterfly
     -  jumping in your jumperoo
     -  mommy and daddy -- just hearing our voice makes you happy :)
     -  eating sweets (bananas, carrots, peaches)
     -  talking
     -  music and dancing (you love watching mommy dance)

In other news, we've been loving our last fall in Virginia.  It's hard to believe this is Matt's last year of law school, and it's already almost halfway over!  I can't wait to be closer to home next year, but I sure will miss this beautiful state.  Here we are at our last trip to Carter Mountain (Landry loved the apple picking and pumpkin patch so much she slept, ha).

This past weekend Landry and I were recovering from a stomach bug, so we didn't do much of anything.   After Landry-bug got to feeling better, she helped Matt rake the leaves (before hurricane Sandy hit and un-did it all).  Gotta teach kids early, right?  She was pretty content initially...

but she finally got fed up with the mamarazzi!

                                     

I could just eat this cutie up!!

I feel so blessed to have survived the storm with power...it snowed and stormed pretty bad just over the mountain, but we didn't get much at all here, unlike they predicted.  Praying for those that weren't so lucky, especially the elderly, the sick, and those with little kids.  I cannot imagine what they are going through.  I just find myself praying that God would meet their every need.

~Megan~

Landry's First 4 Months!

Sweet Landry Kate...here's a glimpse of your first 4 months!

1 Month!!

~ You weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and measured 20 and 3/4 inches long

~You were wearing preemie and some newborn outfits (though some were still pretty big 

on you).

~ Still wore newborn diapers.

~You're known as: Landry Bug, angel baby, bity baby, baby bug, and angel pie

~You were diagnosed with reflux and started on Zantac.

~You nursed every 3 hours on the hour...except at 3 weeks old when you hit your first 

growth spurt, you ate pretty much all the time then.  ALL. THE. TIME. No kidding.  It 

took you around an hour to eat...eek!

~You made your first road trip to Dallas with Uncle Stu and me.  Stu babysat you for a 

few hours and gave you your first full bottle of expressed milk.  Stu drove you around, 

swung you in your "bucket" (carseat), let the kitchen sink run, and dressed you from the 

bottom up all to keep you happy!

~At 5 weeks you got your nap nanny and finally slept 4-5 hours straight!

~At 5 weeks you SMILED!  A genuine smile!  (melted my heart)

~You were so strong.  It amazed me.  You held your head up more and more each day.

~Some of the things you loved:

     -  being swaddled tight

     -  being walked and bounced (we danced A LOT)

     -  being outside

     -  riding in the car

     -  running water

     -  people singing to you

     - and you LOVED your mama (I'm still eating it up!)

~On another note, you DID NOT like being naked.  Every time we changed your diaper       

or clothes you lost it.  Your great Mammaws McMahen and Stuart threatened to spank 

my behind if I didn't keep you happy. They did NOT like hearing "their baby" cry ;)

2 Months!!

~Weighed in at 10 lbs. 5 oz. and measured 22 inches long!

~You transitioned to size 1 diapers over the course of the month.

~You were wearing some newborn and some 0-3 month clothes...socks fell off your feet 

because your legs were too skinny ;)

~You nursed every 3 hours like clock work during the day. Started stretching night feeds 

to 6-8 hours.  You hit another growth spurt around 6 weeks.  Every once in a while we 

had to supplement with GentleEase but you never seemed to mind.  **You got a 

little faster at eating, 30-45ish minutes**

~Aunt Marci, Bebe, Uncle Stu, Papa Mac and I took you to the Spring Theater for your

first movie (Bernie).  You were so good.  Never made a peep!

~You got your first set of immunizations.  You cried briefly but handled them very 

well...until that night when you ran a low-grade fever and appeared to feel horrible.    

Thankfully it only lasted a day or two.

~You visited your Mammaw McMahen in the hospital.  It was the best medicine she 

could have asked for.  Oh she loved you so. You were the light of her life this summer.

~You made your first trip to the farm!  Papa Mac introduced you to the cows and his 

tractors.  You also watched your first surgery at the vet clinic.  You didn't even get  

queasy!

~You started rolling over from tummy to back! (I was one proud mama!)

~Some of the things you LOVED:

     -  the ceiling fan (your favorite entertainment)

     -  being outside     

     -  riding in the car     

     -  baths 

     -  being swaddled, bounced, walked, danced with, etc. 

    -  your Nap Nanny

     -  and you LOVE your Uncle Stu (I think you can tell him apart from else because of his whiskers)

3 months!!

~Around 11 lbs and 8 oz. and ~23 inches long (you didn't have a doctors appointment so     

we don't know exact #'s).

~Size 1 diapers, 0-3 month and 3 month clothes (some were still huge on you!)...0-6 

month socks though most of them still fell off your long, skinny feet!

~Still nursed every 3 hours, sometimes stretched it to 4...occasionaly nursed 1x/night 

**only took 20 or so minutes to eat!!**

~You started talking a lot this month!  You loved practicing your vowel sounds and 

raspberries (you imitated us when we do it first).

~Oh my drool!!  Bibs became a must ;)

~You started smiling and laughing back at us, so precious! 

~You went to church (Central Baptist) for the first time this month!  You slept straight 

through!  It reminded me of Stuart and Chet when they were teenagers little :)

~We had your "Sip and See" July 29th.  Everyone wanted to see you!

~You visited Mammaw McMahen in ICU August 4-5...she asked to see you and she got 

her wish.  I think you were the last thing that made her smile this side of Heaven.  Oh 

how she loved her sweet Landry.

~You went to Mammaw McMahen's funeral August 8th and were so very good and       

looked like a doll.  She would have been proud! And I think it did all of us good to have     

your happy little self around.

~You made the 20+ hour trip from Louisiana to Virginia August 9-10.  Longest trip ever, 

thankfully Bebe made the trip with us.  You lost it after 12+ hours on day 1, but after we   

stopped, you were fine.  Day 2 wasn't a problem at all!

~August 13th was your first day home with dad (and Bebe since she was still here) 

without me (it was my first day back to work).  You didn't seem to miss me one bit 

missed me every second I was away :) 

~August 13th you noticed Doolie and gave her attention for the first time. It was too cute!

~Things you loved:

     -  rattle and toys that make noise

     -  double sided animal toy/rattle (you LOVED the elephant)

     -  MAM pacifiers (I found several in Papa Mac's truck before we started our trip home)     

     -  practicing your vowel sounds and raspberries

4 months!!

~12 lbs 2 oz, 24 inches long

~size 1 diapers, mainly 3 month (some 0-3 and 3-6 month) clothes and 0-6 month socks

~Nursed every 4-5 hours (5-6x/day)...usually no middle of the night feedings!    

Supplemented as needed 1x/day. **You had gotten SO much faster at eating, it only    

took ~10 minutes by 4 months!!**

~Dad started keeping you every day while I was at work.  I like to think you missed me,     

but you actually loved your daddy time.  He won't put a bow on you, but he loves to sit 

other things (toys and whatnot) and your head.  You think it's too funny.

~You went to The Point Church for the first time (August 19).

~At the beginning of month 4 you found your toes

~Started getting startled with loud noises (sneezes, slamming doors, etc.)...they terrify 

you...and make you scream and scream

~You started reaching for your toys (August 28).

~You also made your first trip to Chipotle (Sept. 3) and must of loved it because you     

laughed and smiled the entire time.

~Sometime between 3-4 months you started to belly laugh.  It makes me happy.

~You got your jumperoo/exercauser...and you LOVE it.  

~Things you loved:

     -  attention     

     -  your changing table     

     -  the mirror     

     -  talking and squealing - you loved playing with your voice

     -  your singing, wobble toy

     -  LaMaze butterfly

     

Whew!  That was a lot!  I'm sure nobody hung in there to the end, but I wanted to have it all documented for my sake!

  

~Megan~

The Summer of Landry - Part 1

May 12, 2012 - 38 weeks and headed to the hospital!!!

**Funny Story: just before taking this picture, Marci and I locked the keys 

in my car at Walgreens...we laughed until we almost cried.  

One last family pic, just the 3 of us, before we headed to the hospital.

We checked into the hospital around 10:00 p.m., they got me hooked up to monitors and ready to go in no time.  Looking back, I'm fairly certain I had already gone into labor, but at the time, I didn't know :)  My water broke on its own around 2-3 a.m., they started meds around 5-6 a.m., I got an epidural at 

7 a.m. (those things are truly amazing though I think I was blessed with

 one of the easiest labors ever), and then rested and waited...

Waiting for Dr. Robertson

 We had a waiting room full of family including Dr. Robertson's family (seeing as it was also his birthday and Mother's Day) ready to meet this little angel!

At 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 13, 2012

Landry Kate Colvin was born!

6 lbs. 4 oz., 20 inches, and absolutely perfect!!

Matt was one proud daddy!

First family pic as a family of 3 

(well, 4 given Doolie-Belle)

After a quick hospital stay, we packed this little cutie up 

and headed home on Monday, May 14.

One last hospital pic with her wreath 

(it's hard to see but the pennants said "Landry Kate").

Buckled up and ready to go!

And that's how the Summer of Landry began!

Stayed tuned for Part 2!!

~Megan~

  

Catching Up

It's been a while..a long while, ha!  So I'm going to try to catch up on what's been going on in the Colvin household since I last blogged.

Here's a photo rundown to get us caught up a little:

~ March 23-25: our "babymoon" to D.C.
 

31-32 weeks in D.C.

~ April 1st: Katrina Kuhn hosted a C'Ville shower for Landry!  And Marci got to come!!

Precious decor!

Mikey, Marci, and me (32-33 weeks)

Me, Kruse (sporting Landry's headband :), Marci, and Kason)

Katrina and me (Love this girl like a sister!)

 **Funny story: The boys (pictured above) thought that "party day" meant Landry would be there, so they couldn't wait.  Katrina had some explaining to do!  They sang "Happy Birthday baby" all day anyway ;)

After the shower, we went to watch Matt play on Co-Rec Blue in the UVa Law Invitational softball tournament.  They came in second!!

~ April 6-8 (Easter weekend):

Me (33-34 weeks) & Matt
@ Ben Martin's annual crawfish boil

Easter Sunday (33-34 weeks)

~April 10th: I was measuring small (30 cm's) at my regular check-up, so my doctor ordered a stat US.  ~April 12th: we had our US showing that Landry was just fine, measuring in the 63rd %ile for size.  God is good!!

~April 15th: Section K threw Landry a shower!

partial Section K group pic from the shower

awesome diaper cake

~April 22nd: Midpoint hosted a shower for Landry, but I failed to take a picture :(  But I did snap one pic that weekend.

35-36 weeks 

~April 27th: A CNA at work hosted a surprise shower on my last day of work!  How blessed am I?!?  It's truly overwhelming!

The CNA (Thelma) had a cake made with my baby pic on it!  So Sweet.

~April 28th:  Mom and day flew in on the 27th and we headed to Louisiana on the 28th!  Oh my was last a long road trip at 36-37 weeks preggers.  I was afraid I had lost my ankles for good!!

36-37 weeks about to leave for Louisiana

~ My first appointment with Dr. Robertson in La was early Monday morning (Apirl 30th).  A follow-up ultrasound showed that Landry still wasn't growing well.  She had fallen from the 63rd to 2.7th %ile for size.  Somehow I didn't hear or see the point or decimal because I thought it was the 27th which isn't near as bad as the 2.7th (yeah...I think it was God's way of keeping me calm) :)  Sooo...talk of inducing began. In the meantime, I nested like the best mama bird anyone could imagine, cleaning out closets at mom's house, washing cars, and baking cookies for the hospital.

And I spent a lot of time with my oldest daughter, sweet Doolie-Belle.  She LOVED the pool this summer.

~May 7th: I had my last scheduled prenatal appointment with Scott.  I was already 1 cm dilated and 75% effaced.  Praise the Lord, Landry had grown to the 17th %ile by that appointment, but he felt best not letting her go much past 38 weeks...so we set a date: May 13th!  and let Matt know that he should wrap up finals asap ;)  He got home a few days before she was born, so we got a little last minute time alone. 

Our last date night as a family of 2 the night before
we checked in to the hospital! (May 11th)

Whew...sorry this was so long!  I've got to get better at staying caught up!  

Stay tuned for "The Summer of Landry" - complete with pics of one cute baby!!!

~Megan~