My sweet baby girl has RSV :( She got sick earlier this week, and so I took her to the doctor yesterday because she started sounding so much worse. Her cough sounded really bad, and she was running a fever of 102. So the nurse did a test to see if she had RSV and it was positive. I am worried that she could possibly have an ear infection because earlier tonight she was grabbing her left ear, and she just couldn't seem to get comfortable enough to sleep. She won't nurse on the right side because I think it hurts for her to lay on her left side. I gave her some infant Tylenol, and then I walked around with her and bounced her until she fell asleep. Right now she's sleeping. She's on a steroid for the RSV, and she's already had two doses. So hopefully she'll get to feeling better. But the doctor told me day #4 is usually the worst day, and that's tomorrow. Seeing your little baby sick just breaks your heart. This picture was taken earlier this evening when we were all in the little boys' room playing monster trucks.

Today Gracie had her four month checkup, and she now weighs 12 lbs 9 oz and is 25 inches long. She's actually 90th in height! She going to be tall! Her head circumference was 25th, which is not usual for one of our kids to have a small head! But she is a girl so maybe that's why! Dr. Dudley said she is doing fine. She does have a cold right now and Dr. Dudley said we'll probably almost always have someone sick in our large family! Gracie got some shots today and she has been in a lot of pain. Her legs are hurting her pretty bad and whenever you move her the wrong way or touch her legs she cries so hard. I feel so bad for her. Dr. Dudley holding Gracie. She's been our pediatrician for almost 9 years now, and we love her!

Playing in her exersaucer one day and her brothers brought her all her toys

This was after she got her shots. I actually woke her up accidentally after this picture because I tried moving the kitty away from her nose.

She likes napping on her tummy

Hand Gnawer

I think Gracie has taken a liking to chewing on her hands...

Meow means I love you!

Four Months and Growing...

So Gracie is now .333333...... years old (so my husband the math whiz says)! Here's what she's doing now:

• Taking (2) 6 ounce bottles a day and 4 breastfeedings. She still nurses like a champ. It only takes her 10-15 minutes to nurse now.
  
• Likes gnawing on her hands.
• Will grab something and chew on it, but only if you put it on her chest.
• Sits in her exersaucer for awhile and plays. We usually put her in it while we exercise.
• Can roll onto her back now!
• She's got a very long body.
  
• Her 2 older brothers are becoming much more fond of her and like doting on her now, especially David. He asks to hold her alot.
• She's not spitting up after every feeding anymore, but still spits up sometimes.
  
• Sleeps from about 8:30 pm-6:30 am. I usually feed her around 11-11:30 pm but she goes right back to sleep.
• Still very smiley! She always gives me a smile right after she nurses.
  
• Talks and coos alot more than her brothers did.
• Not a big napper during the day, but she does usually take one long nap at least once daily. If there's activity going on around her, she won't sleep because she wants to see what's going on.
• Lastly, we think she's so cute, sweet, calm, perfect and so much more. We all love our baby girl. She's such a gift from God.
  

Four Months Old!

So pretty

So happy

So Mad!
She turned 4 months old this past Sunday, so I got her all dressed up for church. Obviously she was not into taking pictures at the time. She was really hungry.

I'll do a four month update later because right now I'm sitting here trying to nurse but she is getting fussy.

A Day at Home

Today we were at home all day, which was nice. Spending time at home with the kids is great. Gracie had a good day. She ate, slept, ate, slept. She did get a bath today, which was her big event of the day.

I realize this blog is just my excuse to dress her up and take pictures of her! She really doesn't have any big news. I have a blog on our family website where I write about the boys: www.gregandtracey.us I made her blog through Blogger because I find it easier to upload pics here than through Wordpress (which is what we use to blog with on our family site). I also like getting to pick out the cute backgrounds (girly stuff!). I get them for free here. I read this one mother's blog, Kelly's Korner, and before I had Gracie I couldn't understand why she would take pics of her daughter everyday wearing different outfits. Now I understand! It's so much fun!

Giving me a little smile - See her outfit?

She loves bathtime, but doesn't like having to get dried off and dressed.

I love that fat belly!

See, starting to get upset!

Her bow holder made by my mom...she's so talented! I like bows, can you tell?

Beautiful blanket made by her Memaw (Greg's mom)

My Aunt Karla had these monogrammed for me for a gift for Gracie. We finally hung them up. It only took us 1 1/2 months!

As her shirt says "Mommy's Little Sweetie"

Gracie says "The End!"

Just having fun

We got some snow today, so I had to take a few pictures of Gracie in the snow. I think she looks rather angelic! We got to use her snowsuit today again! She was only outside for a minute or two. When we were in her room looking outside at the snow, it seemed like she was really focusing on the snow.

I titled this picture "Snow Angel".

Just a few pics...

I had to take a few pics of her in this outfit before she outgrows it. It's hard to believe she will be four months old in twelve days! She has her four month check-up on January 26th. I got on the scale with her yesterday, and I think she's close to 12-13 pounds. I've been giving her 2 bottles of formula a day plus four breastfeedings. She got up at 3:00 am the other night to eat, which she hasn't gotten up that early in a long time. Thankfully she went right back to sleep. Not too happy about Mommy taking her picture

That's a funny face!

Actually snapped this one of her smiling!

Hace muy frio!

I hope I'm remembering my Spanish correctly. The title should say "It's very cold!" Here are two pics of Gracie in her snow suit! The temps have dipped into the teens! And this weekend it's supposed to get down to 9 degrees! I got her suit at Kids' Market for a couple of dollars. We're getting some use out of it this week!

New Camera Pictures

Greg got me my own camera for Christmas. Today he got a card reader so I was finally able to upload my pictures onto the computer. I've been having too much fun with it!

I thought this one was rather cute. I love the way she's lifting her dress up and showing her cute, fat belly.

In her new exersaucer from her Memaw

Her only toy from us, a Fur Real kitten