Presley's First Christmas

Presley's first Christmas was truly magical! It was such a wonderful day to spend with our baby girl. Even though she wasn't really aware what was happening, it was still so cute to see her play with her new toys. Next year will be even better and can't wait to see her open up her first gift by herself. 

Last years Christmas ornament and this years Christmas ornament

Cookie plate that Presley made and the cookies she left for Santa

5 Months

Diaper Size: 1

Clothes Size: 3-6 months

Eat: Breastmilk 7 times a day

Sleep: She has been sleeping throughout the night (around 10/11 hours). Her bed time is 7:00pm. She has been better with napping, but usually has to be in the swing or during nursing. 

Play: She can roll over in both directions and is sitting up on her own. Usually she needs to use her hands in the front to support herself. 

Milestones: Rolling over in both directions and sitting up. 

Likes: Her exercauser has been such a blessing! She loves the entertainment and loves to jump in it. She also has been starting to pay more attention to the dogs and loves when Zoey kisses her. 

Dislikes: Being left alone (little bit of separation anxiety). 

Personality: She loves to smile and being held. She is always smiling and laughing. Her laugh is the cutest thing in the world! 

Dear Presley,

You are truly my world and my sunshine. I look forward to waking up every day to play with you and to see how much you change. I am truly lucky that I get that opportunity and I can stay home with you. I want you to continue to be a strong warrior girl, as what your father calls you :) We love you so much!

Love Always,

Mommy and Daddy 

4 Months

Diaper Size: 1

Clothes Size: 3 months and 3-6 months

Eat: Breastmilk 7 times a day. With the extra breastmilk that I was giving her worked and boosted up her weight. The doctors did not suggest formula this time! So I will continue to do this. 

Sleep: She has been sleeping throughout the night (around 10/11 hours). Her bed time is 7:30pm. Occasionally, she is waking up earlier because she is teething. She has been a hard to get her to nap unless she is napping on Daddy or me. Usually I'll have to nurse her to sleep and it only last for 20-30 minutes. 

Play: She can roll over from tummy to back and is trying to roll over from back to belly (hasn't done it yet). 

Milestones: She started teething and tries to mimic us 

Likes: Loves her teething ring and the nursing/teething necklaces I wear. She likes to be bounced. 

Dislikes: Starting to not want to be in the swing as long as usual. She doesn't like to be left alone (like on the playmate) for too long. 

Personality: She is truly a happy baby. She smiles all the time! Daddy calls her a strong warrior because she doesn't cry much (unless she's hungry). She even took her 4 month shots like a champ and didn't even cry. However, she did get a low fever and had to be given Tylenol for the first time, which she was not a fan of. She is more of a day time baby and starts to get a little grouchy around 5pm. 

Dear Presley,

You are getting so big and strong! We love to see you grow, but we want to keep you as our baby forever. You had your first fever a couple days ago & we felt so bad. It was so cute seeing you take Tylenol though. You did not like it. It will be so cute seeing you try foods soon. This month you will see Santa Claus for the first time. I know you will get a lot of presents from him because you are so good! We love you so much!

Love, 

Mommy & Daddy

Presley's First Thanksgiving

Presley enjoyed her first Thanksgiving! Even though she didn't eat anything besides breast milk, she got to visit Daddy at work. An auxiliarist family from the base was so sweet and made the Thanksgiving meal for everyone who had to work. This was so thoughtful and it truly shows how the CG is a true family. 

She was so excited that she got to see where Daddy works and saw some of his coworkers. All of his coworkers loved her! 

Since John worked Thanksgiving we had our own family Thanksgiving the following day. Next year is going to be so memorable with Presley eating her first Thanksgiving meal. 

Angel Baby 1st Birthday

November 17, 2016 

Today would have been our angel's baby first birthday. I think about him/her every day. My life has changed so much since we lost our first baby. I learned how to appreciate every moment, no matter how hard the moment could be. I believe that is why when I got pregnant the second time I enjoyed it so much and was always happy. I know how it feels to loose someone so precious to you and no matter how hard a day was being pregnant I appreciated it.

It's hard to discuss the torn feelings that I have. If our angel baby would have been born we would not have our wonderful baby girl, Presley. I could not imagine life without her. Part of me feels bad saying that because that means our angel baby would not exist. It sounds very confusing. Maybe I am the only one who understands.

Presley will know about her angel brother/sister. Every year we will be sending off a balloon to wish him/her a happy birthday and she will be apart of it. I want her to know who she will meet many many years from now.  One day (far from now), we will all meet again in Heaven as a whole, united family.

Happy 1st Birthday, Angel! Mommy and Daddy love you so much!

3 Months

Diaper Size: 1

Clothes Size: 0-3 and 3 months. The 0-3 are starting to get a little tight and short on her arms and legs. 

Eat: Breastmilk 7 times a day. We do a bottle (5oz) before bed and in the early morning. The remaining time she is nursing for about 15-20 minutes on each side. I started to give her the extra milk that I pump after nursing to try to boost up her weight, so when we go to the doctors for her four month appointment she will have gained more weight and I won't have to hear the doctors suggesting formula again. 

Sleep: She has been sleeping throughout the night (around 6 hours). However, now with the time change she is starting to wake up an hour earlier. Not a fan of this time change now. 

Play: She has gotten so much stronger this month. She can hold her head up for a LONG time. She has even started rolling over occasionally. 

Milestones: Laughs and smiles all the time. She rolls over occasionally and loves to sit and stand up. She has very strong legs. 

Likes: Being held and sleeping on us. She enjoys being taught how to roll over from stomach to back and back to stomach. She likes us talking back to her and having our conversations. 

Dislikes: She seems to only really want her pacifier for when she sleeps. Other than that, she doesn't want us giving it to her. 

Personality: She is very happy and active baby. She loves to cuddle and talk to us. She is doing things like rolling over that are early for her age. She even scared me at night when I saw her trying to roll from her back to stomach. She hasn't done that yet, but she will get there very soon. Need to get her the Halo sacks soon just in case. 

Beautiful baby girl

Dear Presley,

You are our pride and joy. You make us so happy every day. I feel so lucky and blessed that I can stay home with you and see you grow every day. There is something new that we learn about you every day. You are so strong! You love to stand and sit and have learned how to roll over. We started taking infant massage classes and you love the bonding that we have together during it. Maybe when you get older you will be a big helper and massage me too :) It bittersweet knowing that you are growing up, but you won't be my little baby forever. I love seeing you learn! Can't what to see what you learn next month. 

Love you always, 

Mommy and Daddy 

Presley's First Halloween

October 31, 2016

Today is Presley's first Halloween. Even though she won't remember it I surely will. She dressed up as a cute little ghost :) We started our family tradition with watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." We even got a huge surprise with Daddy coming home to celebrate with us!

All of us sat outside and gave out candy to the trick-or-treaters. I am looking forward to taking her next year trick-or-treating.