20 Weeks Old

Laney has been rolling like crazy! She hasn't quite figured out how to roll onto her back from her tummy yet, and she gets frustrated after she's been on her tummy for awhile. Sometimes she also spits up when she's on her tummy, so I can't just leave her there. This poses a slight problem. At night, sometimes she wakes up and decides to roll over. After about a minute on her tummy, she cries for mama to come turn her onto her back. Then mama leaves the room and she rolls over again. This continues for too long and the game quickly grows old. I'm starting to realize this adorable little girl has me wrapped around her finger. I've decided to wait until she can roll onto her back by herself before I begin sleep training (mostly because I'm worried about her spitting up and getting stuck there), but it won't be long before that happens. A night of uninterrupted sleep will be a major accomplishment for both her and for me.

Lately we've noticed Laney likes to be held by mommy or daddy, but she tends to have a hard time being held by others. She cries almost immediately. We think it's a phase and hopefully she'll warm up to other people soon.

Right now, I consider her schedule to be pretty spectacular. She eats her last meal around 9 or 10pm, sleeps until 6 or 7 (although she frequently wakes up wanting her pacifier or cries to be turned over, but that's okay) and quickly finishes a bottle. Then she goes right back to sleep for about 4 hours! Around 10 or 11am, she'll wake up for the day and eat-play-sleep in 2 hour cycles. She eats as soon as she's up, plays for about 1 hr 15 mins, then naps for 45 mins. She's been doing this for about 4 or 5 weeks now, and I love it! I don't think this routine will last much longer, so I'm enjoying it while I can.

Last but certainly not least, we drove to Chicago this morning to attend a Bump Club Brunch about healthy sleep habits (perfect timing for that!). Kate Brooks and adorable baby George joined us! We were so excited to meet cute little George. Laney looked huge next to him! What a fun morning with great friends!

We're taking a lot of tummy pictures these days:

This is the sleep position she gets into every. single. time. she falls asleep. As soon as she assumes this position, I know she's thisclose to falling asleep.

Watching her papa's team warm up. She loved it!

She made eye contact with her papa, but I don't think she recognized him with all of the gear on.

Sleeping on her tummy

Hi Kate and George!

New friends :)

Fun Flashback

It's incredible to see how much Delaney has changed over the past 4 1/2 months!

2-week-old Delaney meeting 5-month-old James, and 4-month-old Delaney with 9-month-old James:

 Fresh out of the oven, and again at 4 months:

Almost too small for the carseat at the hospital, and now her legs almost hang over the edge:

 At first, she fit in the palm of her papa's hands, and now she's an armful:

We can't wait to see what the next 4 months brings!

19 Weeks Old

This week, Delaney's great-grandparents, Nona and Bumpa, were leaving for Florida. Her aunt Elizabeth flew in from Denver with James, and everyone got together to send off Nona and Bumpa for the winter. At first, Laney was a bit overwhelmed with everyone paying attention to her, but it didn't take long for her to warm up to all of the attention. She was fascinated with her cousin James. He's able to sit up, crawl, and do a million other things Laney can't do yet. It was so fun watching them play together! It was also Laney's and James' first Halloween! They were a couple of crazy animals...

Not sure about all of the attention:

But she loved seeing Nona and Bumpa:

Her first time in a jumper:

Hanging out with James:

Happy Halloween!

Mommy's little lion cub:

Laney and James, the cutest little zoo animals ever:

 First Winchester Family Halloween 2013:

Had to post a close-up of this adorable little monkey:

Spending time with Aunt Elizabeth and talking to Papa:

Pretty in Pink:

My new favorite (ridiculous) picture:

18 Weeks Old

Last week, Laney rolled from her tummy to her back. It was very exciting for me, but I think it scared her a little bit. She cried pretty hard. She was unable to roll from her back onto her tummy, though, because she had trouble rolling all the way over her arm. This morning, as I was watching her on the monitor as she struggled to find her pacifier in her crib, she rolled from her back to her stomach for the first time! I went upstairs to turn her onto her back. By the time I got back downstairs, she had rolled onto her tummy again. She's unstoppable!

And speaking of struggling to find her pacifier... Cute little miss Delaney has a habit of waking up every single time her pacifier falls out. She only gets to have her pacifier when she goes to sleep, and she's addicted to it. She can sleep 10-12 hours at night (yay!), but only if the pacifier stays in her mouth. She still can't figure out how to put it back in her mouth by herself, so it's Mom to the rescue! Some nights I only have to get up once to put it back in her mouth, but most nights I'm up 10 times...15 times... 402083098 times... to find it and put it back in. Next week, her papa will be away on a road trip so it's the perfect time to lose the pacifier cold turkey. Her pediatrician said it's also the perfect time to start sleep training. Wish us luck.

I wasn't prepared for cold weather! I dressed her in all of the warm clothing she had before taking her outside on a walk with Cash (haha)

Toes in the mouth! Our little yoga baby:

Tough day. :( This was taken right after her 4-month vaccinations (and I finally bought her a bundler so she doesn't look like a little hobo eskimo in mismatched winter clothes):

Visiting daddy at work! Her first picture in his stall:

He took her out for a lap around the rink, and she loved it!

Just being cute:

4 Months Old

At 4 months old, Delaney is now 13 lbs 8 oz (48th percentile), 24.5 inches long (61st percentile), and extremely cute (100th percentile). 

17 Weeks Old

Over the past two weeks, Laney Bear has started babbling quite a bit more and using her tongue to make lots of hilarious sounds, like blowing raspberries and making spit bubbles. When I'm driving and she's sitting in her carseat, I can hear her constantly talking to herself and making adorable little noises. It's the cutest and funniest thing to hear her entertain herself with all of the new sounds she's making. She has also just discovered her toes. If I hold her bare feet up, she's fascinated by her little wiggling toes and grabs her feet to get a closer look at them.