Ellison

Ellison! What a sweet baby! She's growing so fast and is by far the biggest of the three! At the risk of jinxing her, she has been the easiest baby! She's been sleeping through the night for over a month, and if she happens to wake up (thanks Haley), she just lays quietly in her crib until she falls back asleep! She is so close to being able to crawl - she can push her chest up with her hands, and her little legs kick like crazy behind her - it's only a matter of time until she figures it out (that topic is a whole other blog in itself)! She's the quietest of the three, and usually waits until she has your undivided attention before she talks to you. She is in love with Jeff! She can't take her eyes off him and she lights up when he talks to her! She and Tyler get the giggles when daddy does his goofy laugh - it's priceless! Oh, and her smiles...they melt your heart! I've tried like crazy to capture her smile with my camera, but I can never do it justice!

Haley's tooth update: Hmmmmm...not sure. Had the nurse look at it, and she's not sure either! Could be a tooth, could be a tiny cyst...guess only time will tell!

WHAT THE HECK?!?!

Seriously. What did we do to deserve this? This must be some cruel joke, right?





Let me first start by saying this: the babies turned 5 months old yesterday! Wow, has time flown! The catch is, since they were born 10 weeks early, developmentally, they won't be 3 months old until next week. So in reality, we expect them to act and look more like 3 month olds than 5 month olds. Make sense?





OK - so here's the story. Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, all three babies slept through the night! Hooray! Well, let me qualify that...Haley woke up at 5:30, but that's close enough! So we're thinking we're on easy street, right? FINALLY! Three babies sleeping through the night for 3 nights in a row - that's gotta be a record! I'm calling it "Miracle on the Crib Sheets".





So what's the problem, you ask? Well, Haley was up ALL night last night. By 3:00am I think Jeff had been up 6 times already. He finally gave up and fed them at 6:00am because she had managed to wake everyone up by that point. They normally sleep through her tantrums, but I think they were fed up, too!





So I'm thinking - no problem. She had a bad night. We all have bad nights every once in awhile, right? WRONG. I went home for lunch today only to have the nanny inform us that Haley has a tooth! You heard me...A TOOTH! Haley was asleep when she told us this, so I have yet to see for myself...but what the heck?! THREE nights of sleep is all we get after all we've been through?! THREE nights????? AAAARGGGHHH! This is a sick, sick joke and I AM NOT LAUGHING!!!!!!





Now, many gaga parents are so excited over their child's first tooth, but I am not that parent. As far as I'm concerned, they can gum at their smashed up peas and carrots until they start Kindergarten. Then they can get some teeth so the other kids don't laugh at them.





So, I'm leaving work and going straight home to stick my finger in her mouth. I'll let you know the verdict. Maybe it's a false alarm. Maybe she has a dense callous from sucking on that dang pacifier...





Haley, can you say, uh oh?

Big Milestone!

Yeah Haley! The first to roll over! She can roll from her belly to her back! It's cute to see her do it - just tucks those feet up under her hiney, pushes off with her left foot, and bam! The first few times she did it I think it scared her because she screamed bloody murder, but I think she's got the hang of it now!

She has become a little motor mouth! If she's awake, she has something to tell us - and the louder the better! I don't think we'll have a problem with shyness!

I never really understood the whole pacifier thing. Never liked seeing kids with them in their mouths. Now I get it. This girl is OBSESSED with the pacifier! So much so, that yesterday, it fell out while she was napping and she actually grabbed it and put it back in her mouth. This really is remarkable considering she tries to suck her thumb and usually ends up poking herself in the eye since she can't control her hand movements yet! Now that is serious motivation!

Here's a photo of her hangin' out on grandma's couch! She fell asleep watching "Finding Nemo"!