I got up bright and early with Miss Noelle this morning, so I figured it was a good time to catch up on the blog. Noelle hasn't been feeling well for the past several days. I'm pretty sure she got the sickness from ME. I had a real scratchy throat, headache, dizziness all that fun stuff for several days, and now she has it. She's more congested than anything, which I never was? Luckily she's still been sleeping pretty good for the most part. (Naps have been few and far between, but still sleeps well at night). She hasn't been over fussy, which has pleasantly surprised us. We keep a humidifier on all the time in her room which has really helped break up the congestion, so we're hoping it's all coming to an end soon. We feel awful hearing her cough so hard!!! We had Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa Kirkpatrick this past weekend at our house! Noelle got a lot of cute outfits, and toys to keep her entertained these days. She's definitely starting to notice more in her surroundings. She looks at her hand a lot and concentrates on them .... realizing her arms ARE attached to her body!! She discovered her tongue a few weeks ago, so now it's hardly ever in her mouth!!! Her tongue being outside her mouth keeps her tops nice and soaking wet .... so we'll change her top maybe once a day so she doesn't freeze from her shirt being so damp. She is also right around the corner from completely holding her head up, no problem. She can do it now for the most part, it's just still a bit wobbly.
Daddy will post more pics on her website at the end of the month, but I wanted to post a picture he took of her yesterday when he picked her up from daycare. She'd just got up from a nap. It's soo cute!!! Merry Christmas to all of you .... and have a Happy New Year!!!
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE Christmaaaaas!
Dah - dah - dah - dah - dah!!!!! Oh wait ..... guess I should stop singing ... Noelle doesn't like mommy's voice.... right? WRONG!!!! She's beginning to enjoy every minute of it!!! Well, at least that's what I think - she smiles everytime I sing to her. She's probably laughing inside saying - GEEZ MOMMY - PUT A LID ON IT WILL YA!!! HA! HA! HA! Noelle has been going to daycare for almost two weeks and is doing very well! I drop her off every morning and Ryan picks her up. The past two days, on our way, I thought she was starting to get fussy because her paci fell out of her mouth, when really, she just wanted to talk to mommy! We had all kinds of conversations on the way ... (She's great at telling jokes, I tell ya... Ha! Ha!) I usually feed her right before we leave, so she doesn't do too bad in her car seat on the way. (For any of you that don't know... Noelle is generally NOT a fan of the car seat ... at all). It's about a 15 min. drive, so it's not too bad. Ryan said when he picked her up yesterday, she woke up from a nap, looked up at him, and gave him a BIG ol smile. AH - THAT'S THE BEST!!! She smiles ALL the time!!! Almost everytime she wakes up from a nap - she smiles at us. It's reassuring to us that she must have got plenty of sleep. Now that smile turns upside down when she gets hungry :) We think she's possibly going through a growth spurt. For the past week or two, I'll think she's done nursing, when infact she isn't.... and she let's me know! In a sense she screams "I'M NOT DONE YET!!!!" Patty, who takes care of her during the day, mentioned that she's feeding more as well. At the rate she's eating, she may be out of her infant car seat in a couple of months!!! HA! HA! Only kidding :)
She is still sleeping really well at night. We're getting into a routine where I feed her when I get home from work (hoping it's at a decent time), then one of us rocks her to sleep. She will sometimes sleep up to 6 hours! And of course there are other times she'll only sleep 3-4. But that doesn't bother us, as long as she's getting SOME sleep, we're happy.
Until next time..........
