SiMpLy BlEsSeD: 4 Amazing Months!

My sweet Briella Rain.
Or "Lella" "Ella"and "Ellabellaroo"

I can't believe you are already 4 months old. With your sister I was so excited for each new milestone but with you... I want to you stay a baby FOREVER! I don't want you to grow up... I already have a big girl I still need my baby!!! Thankfully you will still be a baby for a while :)

You are so much fun! From the moment you wake up you are all smiles!! When I go in to get you and flip you over to your back you stretch out and then smile HUGE! When I am changing your diaper you smile a ton and even giggle when I tickle under your neck. You sister loves you so much and gets so excited to to get you up in the morning... she shouts "LELLA WAKE" as soon as she hears even the smallest noise coming from your room! You have look at your sister different than anyone else... like your sister bond is already forming and I feel so blessed for you one day have the relationship that I have with my sisters She can make you smile and laugh in mid cry! I am in LOVE with your eyelashes and blonde hair.... not to mention those bright blue eyes... I find myself staring at you all the time :)

If you double click on this picture you can see her LONG eyelashes :)

We are still working on nursing... You are soooo good at it but because of your allergies you have been on formula since you were 6 weeks old and even though I pumped I am still trying to get my supply back... right now I am on fenugreek supplements, nurse you every chance I get ... like every 20 min sometimes, and I also pump. Because I am afraid of you losing weight I am still giving you the formula but now 4-5oz rather than the 6-8 you were taking! YES YOU LOVE TO EAT! Just like your sister... I love your rolls on your legs and your double chin is stinkin' cute! I just love having healthy (chubby) babies!!!

You can entertain yourself for quite sometime as long as you are in your bouncer or your swing... your play mat doesn't last long and the same things with your bumbo... that is okay ... I would rather hold you anyway! You LOVE T.V. which is so funny because we don't want it that much. The sad thing is you don't like Seseme street or Mickey mouse like Gigi does you like real action shows... I don't blame you ;) Gracelyn would love to watch Twenty Four with us... you are just following in her footsteps...

You are such a wonderful sleeper! What is it with my babies and ending their nighttime feedings so early... I miss those special times with you at night when all you wanted was your Mommy! You stopped those nighttime feedings around 7 weeks... so you now go to bed around 7:30 and then wake up between 9-9:30!!! Yay! It is nice because Gigi and I get at least an hour of special time before you wake up and need to eat! Then you take your morning nap around 10:30 and sleep for a couple of hours! You usually wake up around lunch time... Your sister goes down around 1:30 so then I get some one on one time with you before your next nap around 2:30! Then it is MOMMY TIME! I will work out, clean the house or just relax and catch up on tv shows... I can't wait to start Mom's Bible Study back up again at SBC... nap time is when I will do my homework! I always learn so much!!!! You both wake up around the same time then we play before dinner! After dinner you take a bath with your sister and you LOVE it! She likes to help put warm water on you and lather up your hair with shampoo it is so sweet to see how much your sister loves you!

You are learning to sit up on your own though if you look away and lose your concentration you face plant :) I am in no hurry for you to do it though because then that means you don't need Mama anymore :( We are really torn on whether to start you on cereal this month or wait... because of our feeding issues we can't guarantee you won't have allergies and we want to try and get the nursing under control first!

I can't wait to watch you learn new things and grow as sad as it is... it makes me so happy and brings me so much joy! Your Daddy and I are so so blessed to have you! You are such a happy baby and though we had a tough past two months the colic is almost all gone and boy are you a COMPLETELY different baby!!!! You seem to smile at anything and anyone! Strangers get so excited to make you smile... little do they know you just LOVE to smile :) Thankfully you don't hate your car seat anymore so we can go places with quiet yay! You love your Daddy but you are definitely a mama's girl.. which I LOVE because Gigi is SUCH a Daddy's girl.. it is so nice to be loved and wanted! We are so blessed!!

I love you so much my sweet Ellabellaroo! I am so thankful the Lord chose me to be your Mommy!