Tuesday

 

Gap

Click HERE and go vote for Veronica for a Baby Gap contest. Baby needs a new bunch of Gap Clothes! :)

Cold

 
She's got one. It's a big drag because it is affecting her sleeping, which is affecting *my* sleeping. It doesn't seem as bad as the other cold she had, so I'm hoping it passes quickly.

Sweet Baby

 
I wanted to get a shot of this cute outfit. God knows who gave it to me. I should really put post its on them when I get them, so I can remember to take a picture and send it to the person, because I always think I'll remember and then poof! the memory is gone.

18 Weeks

 
In an outfit from my cousin Jean, you can't feel it but it's so gorgeous and soft. It's six months so it was a teensy bit big on her but I just had to get it on her yesterday. She's so cute and she really has become very vocal in the last few days, "ohhhh owwwww!" she'll say, looking so earnest. My favorite! :)

Four Months

 
At four months, Veronica weighs 14 pounds even, which is like the 40th percentile and she is 24" long but I never know about that, it seems very unscientific to me - her legs are all squooshed when they do it, and she's usually kicking around. She had two shots and she did just fine. I was there almost an HOUR again, which is ridiculous. I had to open the door and find the nurse again for her shots. Of course, because I had Maria with me, I also had to keep her from running OUT and also clean up the Goldfish that she threw all over the room as if they would protect her. Anyways, here's Veronica at four months.

She is sleeping all night, most nights, and when she doesn't, she's usually up just once. Last night she was just up one time at 4:00 and then went back until 7:30 or so. Some nights she's up three times, there's no telling. I feel lucky that she sleeps as well as she does. She is very strong, rolls over back and forth, pushes her head up and stands on her legs when she is in my lap. She is always pushing, pushing against my arms. She is still a good nurser and still won't take a bottle, but I have stopped trying. She's less fussy but can still get a little cranky when she's tired. We're working on her naps, I'm sure they will come, but it is very sad around here during the day as we work it out.

Such Suspicion and Concern

 
From such a teensy baby!

Holy. Crap.

 
She has, of course, never done this. I went upstairs to work out and the freaking Exercise on Demand isn't working, which is VERY disheartening because I am really trying to work out every day but it's VERY challenging to find a time to do it. I came down and Mike was taking Maria outside and he didn't have the baby and I said, "where's the baby?", kind of annoyed, and he said, really casually, "Asleep". He just sat with her on the couch and rubbed her forehead and she fell asleep. Ha. It will probably never happen again but, just like everything else, we'll take it.

Dress

 
 
This dress is from my friend Christie, it's from Baby Gap and it's SO NICE. It's 3-6 months and I remember thinking when she gave it to me, back in June, this will never fit, she will never get bigger or better. Because I am optimistic like that. :) Now she's in 3-6 month clothes, will be four months old in a week, is sleeping okay and nursing okay and she's ... okay. I wish she didn't scream so much in order to nap for 50 stinking minutes, but you can't have it all right? Where would you put it? Ha!

Bumbo

 

Sixteen Weeks

 
She is doing just fine, getting big right? She is pulling and pulling to sit up, it's so funny, compared to Maria. I can't even hardly put V in the Bumbo because she flips her head back when she's in it. She is sleeping okay and napping crappily. Today I had to let her cry it out for her first nap and it actually worked - she went to sleep for 40 minutes. I'll keep trying and hopefully we'll get something going for her like an actual schedule.

Zoo

 
She's getting so big, right? My parents came over tonight to help me because Mike was going to a meeting at Anthony's school and they commented on it, too. She's like a different baby overnight. She is also different in that it's EIGHT THIRTY and she is still wide awake! I told Mike, she is acting like Glenn Close in The Big Chill? When she does all the coke? Ha!