13 month check-up and shots

Jane Ellis just got her 13 month check-up and despite teething and running a 102-103 fever for a few days (from teething) she's doing great! She weighs 22lbs 2oz (50th percentile) and 30in (75th percentile) . Dr Folz gave us a questionaire to answer on JE's developement - such as fine motor/gross motor skills, language recognition - and she could do Every One of them :) My sweet smart girl! She also needed some of her shots so she got the Prevnar shot- PCV (peumococcal) and the HIB (Haemophilus influenzae type b). We declined the flu and chicken pox vax - I will reconsider the CPV when she's closer to school age if she hasn't already gotten the virus. I just feel as though natural immunity is better and safer than synthetic immunity.

She's been learning her signs, slowly but surely. She can tell me thirsty, hungry, and all done. She doesn't like to snuggle and watch tv, she sleeps in her bed all night. She loves her naps and most of the time takes a long 3 hr nap after lunch. She still eats everything, but has to have almond or coconut milk because cows milk breaks out her bottom. Her favorite thing right now is to take things in and out of this drawer we have in the kitchen. She loves a hot bubble bath. She makes me smile all.the.time.

Jane Ellie's 1st Birthday Party!!!

We threw Jane Ellis' first birthday party the saturday after thanksgiving. That was a hectic week! But oh so much fun =) We had it at our house in the dining room and decorated the whole downstairs. We had NO idea sooo many people would come out to celebrate our sweet little girl, but we are so thankful they did. We had a great time, and the owl theme was precious!

Here is Jane Ellis with her MeMe. Notice her owl tights!

Here cake and cookies were a huge hit! Thanks Hannah Murray.

Emma has already had her first birthday in February, so she knew exactly what to do with those presents. She had a great time helping JE.

Here I am 30 weeks pregnant with our sweet girl Aubrey Claire. - But that's a soon to come post :)

Thanks Cousin Kelsey for takin pictures for us!!

Toddlerhood, here we come!

Happy 1st birthday to the most precious thing in my simple little world. I am so thankful that the Lord saw it fit to bless me with such an amazing little girl. And I pray that not only will I see many more of her birthdays, but that she will grow to know how blessed she is to be able to celebrate them. In a world of such tragedy and loss, it's so wonderful to come home/wake up to her smile. May you always know how much your mommy and daddy cherish you. - My FB status.

Jane Ellis is a big girl now! The day started out with me making a quick trip to kroger for a balloon, little birthday cake/cupcake, and a small toy for JE and Daisy. I got home around 830 and she was just waking up. She was very bewildered at why there was a gift and balloon sitting on her highchair. At first she just wanted her mamma, her milk and a banana; but she soon warmed up to the balloon. Her gift would have to wait til after her breakfast. After she ate her banana and scrambled eggs and toast, we went into the den to open her present. It took her a minute to figure it out, but she soon got the hang of it. Kroger didn't have much, so she got a little shape sorter that came with shapes and a lid that comes on and off. She likes taking the lid off and putting the shapes in and out of the bucket and then crawling around with it. I had worked the night before, and I had to go back tonght, so I left JE with her daddy and took a quick nap. After we both napped it was time to play again. That evening, my brother stephen and his GF Jennifer, my mom and Robert's parents all came over to wish JE a HB. We ended the night with supper and a bath and then it was time for me to head to work.




Some of Jane Ellie's Stats:
* She is a tall, solid 23 lbs
* She's wearing 12-18 and 18-24 month clothes
* She weaned from BFing at 11 months
* She's now on Whole milk and does great
* She's not uptodate on her 12 month shots, and honestly, probably won't be for a
few more months still.
* She just got her big girl carseat - a Diono RXT. It's beautiful, and it's still
rear-facing :)
* She really likes to watch baby Einstein in the car, but still doesn't watch any TV
in the house.
* She's not walking, and won't stand unless she's holding on to or leaning against
something. But she can crawl faster than any kid I know lol
* She signs "all done", and sometimes "more".
* She has six teeth now, 4 top and 2 bottom.
* She says "dada", "where's Daisy?', "there's Daisy!", "what's that?" and points,
and has dabbled in saying momma, but only when she wants something.
* She can pick out a cow and a pig when asked, and she can say what sound a cow
makes - mmmmmmoooo.
* She is starting to want bows in her hair and will wear them with pride for a few
minutes.
* She loves jewelry - especially necklaces.
* She loves bath time, and really loves bubble baths. I bought her some bath crayons
and she is learning how to play with them and not eat them.
* It's been really rainy, nasty here, so we haven't been able to play outside, but
when it's nice she loves to swing in her little pink swing.

Cutest swarm of bees ever!

Our little honey bees!

Emma and Jane Ellis play pretty well together for the most part.

My how our emotions change! I'm sure Riley got too close, or Emma yelled too loudly. Jane Ellis is very sensitive at night when she's tired.

Mommy and her little bee. I'm 26 wks here with miss Aubrey Claire

Sweet bees

Jane Ellis doing her famous face, and Emma can hardly sit still she's so excited!

Halloween night brought out the cutest swarm of bees I've ever seen... no stingers here :)

Beach Time!!

October 1-8, Shannon, Chris, and I loaded up my car with three girls and left for Orange Beach, Al. The girls had an awesome time, we did have some issues with not nap/sleeping. But other than that everyone was happy and in good moodsEmma and Jane Ellis enjoyed balcony time every morning and every evening. they loved talking about how they would spend the day; then how they spent the day. Best friends already!

I love my sweet beach-bum baby

Emma showing JE how to fill the bucket with sand
Shannon and Elsie were quite a pair, they loved to keep each other company when the rest of the girls were playing in the water.

20 weeks with Baby #2

September 22, I had a doctor's appt with a scheduled ultrasound to have a full anatomy scan of Baby Hill. Since Robert is working, I never expected him to go to any appts with me but two- the first dr's appt and the full 20 wk anatomy scan one. This happened to be the latter - and Robert was able to go.... and of course Jane Ellis! The scan went really well. Baby Hill was 13 ozs, and breech. They had a four chambered heart, intact diaphragm, and was moving all the extremeties. Oh and it's a SHE!! Aubrey Claire Hill - I'm not going to lie, Robert was a little sad about it not being a boy. But after a few minutes with JE he was ready to have another girl to love :) She weighs approx 13 ozs and is right on target with her due date. She's breech right now, but I'm hoping she'll flip soon like jane ellis did. She is very active, although most of the time I'm so busy chasing JE around that I don't feel her until I sit down to rest lol But when she's active, she's REALLY active. I can already see her moving around - I don't remember when I started seeing JE move, but I'm thinking I was further along than this - but maybe not.

Jane Ellis is still doing great. The light of my life and can make anyone smile. I'm so NOT ready to have two babies, I love her being the only one. And yet I'm so, so excited about meeting this little girl and them growing up together. It's definately a bittersweet time for our family. And I hope the transition will be smooth. But for now, we are just enjoying the pregnancy and our single child :) Oh, and Daisy is doing pretty good too, she loves when je eats breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks... anything that involves food, Daisy is JE's best friend hehehe

10 months and finding out secrets

OMGoodness, we've hit the 10 month mark- I only have 2 months untill her birthday!!!! I've been doing plenty of planning, with even more to come, but I must say, it's been enjoyable so far :) Jane Ellis still isn't walking, but she can climb the stairs faster than Daisy lol And she's learned to raise her hands to sign that she's "all done" - it's very cute cause she actually flaps her hands like a bird hehehe

Oh and another new development, we found out we're having another precious girl! Lord willing, we'll be welcoming Aubrey Claire into the world sometime around Feb 7th!!! And we couldn't be more excited. Jane Ellis isn't going to know what's up, but I pray in time she'll realize we've given her her best friend!

I'm 21 weeks and AC is approx 13 ozs, and so far this pregnancy has been exactly like JE's - perfect :)