Hollis is THREE months old!!!

I am so far behind on her monthly updates, but am going to try to get caught up this week.  On March 28th, our girl turned THREE months old!  I cannot believe how fast time is flying.

Hollis had a lot of "firsts" this month.  She started attending her new school!  She seems to be loving it and is having so much fun.  I have complete confidence that we are leaving her in good hands each morning and that she will learn so much.  We also have gotten several "arts and crafts" projects!  During spring break, she dressed up for theme week at school and is settling in nicely.

Hollis loves school

Crazy Hat Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Super Hero Day

As far as sleeping is going, she switched to an "arms up" swaddle instead of the tight swaddles with her arms to her side.  She seems to love it and can get her hands in her mouth to help self soothe when needed.  She is still in her bassinet by our side, but we will switch her soon to her crib.  She is a TERRIBLE napper.  She only takes short cat naps at school and doesn't nap well for us on the weekends unless you are holding her or she is in her car seat.  However, she still continues to sleep all night, so I really can't complain.  Her pediatrician was not concerned since she was getting 12 hours at night.  We are still battling the witching hour before bedtime, but I have a feeling we are at the end of that.

First night in her new swaddle

She is still eating like a champ as well, but has definitely started spitting up a lot more.  She has moved up to 5 oz bottles and almost always finishes them.  As far as the spitting up is concerned, she is still gaining weight and is not in pain so the doctor has coined her "a happy spitter" and has told us this is more of a laundry problem at this point in time,

We have discovered that she LOVES being outside.  She would sit outside all day if we would let her.  We will go out on the back porch and rock in the chairs and one Saturday we sat outside and watched Daddy do yard work.

Hanging outside watching Daddy to yard work

Worn out after school

Hollis has also started the early stages of teething.  I think we are far from a tooth actually breaking through, however, there is SO MUCH DROOL!  And she sticks EVERYTHING in her mouth.

Favorite new toy--her munch mitt

Drooling machine

She has been working on her head control by doing tummy time and sitting in her bumbo for short periods of time. But her favorite place to be is the bouncer at school.

Sitting in my bumbo like a big girl

Tummy Time at School

We took our first out of town trip this month and went to visit DeDe and Paw at their house in Rockdale.  Hollis had a ton of her grandparent's friends come to meet her while we were down and had so much fun!

Ready for my first trip to Rockdale

On our way to DeDe and Paw's

Sitting with Paw in his recliner

This little girl continues to amaze us everyday.  She is the light of our life!

My mommy is so funny

Happy girl

Sitting on the couch watching TV

At Deep Eddy with Mom and Dad 

Hollis is TWO months old!!!

On February 28th, Hollis turned two months old!  She had alot of big things happen this month.  She has continued to be a champion sleeper and is still sleeping through the night.  She is still sleeping beside our bed in her rock and play.  We put her down around 9:30-10 and she wakes up around 7:30 the next morning.  But let me tell you, the two hours before her bedtime are ROUGH.  She has a intense "witching hour" and is just plain mad.  She isn't hungry and doesn't have a dirty diaper, but she will scream her head off for two hours each night.  It is super stressful for everyone.  Her pediatrician said she will outgrow it (and hopefully soon).

Nap time

Ready for bed

She also celebrated her first holiday which was Valentine's day!  She made her daddy an arts and craft and got lots of extra love and snuggles on this day.  We also started venturing out to eat and doing other things.  After she passed her one month mark, her doctor told us we could start taking her out more.  She got to meet her cousin, Blair and got to attend the RV show (which she slept through the entire time--can't say I blame her!).

Oh boy!  It's Valentine's Day!

Treats from Daddy

Off to the RV show

Busted out her "Cadillac"

Meeting Blair

She is still eating like a champ and is never one to turn down a bottle.  I am still pumping what seems like non-stop and am hoping to make it until her two month shots before I transition her to formula.

Also this month, she found her smile.  She has the cutest little coos and smiles and it is so much fun watching her get excited.  However, she is camera shy.  It is SOOO hard to catch a smile on camera.  When you get your phone out to take her picture, she goes stone faced. HA!

And probably the most difficult part of this past month is that I had to return to work.  Hollis' school isn't open yet, so daddy, DeDe, and Lolli and Pop took turns watching her.  There were definitely some tears shed, and it is so hard to walk out of the door every morning knowing I am missing so much of her day.  Also, while DeDe was in town, Casey and I went on a date night.  It was a great night with just the two of us and delicious steak at Eddie V's.

At her 2 month appointment, Hollis weighed 10 pounds 15 ounces and was 22.25 inches long! Getting so big!!

Hollis is ONE month old!

I am so behind on writing these monthly updates and I am sure I will forget some things that I want to remember, which makes me mad at myself.  But ANYHOW, our sweet baby girl turned one month old on January 28th.  I always will say that the first month we were just in survival mode.  I called it a "win" each day if I was able to brush my teeth and take a shower.

I would say our biggest accomplishment this month is that Hollis JUST started sleeping through the night!  Yall, at 4 weeks, she is sleeping through the night.  Our pediatrician told us that once she got up over 8 pounds, we could let her sleep until she woke us up.  That first night, she slept 8 hours and I was every bit of freaked out and relieved.  But she has continued to be a champion sleeper!  Now napping, is a completely different story, but we will work on that another day.

Currently she eats like a champ.  She loves her milk, however, sometimes struggles with falling asleep while eating.  I am pumping and bottle feeding which has worked out well for everyone.  I know exactly how much milk she is getting and Casey can help with some feedings as well.  She is a tiny thing, so I had to go out and buy some newborn sized clothes.  Most of the clothes I had were 0-3 months and they swallow her.  But she is growing every day!

In one of my new outfits

She HATES her baths.  I mean, it is very rare for her to lay there and enjoy the bath.  She screams bloody murder, and is even more pissed off when you have to get her out and put lotion on her.

First bath

One of my favorite things about her is her crazy hair.  She has one patch of hair that sticks straight up.  We cannot get it to lay down, but it is so dang cute.  I know as it gets longer it will start to lay down, but right now, I love that spunky little hair.  We also have been battling baby acne this first month.  It will come and go, but I know it will go away for good in a few weeks.

Crazy hair, don't care

We had her first photo session and went to her newborn shoot when she was 11 days old.  She was a trooper!  She slept the entire shoot and the photographer was able to capture so many good shots.  It is going to be tough to figure out which ones to have printed.

We have had several visitors in the first month!  We are so blessed with such a great group of friends and family and Hollis will have an abundance of love in her life.  We are thankful for people swinging by because we have been instructed not to get her out in public during her first month since it is prime flu season.

Uncle Jack  and Jane Allen came to see her from Alabama

With DeDe and Paw

With her bestie, Macartney

With Caryn and Casslyn

Holding Pop's Hand

Lollie and Uncle Josh

She is starting to focus on more stuff and really seems to concentrate on certain objects,  She still doesn't have complete control of her eyes, so sometimes she goes cross eyed looking at things.  She is not a fan of tummy time at all!  She would much rather be on her back.  

At her one month checkup, she weighed 9 pounds 6 oz and was 21.5 inches long.  Our sweet girl is growing like a weed.  This first month has been the most exhausting and breathtaking month of my life.  We are completely and utterly head over heels in love!