Georgia Mae {Three Months}

I decided that I wanted to be a physical therapist when I was seventeen years old.  I graduated with my Masters degree in 2004 and then completed the transitional doctorate program in 2005.  I specialized in Orthopaedics in 2007.  I really love my job.  But I will tell you, being at home with baby Georgia for three months about did me in! I am so thankful for a job that allows me to work part-time and once I get myself back in a routine I'm always grateful for a few days a week to love on other people and continue developing my skills.  I am a learner and a teacher, and my profession allows me to do both.  So, I will put real clothes on and use bigger words a few days each week, but when I am home...pajamas and baby snuggles all day!

They say that baby number three is usually easy and adaptable and that seems to be very true for Georgia.  She is definitely my most social baby.  I tried to wear her in my ergo during our church service yesterday and she looked like a bobble head toy trying to figure out where her Daddy's voice was coming from! 

Here is what sweet Georgia is doing at 3 months : 
* She loves for you to sing or talk to her.  Her whole body wiggles she gets so excited!
* She weighs 12 pounds 
* She is SO long!!!  She is already wearing 3-6 month sleepers
* She is rolling from her tummy to her back and from her back to her side
* She brings her hands to midline and has started sucking her thumb
* She sleeps a total of 13-15 hours a day.  Her long night stretch is 7-9 hours now

Her little features keep changing and I can't figure out exactly who she looks like!  Abigail's dark baby hair fell out and grew back in blonde so I'm still waiting to see about miss Georgia!  

I was asked this morning how life with three is and I will tell you that it is CRAZY.  I struggle to get anywhere on time and I get overstimulated very easily when my big girls are whining at me and Georgia is crying because she needs me.  But there is so much joy in the chaos.  As I type this post, Violet and Georgia are napping.  I've convinced Abigail that she has to have "quiet time" in her room so Mommy can recharge.  She is currently singing " We wish you a Merry Christmas"... 

This season of life is so sweet.  Hard, but very sweet.  One of the main reasons for my family blog is so I can freeze moments and not let them sneak by.  I don't want to forget a single detail. 

{Georgia Mae 3 Months of Sweetness}

Abigail's Pirate Princess Pizza Party {Five Years Old}

January may be the craziest month to try to plan for a birthday party!  Last January, I had to reschedule Abigail's birthday party due to the snow.  This year, it was 68 degrees and sunny.  We invited a LOT of kids this year and since the weather was beautiful, the party made its way outside and it was perfect!

 My girls LOVE maps so I made each of Abigail's friends a treasure map that led them to either pixie dust or a sword.  I hope they had as much fun as I did!  To make pixie dust, I mixed 1 cup of salt with 8 drops of food coloring.  I used green food coloring but it actually turned out turquoise, which matched my decorations so that was a win!

I am so thankful for our big back yard.  It was definitely something I immediately fell in love with when we moved in to our new house.  We had space for kids to shoot (foam) bow and arrows, play soccer, pile in the sand box, and run out all their wiggles!  Several of Abigail's class mates came to celebrate her birthday.  And of course, they were in costume!

As I tucked my sweet girl in bed last night and whispered that it was her last night to be a four year old, I told her all about the night she was born.  I'll never forget smiling and looking at Mike as our family left and we settled in with our new baby in our hospital room.  " We have a baby", I said.  Our life has never been the same and I am so thankful I get to be her mommy.  She dressed her self for church today and called me mom though...dangit.  

I wish I could keep her little forever but I also love watching her grow and explore.  She is so kind.  I know I'm her mom, but I love how tender her heart is.  She is sensitive and sweet.  She loves adventure and she is brave.  She trusts me with everything.  

Abigail at Five years old: 
* She loves ballerinas and costumes.  She is in a costume by 7:00 A.M. 
* She is pre-reading and doing simple math
* She is the best big sister 
* She is SO tall!
* She is going to be my athlete.  She's dainty and delicate, but I see natural agility in the way she moves.  Maybe she'll be a sneaky surprise like her momma! (I played college basketball)
* She loves puzzles and board games

I am so thankful for beautiful weather in the middle of January.  It made for a perfect party day to celebrate my sweet baby girl.  I was asked by several moms if I made her cake.  Um...NO.  But, the Puffy Muffin in Cool Springs did and it was A-Mazing!  There were only strawberry crumbs left.  

Happy Birthday Abigail Elizabeth!