Jedidiah ---> 8 months

Jed- you've been here for 8 months now. We love you more and more each day. 

Here's your "stats":

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 21 pounds 

Clothes: you are starting to be too long for 9 month old clothes so you mainly 12 month old clothes. 

Diapers: size 3

Eating: You drink a bottle every 3 hours during the day for Oma. I feed you before I leave for work and then when I get home. You nurse every 2-3 hours on the weekends.

You love food! You had your first cake- you had some birthday cake at mommy & daddy's birthday party. There's really not a food you don't love. You'll eat anything we give you. You love bananas and waffles!

Sleeping: You still sleep in your bassinet but you'll be moving to your crib this month since you can sit up in your bassinet now. You go to bed between 7:30/8:00 each night and you sleep till 7am. 

Happenings this month:

+you decided that now was a good time to start crawling for real. Now you go anywhere and everywhere. 

+you love standing and pulling yourself up.

+you got a new tooth! You got a tooth on the top now. This one made you miserable and you & mommy slept on the couch for 2 days because you only wanted to be held.

+It's your first Valentine's day! You turned 8 months on Valentine's Day. 

+you love going swimming. We've taken you to the YMCA a couple times and you enjoy floating around and splashing.

Jedidiah- you are the most content baby ever. The only time you're ever mad is when you're hungry or tired. 

You love mommy, daddy and Amelia! And you love your doggies Dixie and Clementine. 

We love watching you grow each month and are excited to see where life takes you. 

January happenings.

2018 just started and January is already over. It's been a long cold month and we haven't really done much because of the weather.

+We got a YMCA membership to start the new school year and we've gone swimming 3 weekends. Amelia is a fish and loves getting to go swimming! Our Y has a kid pool that Amelia can stand in so it's nice for her. We also went on the big water slide!

+I had a baby shower for my sorority sister Sam. She's having twins! It was so nice to celebrate her and enjoy time with some sisters that I don't get to see very often.

Since we had a pretty uneventful January, I'll go ahead and add my wish list for the year:

+Travel. Traveling is always on my list of goals/resolutions. I love to travel and enjoy making memories with my family. This year we're taking the kids to Cape Cod- I can't wait! I've never been so I can't wait to visit and see what the Cape has in store for us. Our list of to-do's include whale watching, fishing, a baseball game and eating lots of seafood!

+Connections. As I'm getting older I'm realizing who is important in my life and that you can only try to have a relationship with someone for so long. Relationships are a 2 way street- you can't be the only person trying. So en-light of that- I'll be working on my relationships with the people that matter that the most to me, and the people that would also like to have a relationship with me.

+Be "okay" with whatever happens. Brad & I have been goals in our life in the next couple years, goals that we think will better our family and better our relationship. We're very much in a place right now where we're listening to God, and learning to be "okay" with whatever God has in store for us- even if that's not how we envisioned our plans.

This year I really just want to focus on me and my family. I'm turning 30 this year (check back soon for my blog with my 30 year bucket list!) and I definitely feel like I'm doing some soul searching. I'm figuring out who I am, where I want to go, and what's the best for my family. I'm so blessed to be on this journey with Brad and can't wait to see what God has in store for us this year. I hope you guys will pray that God's vision and plan will be shown to us and all will work for our family.

Thanks for taking the time to read this everyone. I hope you stick around- 2018 is going to be a great year--- I'm practically bursting waiting to see what happens.

                                                          Xo, Tiffany

Jedidiah ---> 7 months

Jedidiah is 7 months already! It's hard to believe that time is going by this fast.

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 19 pounds 

Clothes: you are starting to be too long for 9 month onesies and pants but you wear both 9 month old clothes and 12 month old clothes 

Diapers: size 3

Eating: You drink a bottle every 3 hours during the day for Oma. I feed you before I leave for work and then when I get home. You nurse every 2-3 hours on the weekends.

You've been eating lots of different foods. You rarely get "baby" puree food anymore and mainly eat "real" food. You love getting to eat with us and get very mad if someone is eating something and not giving any to you.

Sleeping: You still sleep in your bassinet. You go to bed between 7:30/8:00 each night and you sleep till 7am. 

Happenings this month:

+you had your first Christmas! You were very spoiled and you loved getting to eat turkey and mashed potatoes! You looked so adorable in your Christmas clothes.

+you got your first 2 teeth for Christmas! You got your 2 front bottom teeth right before Christmas.

+You aren't crawling yet but you move everywhere! You scoot on your butt, or push yourself backwards. You can "spin" on the floor and you turn yourself different directions. As long as you don't get yourself stuck somewhere you move all over the place! 



Jedidiah- you are such a happy little boy. You are always so excited and you love "talking" to Amelia.

December happenings.

And there we have it, 2017 is (almost) officially done. It's been a great but busy December and I'm excited to have it be done...

+Amelia turned 3! We celebrated with a Doc McStuffins themed family party. She loved getting to be the birthday girl and having everyone celebrate her! We love our spunky, independent, caring little girl. We took Amelia to see PJ Masks to celebrate her day.

+Christmas! We love Christmas and getting to spend time with everyone. We have Christmas with all of our families. It's so nice to be able to spend time together, play games, eat delicious foods and celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Overall it was a busy month, we spent time shopping, decorating cookies/baking pies, snuggling and trying to stay warm, and enjoying time with our family.

Here's to 2017 ending, and hoping that 2018 is just as wonderful!

                                                          Xo, Tiffany

Jedidiah -----> 6 months

6 months, man-oh-man how times flies...

Height: 27 inches

Weight: 18 pounds 

Clothes: you wear 6-9months/9 month old clothes comfortably but you also wear 12 month old clothes a lot of the time.

Diapers: size 3

Eating: You drink a bottle every 2-3 hours during the day for Oma. I feed you before I leave for work and then when I get home. You nurse every 2-3 hours on the weekends.

 You love eating foods! You get so mad when the food is all gone. 

Sleeping: You still sleep in your bassinet. You go to bed around 9-10pm normally and then wake up between 6am-7am.

Happenings this month:

+you had your first Thanksgiving! You loved getting extra snuggles from everyone. 

+we went to the Christmas tree farm and got Christmas trees. You were snuggled up but enjoyed the fresh air.

+You are sooo happy all the time. You love sitting up, playing with your toys and giggling at your daddy & Amelia.

+you LOVE your doggies. 

Jedidiah- we love spending our time with you! You definitely bring joy and happiness to our life every day. 

November happenings.

I love November- fall, crisp weather, sweaters, and Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays- I loooooove turkey!

+I was able to have a girls night out with some of friends. We went to Board and Brush and painted signs. It was a great night catching up with friends and doing a little board "beating."

+Brad & I had date night! We went to the movies and out for dinner.

+Thanksgiving we spent the day with my family. We went to my aunt & uncle's house and my big extended family was there. It was nice getting to spend time with family. We stopped and visited Paul & Judy on the way home.

+We decorated our Christmas tree! Brad & I took off the whole weekend so we got our Christmas tree and decorations all set up.

+We had a girls day to the Paine Art Center's Nutcracker exhibit. Mom, Courtney, Chelsey & I took Amelia there. We loved getting to see Christmas trees, eating cupcakes, and then we had a girls dinner together.

+We went with Paul & Judy and Molly & Ryan to get their Christmas trees. We also went with Matt & Nicole, Barb & Joe and Joe's daughters to get theirs. We had a great time looking for trees and eating popcorn. Amelia loved going on the hayride.

                                                          Xo, Tiffany

Jedidiah ----> 5 Months

It's hard to believe that we're already at 5 months old. Jed is definitely not looking like a little baby anymore. We love smiley happy little guy so much! 

Height: 24.5 inches?

Weight: 18 pounds 

Clothes: You wear 6 month old pants but we just transitioned you to 6-9 month old onesies and pajamas. You have short legs but a long torso.  

Diapers: still size 2 for now, once the box runs out you'll be moved up to size 3.

Eating: You drink a bottle every 2-3 hours during the day for Oma. I feed you before I leave for work and then when I get home. You nurse every 2-3 hours on the weekends.

You just started eating solids! We've been giving you pureed baby for now. You've had sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, and bananas. Bananas are definitely your favorite! You get so mad when you're food is all gone. You love getting to sit at the table with the family though.

Sleeping: You still sleep in your bassinet. You go to bed around 9-10pm normally and then wake up between 6am-7am.

Happenings this month:

+you had your first wedding and a sleep in a hotel! You were not a huge fan of your pack-n-play this time and didn't really want to sleep. It was definitely a long night. You went to the Disney store for the first time and went swimming for the first time.

+It's fall time so that means pumpkin picking! We went to Little Farmer with everyone- Oma & Opa and Auntie Courtney, Auntie Chelsey & Uncle Todd. We enjoyed caramel apples! We went to the pumpkin patch again with Grandpa & Nana, Uncle Matt & Aunt Nicole and Quinnley. We got pumpkins and gourds, enjoyed playing in the corn maze and spending time outside. 

+you had your first Halloweens! We went to the zoo with Grandpa & Nana, and Oma & Opa. You were cowboy Woody. You loved getting to see the animals. On Halloween you were an elephant- we went trick or treating with Oma & Opa and Auntie Chelsey and uncle Todd; and then Grandma came over on Halloween.

+Grandpa & Nana babysat you while mommy & daddy went to a wedding. 

+you rolled over from your back to your belly! You've only done it once or twice; you're just so content and happy that you have no desire to roll over; you just find something to play with in whatever position you're in.

+you LOVE your big sister. whenever Amelia is around you love looking at her and laughing. You think that everything she does is hilarious. 

Jedidiah- you bring such laughter and happiness to our family. We can't wait to see what you bring to our family as you continue to grow.