Selah now has two teeth!! The first tooth was discovered at youth group on Sunday. One moment she was playing with my hand and the next she was biting my finger! I was shocked when I felt something sharp as she bit down! By Wednesday the whole top of the tooth was visible. Now she has two of them poking up!
That said, this week has been VERY interesting! Selah has been very needy, which is really not her personality. She does not want me to leave her side all day long. Which really makes it difficult to get anything done. She was really fussy at the beginning of the week. Even though it was hard on me I tried to be extremely patient with her. I know that she did not know what was going on and why she had a constant pain in her mouth. I tried to give her teething tablets but she was just out of sorts. Things seem to be better now. Yesterday she was back to her old self.
I think that I tend to take for granted how wonderful of a baby she is. Then when she has a bad day, which is never really that bad, I realize that my days with her really are very easy. She likes to lay on the ground and play with her toys or talk to herself. She really is a very low maintenance baby. I am so blessed by her.
Yesterday I was thinking about her new teeth and her rapid development. Everything seems to be going by so fast. She is only five months old and while she is not really rolling over on a regular basis (something I thought she would be doing by now), she is sitting up on her own very well for extended periods of time. She has her two little teeth and seems to be developing more and more each day. They say that time flies by but I never expected her to be changing so much so quickly. It really does feel like I am going to turn around and she is going to be walking and talking. I just did not realize how much it really does fly by. That said, things are bitter-sweet in the Kelly house. We are so excited to watch her grow and develop but feel that is going by a lot faster than we expected. I cherish each moment I have with her. I know that before I know it Selah will be all grown up!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Blessed!!
Well, things seem to be moving right along. Selah is continuing to grow and grow. Three weeks ago she was 17.5 lbs and 25.4 inches. She is wearing 6 month clothing. Selah is having a hard time figuring out that she can roll over. She is VERY social. I am already seeing her little personality show through.
This week she has started sitting up on her own for about 5 minutes at a time. It is so strange to see her sitting up before she is even really flipping over. I feel like she is getting so big so fast. On one hand I really can't wait to watch her grow and develop. On the other hand I want her to stay little for as long as possible!!
This week Selah has discovered her little hands. She will play with them and study them. It is so cute! She also found her toes. I walked in to check on her while she was down for her nap and found her playing with her toes in her bed. It was also very cute!! She can't reach both feet at the same time so she will grab one foot at a time. She has not yet put her feet in her mouth! I don't think that she could reach.
New news in the Kelly house!
We have been experiencing a lot of blessings lately. Yesterday I (Cass) called the insurance company to ask about our hospital balance. We had almost 7,000 dollars that we still had to pay. I thought that this was a large balance considering I did not use any pain medication and we got out of the hospital as soon as we could. After looking at all of the bills with our insurance company we found that all we were supposed to pay was 1,200 dollars. We have already paid almost half of that! So, now we have around 700 dollars left to pay. I was very excited to find that one of those zeros was taken off of our hospital debt!!! We have also been receiving reimbursement checks and anonymous monetary gifts in the mail. This is all just proof that God really is our provider!! I know that He will continue to take care of us. What an awesome God we serve!!!!
This week she has started sitting up on her own for about 5 minutes at a time. It is so strange to see her sitting up before she is even really flipping over. I feel like she is getting so big so fast. On one hand I really can't wait to watch her grow and develop. On the other hand I want her to stay little for as long as possible!!
This week Selah has discovered her little hands. She will play with them and study them. It is so cute! She also found her toes. I walked in to check on her while she was down for her nap and found her playing with her toes in her bed. It was also very cute!! She can't reach both feet at the same time so she will grab one foot at a time. She has not yet put her feet in her mouth! I don't think that she could reach.
New news in the Kelly house!
We have been experiencing a lot of blessings lately. Yesterday I (Cass) called the insurance company to ask about our hospital balance. We had almost 7,000 dollars that we still had to pay. I thought that this was a large balance considering I did not use any pain medication and we got out of the hospital as soon as we could. After looking at all of the bills with our insurance company we found that all we were supposed to pay was 1,200 dollars. We have already paid almost half of that! So, now we have around 700 dollars left to pay. I was very excited to find that one of those zeros was taken off of our hospital debt!!! We have also been receiving reimbursement checks and anonymous monetary gifts in the mail. This is all just proof that God really is our provider!! I know that He will continue to take care of us. What an awesome God we serve!!!!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Cass' Update
I was told that the blog needed to be updated in detail...so here it goes!
Selah continues to grow in so many different ways! She is wearing some six month things now. The 3-6 month outfits fit her best right now. She just seems to get longer and longer. I never think about how big she really is until we get around other babies. Then it is like she is huge!!!
She is a lot more interested in the things and people around here now. She gets really upset if she wakes up in a place that she does not recognize. She is also dealing with some seperation anxiety. If people hold her that she does not really know or recognize she gets really upset and won't calm down until Jeremy or I hold her. This is not a consistant thing...I think it happens more when a lot of people are around ( like at church ) or if she is tired.
Selah is "talking" a LOT more! She practices different sounds and levels of loudness. I am laughing becuase right now she is really being very loud. She will get real loud then stop and smile...I guess she thinks it is funny!!!
Her thumb continues to be her best friend. She LOVES it! She always has her fingers in her mouth but most of the time it is her thumb that is in there. If you hold her she will most likely try to get your fingers in her mouth along with hers! This will definately be a hard habit to brake. However, right now it keeps her sleeping through the night so I am not that stressed about it!
Selah has started to go to bed anywhere between 8 and 10 pm. Then she will wake up at 5:30 to eat and then sleep another couple of hours. She does not have a regular nap schedule. Sometimes she will not really sleep all day and then other times she will sleep for a couple of hours at a time. I can't really get her to take an afternoon nap and a morning nap. It seems that if she is going to nap she will do one or the other.
A couple of weeks ago we were at Grammy and Daddy Ben's house and she almost rolled over! She got the hip motion down and was half way flipped then she would start working her shoulders and got the top half almost flipped. However, she could not quite cordinate it so that both ends flipped at the same time. She is still working at it though. She has mastered the "on the back scoot", so we really have to watch her!
She is still very social. She does not like to be left alone very long. She likes for you to be close to her so that she can talk to you and watch you. She loves to sit in my lap and watch me work at the computer. She really likes the screen. She is not really interested in TV yet...which I guess is a good think since we are getting rid of our cable! For the most part, as long as she has a blanket or her Taggie to chew on and rub on her face she is happy. She loves to feel cloth on her face and to chew on it!
That is all I can really remember right now. We go to the doctor tomorrow so I will post a quick update on how that goes...I am sure she will still be off the charts!!!
Selah continues to grow in so many different ways! She is wearing some six month things now. The 3-6 month outfits fit her best right now. She just seems to get longer and longer. I never think about how big she really is until we get around other babies. Then it is like she is huge!!!
She is a lot more interested in the things and people around here now. She gets really upset if she wakes up in a place that she does not recognize. She is also dealing with some seperation anxiety. If people hold her that she does not really know or recognize she gets really upset and won't calm down until Jeremy or I hold her. This is not a consistant thing...I think it happens more when a lot of people are around ( like at church ) or if she is tired.
Selah is "talking" a LOT more! She practices different sounds and levels of loudness. I am laughing becuase right now she is really being very loud. She will get real loud then stop and smile...I guess she thinks it is funny!!!
Her thumb continues to be her best friend. She LOVES it! She always has her fingers in her mouth but most of the time it is her thumb that is in there. If you hold her she will most likely try to get your fingers in her mouth along with hers! This will definately be a hard habit to brake. However, right now it keeps her sleeping through the night so I am not that stressed about it!
Selah has started to go to bed anywhere between 8 and 10 pm. Then she will wake up at 5:30 to eat and then sleep another couple of hours. She does not have a regular nap schedule. Sometimes she will not really sleep all day and then other times she will sleep for a couple of hours at a time. I can't really get her to take an afternoon nap and a morning nap. It seems that if she is going to nap she will do one or the other.
A couple of weeks ago we were at Grammy and Daddy Ben's house and she almost rolled over! She got the hip motion down and was half way flipped then she would start working her shoulders and got the top half almost flipped. However, she could not quite cordinate it so that both ends flipped at the same time. She is still working at it though. She has mastered the "on the back scoot", so we really have to watch her!
She is still very social. She does not like to be left alone very long. She likes for you to be close to her so that she can talk to you and watch you. She loves to sit in my lap and watch me work at the computer. She really likes the screen. She is not really interested in TV yet...which I guess is a good think since we are getting rid of our cable! For the most part, as long as she has a blanket or her Taggie to chew on and rub on her face she is happy. She loves to feel cloth on her face and to chew on it!
That is all I can really remember right now. We go to the doctor tomorrow so I will post a quick update on how that goes...I am sure she will still be off the charts!!!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
someone else was supposed to do this...
Well obviously a lot has happened since the last post. Selah is now loving sitting up in our lap. She still needs support for her body but she holds her head steady. She continues to suck her thumb and laugh and "talk". She has also gotten a lot better with her hand eye coordination. Her big thing now is she is continually sleeping through the night 8 hours. Mama and daddy are LOVING that. I'll leave the details up to Cass. Till next time - see ya!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
3 MONTHS!
Wow! We cant believe it has already been three months! She has grown by leaps and bounds since then. two weeks ago we had her check up and she weighed 15Lbs 4oz and measured 25in long!!! She looks like a toddler. OK so maybe not quite a toddler but she is bigger than most 4 month old babies we see. Over the last two weeks she has really started to expand her baby vocabulary. She has learned so many new sounds, thankfully all joyful ones. She has also become even more responsive and studies our faces more intently. It is so fun watching them grow up and gain stronger abilities of their senses.
Cass has her Lovable Cloth website up and running and is officially open for business! We went to Earth Fair last Saturday to set up a booth at their "block part" and were able to make a lot of connections with soon to be moms, grandmothers, business owners and others. Cass really felt it was a success. She also made two sales. We are hoping and praying that this business really takes off.
She has also started Pampered Chef to help fund the business. If anyone is interested, give us a call. :)
Cass has her Lovable Cloth website up and running and is officially open for business! We went to Earth Fair last Saturday to set up a booth at their "block part" and were able to make a lot of connections with soon to be moms, grandmothers, business owners and others. Cass really felt it was a success. She also made two sales. We are hoping and praying that this business really takes off.
She has also started Pampered Chef to help fund the business. If anyone is interested, give us a call. :)
Friday, March 27, 2009
NEW PICS AND VIDEO!!!
We have LOTS of new pictures up on the flickr site and two videos! Click on the link to the left of this post to go there. We'll update with an entry a little later.
Congrats to Chad and Molly on the new bundle of joy - Grayson!!!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Good
Last week Papa Jim and Kaky came to town and we all had so much fun. We went out to Uno's and then came back to the house to just hang out and let them enjoy grandparent time. They couldn’t believe how big she had gotten. This week I think she’s bigger.
Tonight we are going to Clinton to see Grammy, Daddy Ben and Kristi (Jeremy’s grandparents and aunt). Kristi has not met Selah yet so she can hardly wait. She is flying up from Florida for the weekend and is bummed because she thinks she is only getting a couple hours with Selah. She doesn’t know that we are spending the night so she can get her fill. :)
The Bad (according to parents who think time is already moving too fast)
This past Tuesday, we went by to see Patrick and Ali's, some friends of ours, baby in the hospital. She was born on Monday and was only 18 inch long and weighed 6.5 Lbs. It really made us realize how big Selah has gotten. While she did out weigh Mary Alice by more than a pound and had a good 3 1/2 inches on her it was still neat and sad and scary to see a comparison of about how big she started out and how big she is now. WOW! What a difference! It looked like Selah had swallowed one of those babies.
The Ugly
We went on Monday to get her first shots and it was extremely traumatic! As is always the case, more so for mom and dad than for Selah but still. After the first one and Selah screaming like we've never heard before, :( Cass came back into the room and asked "is that it?" When we said no there’s two more she stressed, left and called her dad. The next two were just as bad. It broke daddy's heart to have her laying in his lap look up at him and then all of a sudden let out a blood curdling scream. It did make daddy feel better when she clung to him afterwards as if to say please protect me. We are already counting the days till round two. Not looking forward to it. Pray that she actually finishes her vaccines. ;)
Last week Papa Jim and Kaky came to town and we all had so much fun. We went out to Uno's and then came back to the house to just hang out and let them enjoy grandparent time. They couldn’t believe how big she had gotten. This week I think she’s bigger.
Tonight we are going to Clinton to see Grammy, Daddy Ben and Kristi (Jeremy’s grandparents and aunt). Kristi has not met Selah yet so she can hardly wait. She is flying up from Florida for the weekend and is bummed because she thinks she is only getting a couple hours with Selah. She doesn’t know that we are spending the night so she can get her fill. :)
The Bad (according to parents who think time is already moving too fast)
This past Tuesday, we went by to see Patrick and Ali's, some friends of ours, baby in the hospital. She was born on Monday and was only 18 inch long and weighed 6.5 Lbs. It really made us realize how big Selah has gotten. While she did out weigh Mary Alice by more than a pound and had a good 3 1/2 inches on her it was still neat and sad and scary to see a comparison of about how big she started out and how big she is now. WOW! What a difference! It looked like Selah had swallowed one of those babies.
The Ugly
We went on Monday to get her first shots and it was extremely traumatic! As is always the case, more so for mom and dad than for Selah but still. After the first one and Selah screaming like we've never heard before, :( Cass came back into the room and asked "is that it?" When we said no there’s two more she stressed, left and called her dad. The next two were just as bad. It broke daddy's heart to have her laying in his lap look up at him and then all of a sudden let out a blood curdling scream. It did make daddy feel better when she clung to him afterwards as if to say please protect me. We are already counting the days till round two. Not looking forward to it. Pray that she actually finishes her vaccines. ;)
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