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4 months old!!

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018by Sheridan JohnsonLeave a Comment

4-months

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So somehow we have made it to 4 months already!? That is crazy and I love how much growth has happened over these last 4 months! From literally just eating/sleeping/pooping and peeing all day to now being so talkative, belly laughing, rolling over, trying to sit up by himself, and eating from a spoon (and still drinking milk/sleeping/pooping and peeing, haha)!

I am just amazed at laid back he is, how much he still loves to be cuddled up against us when he is napping/ or just sitting wanting to play and sit on your lap to watch everyone and how much joy he brings to the entire family.

It’s so precious that each one of kids are developing such a unique and special bond with him, that they are going to carry with them for the rest of their lives. Brielle loves to feed him, cuddle him, and make him laugh (around 100 times a day), Joseph loves to play with him on the ground and just talk to him and introduce him to new toys, and activities. Luke loves to laugh (and in return malachi laughs back) and loves to sing “twinkle, twinkle little star” to him to calm him down, and Gracelynn LOVES to say “kai kai” and show him all of her toys and she has started to sing him to him as well and loves to see him laugh!

So even though his doctor appointment isn’t until next week, I am just going by what we have taken here at home!

Weight: 15 lb 6 oz pounds taken at home scale

Length:25 inches (taken at home)

Likes:

-To be held! It’s so adorable how much he LOVES when we are holding him!
-To be talked to and play “peek-a-boo”
-To eat! He just tried baby food for the first time today and ate the ENTIRE bowl!! He loves food (just like his parents).
-To sleep! He has woken up past two nights 1 time for a feeding but before that we had a good stretch of sleeping ALL.NIGHT.LONG! Hallelujah! I just wish we could pass on the great sleeping to the girls in the house (including me).. but we are getting there!
-He loves to be hot! He loves to be pressed up against someone when he is napping!
-His carrier! He literally falls asleep in it almost instantaneously. We have now introduced the sling carrier as well and he has done amazingly well!

Dislikes:
– Clipping his nails! Though he is finally tolerating it a bit now!
– Changing his clothes. He absolutely hates it now!

Teeth: None! 🙂 Though, the drooling has caused increase in spit up, so that’s fun! 🙂

Language:
I swear it’s like he is responding correctly to what we are saying at times! His cooing is incredibly adorable and his laugh literally melts my heart every time!

Milestones: Rolling over back to front on both sides now, trying to sit up on his own, and eating his first baby food!

Upcoming:

MD appt: 4 month appt May 14th

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks and today’s monthly picture!

Thank you all for following along his journey and growth! I believe crawling and sitting up on his own is surely going to happen in the next few weeks!

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my little man is 3 months!!

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018by Sheridan Johnson4 Comments

So this time thing is just flying by with our baby boy (I didn’t get a chance to post the 2 month blog post–haha can we say life with 5 kids is a bit busy at times?)! I can’t believe he celebrated two holidays this past month (first St. Patrick’s Day and Easter). I feel like he has grown into such a little man this past month!! He is drinking around 3-4 ounces now with both breastmilk and formula and still doing great on both, and just now found his tongue (he mimics you and sticks it out–it’s SO cute!), and his hands (he holds them close to his mouth and it melts my heart). Ok I might be just a little obsessed with our last baby (I got the Essure procedure to prevent anymore future babies) and I am just trying to soak in all of his little “firsts”.

Weight: 14.5 pounds taken at home scale

Length:24 inches (taken at home)

Likes:

-To be held! It’s so adorable how much he LOVES when we are holding him!
-To be talked to (he SMILES so much, it’s adorable!!)
-To eat! We call him big hungry sometimes, because I swear he sometimes eats every 1-2 hours!
-To sleep! He has definitely started sleeping less during the day and more at night! (Shane is so happy for this since he does all the night duties–oh and thank goodness for a great husband)
-His jammies (even though he is seriously in 6-9 month ones already–because of his length)
-His carrier! He literally falls asleep in it almost instantaneously.

Dislikes:
– Bathing. Hates going in and coming out of the bath. STILL.
– Changing his clothes. He absolutely hates it now!

Teeth: None! 🙂

Language:
Besides the grunting, not much of a language yet (just a LOT of coo-ing)

Milestones: He is definitely lifting his head better and loves to move his upper and lower extremities, and LOVES to smile, and definitely rolled over from back to front one time this past month. Oh and he slept one time ALL.NIGHT.LONG (can I get an amen?)

Upcoming:

MD appt: 4 month appt May 14th

I can’t leave y’all without pictures, so I will do a little update from each month!!

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Now she is 10 months old!

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017by Sheridan Johnson3 Comments

So, as a mother to five children, I definitely forgot to post baby girls 9 month update (granted.. it WAS on Christmas day, but still…) so excited to be celebrating some major milestones since the last update, and post some cute pictures of baby girl (even if they are blurry)!

Height: >24 inches

Weight: 16 pounds 3 oz! (She has gained a miraculous 4 pounds in 2 months! Amazing)

Likes:
-To be talked to (especially from Brielle)
-She has still been teething.. on everything!
-To eat–baby girl loves her bottle every 3 hours, but boy does she freak out when she doesn’t get it on time.
-To be with the people she loves the most. She knows her people and her family so well and it is just amazing to see!
-To cuddle with Daddy.. seriously the best thing about not breastfeeding our own baby (since she is a foster child) is that Daddy is on night duty!
-To play on the floor piano we got her! It’s so precious to see her little legs kick away!

Dislikes:
– Tummy time. She hates it with a passion!
– Sitting. She loves to stand, but baby girl doesn’t quite understand that we must conquer one thing before the next.

Teeth: No teeth! Teething gummy machine it is!!

Language:
She is starting to understand when I am signing “milk” which is awesome, and I am going to start doing other signs pretty soon. She doesn’t quite understand “eat” “more” or “all done” yet.

Milestones: She celebrated her first Christmas and New Years and about to celebrate her first Valentines Day! So fun!

Upcoming:

Family visit (1 hour every week, on Tuesdays)

MD appts: Dev. Specialist for Synergis shots (In Feb.)

Bi-monthly visits with ECI team

Monthly visits with team (now just legal worker and case worker)

Visit with WIC

Visit with Pulmonologist

I wanted to leave you here with a couple of cute pictures!!

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60 days already?

September 28, 2016September 28, 2016by Sheridan Johnson3 Comments

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First and foremost, has it really already been 2 months that we were at the hospital in San Antonio signing over paperwork to become foster parents for baby girl while she was in the NICU? Wow. Time has flown by so fast, and I am SO happy that I have been able to capture so many of her sweet moments on camera. We seriously LOVE doing life, with her.

Of course this past month has brought a lot of changes in our lives.. some good and some not so good (not with her, with her case) but we have learned to lean more on God and less on our own understanding.

She has grown to know each one of us more, on a deeper level. It’s amazing how big of a smile she will give me, Brielle, and Shane when we are talking to her. It’s SO adorable to know that she knows us so well and loves us already!

In the past month she changed so many lives ( literally everyone that meets her) and it’s so amazing. She is a miracle. She shouldn’t be here, but God saved her life, to be a blessing to so many other people. She gives people hope for the unknown, faith to believe that God saves us (all of us), and perseverance to keep going.

She has become my riding buddy. We ride together to doctors visits, family visits, visits to go see family/friends, and just around town. She is the best car-rider and I hope that never changes about her. She fits in our schedule (daily schedule) so well, and we couldn’t be more thankful for that.

She has grown so much in the last month as well. We had to pack up ALL of her newborn clothes (so sad, yet so exciting at the same time) and pull out her 0-3 month clothes. She has developmentally grown by meeting more milestones, and emotionally by expressing what she wants, when she wants it. So proud of baby girl!

We hope next month just brings us more joy, and we hope you all follow along for the ride! I will leave you some adorable pictures to look at, as well (even with her face blurred, she is still SO cute)!

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