monthly update

3 months old!

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017by Sheridan JohnsonLeave a Comment

3 months old

So our foster baby girl is growing SO fast, and is already 3 months old! You know how people say “I can’t remember life without them”, that definitely is the truth when it comes to her! Our family is so extremely blessed to have such an amazing, easy-going child join our clan!

Height: N/a Will be determined next month at doc appt. for her 4 month well check

Weight: 12 pounds taken on home scale.

Likes:

-To be talked to, she coos in all different sounds and it’s utterly adorable!!
-To MOVE! This month she has learned that she loves to be moving ALL the time, if she is awake!
-To eat, I swear she is going through a growth spurt, because this girl can eat a lot! She is up to 4 oz. every 2-3 hours (sometimes every 1-2)
-To sleep in her OWN crib at night! Thank the Lord that she sleeps all throughout the night already! She has been for a while now! YAY!
-Her play mat! It is so adorable to watch her try to roll over, grab at toys, and play for up to an hour by herself!
-To see everyone in our family (including my parents). I swear she already knows the difference between each child (and adult) and reacts to everyone differently. It’s so cute to see her grow so much!

Dislikes:
– Cold water touching her body. Only a fan of the “perfect temperature” bath.
– When she has a booger in one of her nostrils. This baby has got the tiniest nostrils and we are still plunging them out (Thank goodness for nose frida) at least 1 time a day!

Teeth: No teeth! Even though she has definitely become the drooliest(made up word? lol) baby, I am assuming one might be coming earlier than expected!

Language:
She is cooing and interacting so much lately, it is adorable!

Milestones: She is SO close to rolling over, that I am sure she will accomplish this any day now!

Upcoming:

Family visit (1 hour every week on Tuesdays)

MD appt: 4 month appt/shots next month

monthly visits with ECI team

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

Of course, I couldn’t end this blog post without some pictures of her! (Of course they will have blurred faces due to the privacy and protection of our foster child)

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Our foster baby turns 2 months old!

July 7, 2017July 7, 2017by Sheridan JohnsonLeave a Comment

Height: N/a Will be determined next week at doc appt. for her 2 month well check

Weight: 10 pounds taken on home scale.

Likes:

-To be talked to (she smiles SO BIG if she knows who you are)
-To kick off her blankets when she is awake
-To eat, she loves her bottle! This month we have had to find the perfect formula that worked for her (Organic earths best formula) since she appears to have a corn sensitivity.
-To be held. Hates to be put in her playpen/crib until she is in deep sleep.
-Her bath.. only when it’s the right temperature and the A/C is off.
-To meet new and exciting milestones each week!

Dislikes:
– Cold water touching her body..ever.
– When she has a booger in one of her nostrils. This baby has got the tiniest nostrils I have ever seen, and we have to plunge her nose at least 2X/Day to make sure it is clear enough for her to breathe effectively.

Teeth: No teeth! She literally has the cutest gummy smile!

Language:
She is cooing and interacting so much lately, it is adorable!

Milestones: She celebrated her first holiday (Independence Day)

Upcoming:

Family visit (2 hours next week on Tuesday and then 1 hour every week after that)

MD appt: 2 month appt/shots next week

monthly visits with ECI team

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

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

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Baby girl turns ONE!

April 3, 2017by Sheridan Johnson2 Comments

So our foster baby has officially turned 1!! This will be the last monthly update, and it is kind of bittersweet, because she is the baby in our crazy household!

Height: 26 in.

Weight: 17 pounds 12 oz. (she gained another pound in a month! YAY!)

Likes:
-To be held–especially from mama or nana
-She has still been teething and loving to try different textures in her mouth
-To stand. Literally baby girl won’t crawl, or walk, but wants you to walk her around all day, lol!
-To be around Brielle. Seriously the cutest relationship ever!
-To cuddle!
-To do what she wants, without you taking it away from her (even for her own safety).

Dislikes:
– Her hip helpers. They allow her to sit straighter and work on being in the 4 point crawling position, but she does not see the benefit in wearing them at all.
–To be left alone.

Teeth: No teeth! I am amazed that she still doesn’t have any!

Language:
Spits bubbles now, says hi (still working on the wave), dada and trying to do more sign language!

Milestones: She celebrated her first birthday, and first St. Patrick’s Day!

Upcoming:

Family visit (2 hours every week, on Tuesdays)

MD appts: All of her specialist are complete for another 6 mo. and finally finished her last MD appt. this morning with her 1 year well check! Such a busy month!

Bi-monthly visits with ECI team

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

Now I will leave you with some adorable pictures of the party! (the faces are blurred due to them being my foster children and it’s against policy to show their faces)

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She loved trying cake for the first time at her party! It was so cute to see her lick her fingers!

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I loved that we got to celebrate this amazing “First” with her, and LOVED all of our family/friends that got to attend (over 40+ people!) and come and meet all of our children for the first time!!

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February family day=beachin’ it!

March 15, 2017March 15, 2017by Sheridan JohnsonLeave a Comment

So it’s been so long since I have been on a roll with blogging and I just feel so rejuvenated and inspired lately (it might have to do with the fact that my parents watched my 3 littles–3 years and under for a couple of days).

In February, we celebrated one of our middle children, turning 6! We wanted to do something extra special since he hasn’t really ever gotten a proper birthday party, and he loveeees the water, so we thought taking a trip to Corpus Christi, Texas was a must!

All of the kids had a blast playing in the ocean the first day we got there.. I wish I were brave enough to capture the sweet moments of true happiness while they were playing, but I was not too brave to take my camera out around all that sand.

The next day, we packed up ALL of the kids (even picked up my niece and nephew since it feels like it had been forever since we had seen them) and made our way over to the aquarium for the day!

It was SO much fun to see all the kids explore all around the aquarium and touch stingrays, see an amazing dolphin show, see a huge crocodile up close and personal, and an amazing bird show (plus so much more!) I was so glad we got some new updated family photos as well because they will ever be this small again, and our journey is definitely something worth documenting!

Enough typing already, I will just let the pictures do all of the talking, and I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!♥♥

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