3 Months

Can you believe Ronnie is 3 months already.  She keeps changing and growing.

She is 16 pounds and 24 inches
chews her hands, gags herself too
jabbers
smiles really big
laughs when her neck is washed
she can hold her toys
drinks 3-4 oz every two hours
having a hard time napping
she is so happy in the morning
rolls to her side
drools all over herself
tries to lift herself up

She has finally decided she might like her swing. 

She will watch Chris on the internet.  He plays animal sounds with her. 

All of her toys that she likes.  She chews on her elephant and can sit in her Bumbo.

While out grocery shopping we realized that Ronnie needed a bum change.  I took her to the restroom and got her new diaper on then another little girl came in flipping out which made Ronnie cry.  I needed to change her clothes since they were dirty but since she was crying so hard I just wrapped her up in a blanket and met Chris at the car.  So she rode home in only a diaper.  Bad Mama.

She found her voice over the weekend .  I told Chris our home will never be quiet again.  She also laughed for the first time.  I tried to capture it but of course she quit as soon as I got the camera out.  She also likes to to watch TV with dad. 

 

New Tricks

She is changing so fast that it is unbelievable.  She is learning how to grab things.  So we bought her this toy that she can grab.  She gets mad when it blocks her fist from her mouth though. 

A different view with her favorite toy.

She now fits is her stroller better.

She is also standing, using her big muscles.

The bubbles can calm her down when nothing else will.

We have taken her bath seat out of the tub and put a towel under her head and just let her go.  She loves tubby time.

Two Months

I can't believe we are past 2 months already, in fact she is  10 weeks old.  Oh my goodness.  Here are some things that she is doing.
-Smiles when we make noises with our mouths
-She is starting to stand on our laps
-Normally sleeps from 10:30-4:30
-Squeals when she is excited
-Drinks 3-4ozs
-She is 97% with her weight and height, 70% with her head
-She got her shots and cried a lot, so did dad
-She has discovered her tongue
-She grunts at us

Here she is at two months



    This picture cracks me up.

Showing off her smiles.

So tired.

Check out that belly.  Love it.

She does this every Sunday after church.  

 Her cousin Millie who is beautiful.  That hair, oh my gosh.

 Great Grandpa Lowder, Barbara, and Dad.

Daddy is playing songs on Pandora, she likes, "The wheels on the bus."

 Milk face.

 She thinks Daddy's beat boxing is pretty funny.

 

Sweet Cheeks 1st Piano

I really wanted to get this toy for her but it is around $50, which is crazy.  We will be poor the rest of our lives I am sure.  Well I saw this toy on the local facebook classifieds for $15.  So I bought it.  Boy oh boy does she love it.  She learned really fast that kicking it makes it work.  She also smiles at herself in the mirror above her head.  Here is a cute video of her wailing on the piano.  She kind of plays like her aunt Cindrie.

A Name and a Blessing

On September 1,  2013 Chris gave Ronnie her name and a blessing in the Logan River 1st Ward.  We had so much support.  Visitors were: Ronnie, Peggy, Chelsey, and Cindrie Lowder, Kyle, Chantae, Josie, and Millie Jones, Virl, and Barbara Nash, DeVon and Barbara Lowder, Ken, and Debbie LeFevre, Scott, and Jeanne Monks,  Mike, Misty, Riley, Sam, Claire, and Chase LeFevre, Lila Baxter, Daryn, and Mason LeFevre, Colleen Pendleton, Adam and Krystal Monks, Andy Monks, Kayla LeFevre, Jason, Kelli Jones, Casey, and Jenny Ringer, and Erika, London, and Blayke Siler.
Chris gave her a beautiful blessing and she slept the entire time.  After the meeting we met at Merlin Olsen Park in Logan for a luncheon.  We enjoyed everyone's company and ate a yummy meal.  It was such a great day.  When the three of us got home we all had about a 2 hour nap, the perfect end to the day.    

    Mom and Dad

    Grandpa Scott and Grandma Jeanne

    Grandpa Ken and Grandma Debbie

   Grandpa Ronnie and Grandma Peggy

    Grandpa Ronnie and baby Ronnie

    Daddy and Ronnie

    Mommy and Ronnie

    Chelsey babysitting Josie with the phone.

    So sweet.

One Month Picture

I finally got picture with a little bit of a smile.

She has been so much more alert this week. She has been pretty cranky and I have felt kind of bad and wondered if she hates her life here on earth.  I decided to feed her more and apparently I have been starving her because since I have fed her more she is so much happier.  So we have been playing.  It's funny the things you'll do to get a baby to smile.  Worth it.

One week old.

Here is her one month picture. 

This was our first attempt at the one month picture but she wasn't having it so we waited until another day.

Newborn Pictures

Our photographer Ashley Mae finished our pictures.  Yay!  We have been dying to get them.  Oh my gosh!  We love them.   Now we just need a small fortune to have them printed.  For your viewing pleasure.

One Month

 Our little sweet cheeks is changing and growing.  Tomorrow she will be one month old.  I can't even believe it.  On Aug 16 she smiled for us, a couple of times.  We have yet to get it on camera.  She thinks the camera has ulterior motives or something.  When she cries it sounds like she is just cussing us out.  I can't help but laugh sometimes.  She won't be a dainty little fragile girl based on how she sounds.  When she is hungry she goes crazy with her fists around her face making it hard to get the bottle in her mouth.  She is eating more too.  Sometimes she eats too much then we wear it. 

We have been struggling with her sleeping at night.  She doesn't seem to enjoy her crib so we bought her a new bed.  She just loves to be snuggled and the rock n play has such great reviews that we thought it was worth a try.  She loves it.  We put her in about 10 and she wakes up around 3 or 4 then again at 6:30 and back down for a couple of hours.  We also started using the sleep sheep, ocean sounds to be exact to block out the other noise.    Yay, mom is getting some sleep.  I never thought I was capable of running on such little sleep. 

Chris took a nap with her and he took a picture since her head band was wonky.  She doesn't wear many headbands because I feel like they just squish her head and then I feel bad.   I would be annoyed to have something tight around my head all day.  She does look stinkin cute with them on though.

 Today was her first day at church.  Chris was  changing callings today so we had to get there.  We were only 2 minutes late but our Bishops son had his mission homecoming so we were in the gym on the hard seats, with the crazy noisy kids.  Ronnie did excellent though.  She is usually wide awake and totally impatient in the mornings but she just sat during church and we were able to keep her happy. 

She told us all about it though when we got home.

This picture just melts my heart.  This it what it is all about. 

Not A Morning Girl

I took this video of her the other morning trying to wake up.  She has such a hard time waking up we just laugh at her.  Chris says she got that from me.

She get the hiccups all the time.  We feel bad for her but it is kind of funny at the same time.

Introducing Sweet Cheeks

Our precious little girl Ronnie has the most kissable cheeks ever, hence the title.  We have had the best time with her.  Most of the time we just stare at her and can't believe she is here, safe and sound in our arms.   

She is now 3 weeks old and her newborn diapers are getting pretty snug, size 1 just seem too big.  She is sleeping about 4 hours at a time at night, thank you little one.  When she is hungry you better not mess around or she'll cuss you out.  Can you see the red in her hair in the above picture.

 Her favorite thing is snuggling with Daddy right under his neck she will even suck on his neck if he lets her. 

 

This picture kills me.  Ha Ha

She doesn't mind taking her bath, mommy loves her smell after the bath. 

 

She is a good sport in her car seat... until she wakes up. 

 

 Did I say that she snuggles.  She is the best snuggler and we love it so, so much. 



She doesn't love her binky but she is on the verge of sucking on her thumb. The last couple of days she has started to figure it out. 


Can you tell we are in love.

I couldn't resist this picture of my niece Josie and my sister Chelsey (Josie's aunt).  Chelsey is trying to entertain her with her phone games.  Check her out swimsuit with boots.  That is completely her.  She loves to swim and I have seen her push a goat around.  So stinking cute, the boots light up when she walks.