Shots and Stats

Today I had the dreaded task of taking Miley to get her next round of vaccinations. I hate having to hold her little arms down while she gets stuck in the leg. However, she is a pretty good sport, and only cries for a couple minutes....after the trauma was over, she was as happy as ever. She was a good girl for the rest of the appointment-the first time I have made it through a doctor appointment without her crying (with the exception of her getting the shots!). As much as I hate taking her to these appointments, I also enjoy them, because we get to find out how big Miley is getting. However, I am not sure big is the word....here are her 4-month measurements.

Height - 23 inches - 10th percentile

Weight - 11 pounds, 11 ounces - 10th percentile

Head - 15 3/4 inches

So as you can see, she is just a little peanut. Not that she exactly has the large size genes on her side. :)

Someone is tired after their adventure at the doctor!

Showing off her beautiful Band-aids!

Tonight Miley was in such a good mood. So we had to take some pictures of her (kind of) smiling. This is pretty unusual, as she becomes pretty fascinated by the camera and quits smiling as soon as she sees it! And I figured we would throw in some tummy time pictures, just for good measure. You can also see in these pictures that Miley's hair is getting more and more out of control every day. It probably looks like I don't fix it most of the time, because it sticks of in the back all the time!

Roll Over, Miss Miley!

So, just a quick post to say that Miley rolled over from her back to her front today and I totally missed it!! I left her on her back downstairs, while I ran upstairs to grab her Baby Einstein blocks for her to play with. When I came downstairs, she was on her tummy with her head held up looking all around! I can't believe I missed it! I wasn't going to post about this at first, but I am following my sister's lead, and writing down these milestones so I can remember when I am looking back. Miley is four months and one day old! Just to keep everyone updated, Miley has already rolled over from her tummy to her back, at 11 weeks and 5 days old. However, she has not done it since, so maybe it was a fluke?? :)

Four Months Old!

Miley is four months old today! I can't believe how fast these four months have gone and how much she has changed already! I just thought I would put a couple pictures up of Miley on the day she was born, and a couple from today. She has a bit more hair these days, and she seems to be awake a lot more as well. :) My, how she has grown!

Super Saturday!! Feeling Crafty??

Today was "Super Saturday" for my ward at church. I have to admit, I had a BLAST! I love doing crafty things. After a day like today, I get motivated and tell myself that I am going to become crafty. However, I realize that I do much better in situations where people come up with the ideas and the supplies, and all I have to do, is DO it. I don't know if anyone really cares, but I was pretty excited about how my crafts turned out, so I decided to take pictures and share what I accomplished. Now if I could only be so creative on my own!!

Glass Etching....I did this with two of my pans

A travel baby wipes container...I love this! Perfect for throwing in the diaper bag or a purse, and REALLY cute!

Tile coasters....stamped with trees and the words "Love," "Friendship," "Hope," and "Forever"

Tile pendant necklaces...I made a couple for me, and the one on the right is for Miley, when she gets a little older of course!

And finally, a snowman family (representing Cameron, Miley, and myself of course!)

I could do this kind of thing all the time. I just loved the variety of all the things you could make...and I didn't even get around to half of them!! Now, what better way to end my "Super Saturday" than to take a nice long walk with these two cuties?? :)

Fall Colors....Bring Snow Showers??? Hopefully Not Too Soon!!

Well, fall is definitely in the air here in Minnesota. The leaves on the trees are BEAUTIFUL right now. Cameron and I found this area in our neighborhood, where there was about every color of leaves you can imagine, and decided to try to get some pictures. Happy Fall!!

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

This weekend we went to Apple Jack's Orchards. I swear, this is the thing to do this time of year in Minnesota. There is an apple orchard where you can pick your own apples, a raspberry patch, and a pumpkin patch. You were able to go pick your own at all of these. This was the first time I had gotten to go...Cameron went last year with his brother's family, but I had to work. This year was fun to bring Miley and get her pictures with all of the "country" backgrounds. Excuse some of the funny expressions on Miley's face. Between missing her morning nap and struggling to hold herself up in some of the positions we put her in, she looks a little distressed in some of these. :)

Throughout the orchard, there were various "photo opportunities," if you will....

How tall this fall??? We all wanted to find out!!

Here is a picture of us with Miss Scarecrow....

And Miley driving her first "tractor"...

We met some friends at the orchard, and we all had babies there. We got the three together for a photo op. And of course, Cameron and I had to get our pictures with Miley and the pumpkins.

There was also a mini petting zoo....they had some chickens and some goats. Miley seemed pretty fascinated with the goats and wouldn't stop staring at them!!

And now to end this post....a family picture. You can't really see it, but there is a river behind us in all the trees. Very pretty scenery. All in all, it was a very fun day. We are glad that we got to bring Miley to experience this, even though I am sure we will remember it more than she will!!!

Catch up!

Well, this will be my first blog on my own posting my own pictures and such, so we will see how that goes. :) Not too much has been going on here lately. We have just been trying to settle down into a routine after all the traveling this summer. Miley is finally on some kind of a sleeping schedule-taking three regular naps a day, and going to bed at around 7:00 pm and waking up around 7:00 or 7:30 am (with a couple of wake ups in there of course!!). It is nice now to have some kind of predictability during the day. As for other updates about Miley, she has rolled over once, but has not repeated for a few weeks. She has started to laugh a lot more, and now we find ourselves trying to do whatever we can to hear it!

Lately the Minnesota weather has definitely been "fall-ish". Miley is still wearing her 0-3 months clothes, and we were expecting most of these clothes to just fit through the summer. Therefore, we have a lack of long sleeved tops for her. One chilly day she wore this adorable little hoodie dress. :)

Within the last couple of weeks, Miley has definitely "discovered" her hands. She is always staring at the them and holding them. This new discovery has also led to the realization of putting them in her mouth. Miley will no longer take her pacifier. She prefers her fingers much more. It is hard to find her without her fingers in her mouth anymore!!!

Fingers in the mouth...

And more fingers....

And again...

Finally no fingers!!

Well, that is all for now. This weekend we are going to an apple orchard, so I will try to blog again after that!!