been under the weather

valentine's party at preschool

so excited about the valentine's goodies from grammie and papa

susanna's first krispy kreme experience...hat courtesy of big sis

daddy holding the girls at the wildlife expo

dock dogs competition at the wildlife expo

my roses from my awesome hubby

susanna reading her bible...habakkuk to be specific :)

my girls in the morning...caroline loves to get in the crib with her

since saturday, susanna, me and caroline all have had fevers...toss in a headache and some nausea/vomiting for me and you've got a recipe for no fun. thankfully, we all seem to be much better today and daddy has not gotten it...yet. i'm praying he doesn't! we have no groceries so i'm off with both girls to stock up so we can eat today. here a few cute pixs from the last week or so....

7 months

susanna, almost 7 months old

susanna will be 7 months old tomorrow, but we finally went last friday for her 6 month check up. they had to reschedule me a while back so we've gotten a little behind. susanna did great despite the 4 shots in her chubby little legs. she took the first one great and then it was downhill from there :( by the last one, her face was beet red and she was doing the silent cry which eventually led to the all out scream. still hard to see my babies cry like that! the dr said she was perfect and doing great! here are her stats....

weight - 15 lbs 13 oz (25%)
height - 26.5 inches (50%)
head - 42 inches (25%)

i really can't believe she is already over 1/2 year old...i know her 1st b'day will be here in the blink of an eye and that makes me sad. she is so precious and such a joy to our family. it's so hard to remember life without her. there is no better baby in all the world! here are a few things i want to remember about her at this stage.....
*eating 4 bottles a day (6oz) with a rice cereal feeding once/day and veggies once/day; started veggies over a week ago and so far has tasted carrots, sweet potatoes and squash
*takes a morning and afternoon nap if we're home, usually about 2 hrs each - has pretty much dropped the early evening nap
*sleeps great at night - goes down around 8pm or so and wakes up around 7am
*doesn't take a pacifier or suck her thumb and won't as long as i'm in charge :) she rolls over on her tummy, fusses for a few minutes and goes to sleep
*loves mommy and daddy, but caroline is her absolute favorite person in the world - she can get susanna to smile no matter what
*reaches out for everything and puts whatever she can touch in her mouth - we have to be extra careful about what we leave on the floor now
*loves to "crawl" all over - she basically army crawls and can get to anything and everything; she gets up on all fours and rocks, but hasn't figured out how to officially crawl yet
*loves to jump in her jumperoo - she will start jumping in your lap if you let her stand up
*no teeth yet - love her gummy little smile
*just started to sit up pretty good yesterday and is doing great...such a big girl!!
*still loves to snuggle with mommy and daddy as evidenced by all the pixs of her sleeping in the baby carrier at disney
*starting to demand attention - doesn't like it if we leave her alone in a room
*everybody tells us what a beautiful girl she is, especially her blue eyes :)

susanna, one day when you're all grown up and maybe reading this, i want you to know how incredibly special and precious you are to me. you and caroline (along with daddy) are the greatest gifts my sweet Lord has ever given me and bring me joy that i didn't even know was possible. i pray you always know how very much i love you. more than words can ever express.....love, mommy :)