16 Weeks

The week in pictures:

Tummy Time

Now that she can roll, it's almost always "tummy time." She doesn't stay on her back for long!

One night, she kept grabbing the blanket and rolling over. It is a really soft blanket, and I think she liked how it felt being wrapped up!

 

Just a picture we sent to Jason one day.

One of my favorite outfits! Unfortunately, the legs don't have elastic in them, and were waaaaay too tight on her little (big) legs. I wish I knew how to sew, because I would turn it into a dress. I guess she won't be wearing this one again.

A new outfit that I bought (splurged on) from etsy. She wore this to church, and for the first time, she DID NOT cry at all in the nursery!! Yea Kacie!! (You might notice I switched bows between photos. I decided the big one looked better).

Other big news for this week: Kacie started sleeping without the swaddle. She had recently begun "breaking free" of her swaddle, and even though she slept better with it, we didn't want to spend money on a bigger size. Some nights she sleeps in a sleep sack, and other nights she has little footie pajamas. It's going really well! I thought her arms would wake her up, but that's not the problem. The problem is, now that she can roll, she rolls over and gets stuck. Sometimes she falls asleep on her side and she's fine, but other times, she gets mad and starts screaming, so we go roll her back over.

Two Anniversaries!

This week, we had 2 special anniversaries at the Wichert house. First, Jason & I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on July 12. My mom came over to watch Kacie, and we went to Olive Garden and Yogurt Land. Nothing too exciting, but definitely nice to get away for a few hours. It didn't take as long as we thought, so when we got home, my mom said, "Go away!" because she wanted more time with Kacie!

Here is our little family!

The other "anniversary" was July 15. That was the day, one year ago, that we found out I was pregnant! It's so surreal to realize that it's been a year already! Can't wait to celebrate many more special days as a family.

Ladies and Gentlemen, We Have a Roller!!

Saturday night, Kacie rolled over from her front to her back. I wasn't home, because I was at my friend Kelly's wedding.  Luckily, Jason got it on camera. This video is actually the next day. I can't figure out how to turn it around, sorry!

15 Weeks

Lots going on around here! Here are some of the happenings from this week! Tuesday, my friend Michelle visited with her 2 sons, Corey & Carter. Michelle was my BFF from high school and my college roommate. We went to the playground in my neighborhood and got to chat for a little while. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture! Then on Wednesday, I had lunch with my friends Amy & Autumn, and Autumn's daughter Lux, who is 1 month older than Kacie.  The 3 of us used to work at ASI together. Again, I forgot to take a picture. Ugh! Here are some pictures I DID take this week!

A sweet father/daughter moment-Jason was making faces and Kacie was just cracking up! (Not sure why she doesn't have clothes on. Must have been before or after a bath!)

Yet another tongue picture

Some cute outfits!

Lovin' on her teddy bear

Here she is turning around in a circle on her play mat. She originally started with her feet on the pink flower in the back, and managed to scoot around until her face was under the toys. She tries so hard to roll over, but ends up scooting around instead!

That's all for this week!

Happy 4th of July!

We went to Leanne's parents' house yesterday for our annual 4th of July party with the Owens, McKinneys, and the Tylers. Here is Kacie's party dress. We actually bought this before she was born specifically for this party!

Here are all the mommies & babies by Jeff's tree. Jeff is Leanne's brother, and he passed away a few years ago. Her parents planted this tree in the back yard in his honor, and every year at the 4th of July party we take a picture of all the kids in front of it. We doubled the amount of kids from 3 to 6 this year!

Leanne with Nathan (2 mo) & Carter (2 yrs)

Heather with Grayson (3 mo) & Tyler (almost 2 yrs)

Seana & Kacie (3 mo)

Danielle & Jake (2 yrs)

Then we all changed and went swimming. This was Kacie's 2nd time swimming, and she really likes it, although you wouldn't know it by her face in these pictures!

I tried to get her to take a nap, but she threw a huge screaming fit, so I finally gave up and brought her outside with the grown-ups and the big kids while we were eating. She just sat and played in her bouncy seat.

Finally she fell asleep after a long day!

Cuddle time with Daddy before going home

We had a great time at the party and can't wait until next year when Grayson, Nathan, and Kacie will be running around with the big boys!! And who knows if there will be any new little ones in front of the tree....??!!

14 Weeks

I already talked about naps in the previous post, so in this post, I'll share some pictures from the week. We stayed home every day this week so we could be consistent with the nap training. But even though we stayed home, we still had alot of playtime!!

Trying so hard to roll over (she can do it if I put her on her side)

Here she just looked so cute with her hand on her knee looking serious

Playtime with toys & in the Bumbo seat

I put her in the Jumperoo just to see what she would do. She stared at all the toys as I slowly turned the seat around. Her feet didn't quite reach the bottom yet!

Did I mention she has found her fingers??

Sweet face

Tongue Picture

Helping mommy "hold" the bottle

Ready for church

This is what I found after one of her naps-Little Houdini

Naptime Boot Camp

This week, I decided to get really "tough" and work on Kacie's naps. I have read TONS of books about sleep, but I was still not having success with the whole nap time thing. Most of the books really focus on sleeping at night, and that is not our problem. After re-reading some parts of the books, talking to friends, and reading on a few websites, I decided I just had to make a plan and stick with it. To begin with, I believe in "cry it out" (or CIO), but I wasn't sure when to start this process. I decided to just try it with naps this week. I decided I would let her cry for 10 minutes before I went in to intervene. Well, the whole week, I only had to go in and comfort her ONE time. She always fell asleep before the 10 minute mark each day! This week, Kacie took 3-4 naps EVERY DAY. I just swaddled her, rocked her for a few minutes, then put her in the crib. I turned on her music and white noise that we use at night and then just left the room. The first few days, she would cry for a few minutes, then fall asleep. Towards the end of the week, several times she didn't even cry. She would just look around and then go to sleep. I feel so much better now, because I know she was getting overtired but I couldn't seem to "force" her to sleep. The thing I want to work on now is the length of the naps. Some days, she took 2-hour naps. Some days each nap was only 45 minutes. I am still not really on a schedule as far as doing the same thing at the same time each day since her naps are different lengths, but this week was a major breakthrough!