Christmas

It is Snowing out side and the weather is very frightful...It is truly 8 degrees outside right now and it is snowing...It really gets me excited to listen to Christmas music and set up the Christmas tree..so that is exactly what Justin and I did for family home evening...It was really fun i got to set in my rocking chair feeding Leah and we watched as Justin put up the tree... complaining the whole time on how he was getting scratched and bit by the tree. Then after the tree was fluffed up Leah and I helped put on the Christmas balls and star for the top of the tree. We really did have some fun doing that as we listened to Christmas music. I thought that i would share some photos of our tree.. It really did turn out great..I hope that you all have as much fun as we did with your decorations.

One Month Old

I can hardly believe it... Leah is already a month old. Justin and I feel so blessed to have her in our lives...she is such a joy to both of us. The other day we took Leah to the doctor and she is finally on the charts for her weight. yea! She weighs 5 pounds 15 and a half ounces which put her at .9% on the weight chart. Doctor Kwak is going to keep her on her specialized formula so that she keeps gaining weight. But if she keeps gaining and is doing well by the next doctor appointment hopefully she can come off it.

This last week Leah has come down with a stuffy nose. It is not bad but does bother her, and she wants to be held all the time. I am not getting anything done except when she is sleeping...and that really does not happen unless i am holding her. I think that once she lays down then she cant breath and it wakes her up...oh well i guess that comes with the cold weather. I just hope that it does not last to long and she gets over it fast.

In these last couple of weeks Leah has lost her umbilical cord so she was received her first real bath...she was so cute. She absolutely loves it...Here are some pictures of her in the water...

Baby Size

This post is specifically for my sister Jennie. Every time we talk she keeps asking me to post a picture of Leah next to something so that she could really see how big she is. This is due to my mother telling Jennie that she is such a little peanut. So here are a couple of pictures. This first one is of my friends baby Mason next to Leah. Mason was four weeks premature and he only weighs 11lbs now and is three months old. So this kinds of gives you that idea. In this picture he really does look huge but he is not that big. This next picture is of Leah next to her teddy bear. It is actually as big as she is.

Jennie this picture is of her sea horse that was on top of her diaper cake. I hope that this gives you some idea of how little she is.

So here is a little update. On Monday we went to the doctor and he put Leah on a heart and breathing monitor because she stops breathing and chokes when she is laying on her back. So they put her on the monitor at night in hopes that if she did start choking that Justin or I would hear her. Then on Wednesday Leah was still having trouble with choking so Justin and I decided to have Dr. Kwack take a look at Leah. Dr. kwack is a doctor that moved from SLC and Primary Children Hospital and is now the neonatal specialist here in Vernal and is now over that departmnet. So at the Doctor's office Leah weighed in at 5lb and 3oz. So she has gained a little weight since she was at the doctor's last. YEA. The doctor also has put her on some medications for her acid reflex, in hopes that it will help so that she does not keep choking on her spit or throw up. So things are looking better. Well I will keep you all updated on everything as we learn more.