TIME SLOW DOWN!
Oh my goodness, 6 months? 1/2 year? Closer to 1 than her birth day? This makes my Momma heart so incredibly heavy. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of the new and amazing things Brecken does on a daily basis, but at the same time I am so sad that my baby girl is slipping out of "baby" status and heading closer to being big :( I think it has been more difficult with her because I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that our family is complete. Brecken will definitely remain the baby of the family :)
Brecken is loved rotten by her Sissy and Bubby. Anniston will hang out with her and just sing, play, and read to her while I cook or clean up....such a little Mommy. Treyson loves to sing to Brecken when she's sad. Her favorite song is, "You Are My Sunshine". She can be super fussy, and you start singing the first line of that song and it hushes her and normally gets her smiling too. CRAZY!
Here's the sweet baby sleeping at Silver Dollar City last weekend. She was such a trooper.....didn't cry 1 time the entire day! We were there from 10:45-6!!
Brecken is eating 5 times per day with a "bonus" feeding (usually consisting of formula) around 4:30 or 5. It carries us into dinner time, and then her "winding down" time which starts around 6:20. She still LOVES her bath time, and is ready to go to sleep right after that. She's still sleeping around 12-13 hours straight. This girl loves her beauty sleep!
B started big girl food, and Jerry and I have made all of her baby food this time around! I know, 3rd kid usually gets dumped on, right....but she's the first one we've ever done this with! I thought it would be so overwhelming, but with lots of encouragement from friends and family who have done this, it has been surprisingly easy (and much less expensive!). Foods she has eaten: Bananas, pears, mango, applesauce (this is the one food we buy.....the regular Mott's Natural ---no high fructose corn syrup--jar), broccoli, spinach, green beans, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots. I just bought some sweet peas and avocados, so she'll get to try those soon. She hasn't turned anything down yet :)
My heart just is bursting at the seams with the love I have for this baby girl! I am so thankful that God created space for more love....I didn't think it was possible after Anniston and Treyson.
Brecken (Brecky Boo, Brecky),
We love you so much baby girl. You light up all of our lives, and we are so excited to watch you go through so many more stages as time goes on. You are such a blessing to us. We love you!
Love, Mommy and Dadoo
