28 Weeks

28 Weeks Old

What a big week! Mary Ella is now eating 3 tablespoons of rice cereal twice a day and sleeping in her room in her crib. She is eating like a champ and says "mmm" after every bite. She is also doing great in her room! Sometimes she sleeps ALL night, and sometimes she wakes up a couple times. The self-soothing and putting herself to sleep is NOT going so well. She is still crying for about 20 minutes. And some of it is my fault for not being consistent. A couple of nights she fell asleep with her bottle, and I just layed her down. But it is sooo hard to let her cry herself to sleep. You work for 6 months to develop trust and take care of every little need, and then all of a sudden she is all on her own and crying and you don't show up? It is awful! But hopefully it will get better and be worth it in the long run. So this week our big adventure was a trip to Jackson! Brad had a meeting, and I thought it would be fun for Mary Ella and me to tag along. We went down Wednesday morning and came back Thursday evening, but we got to do most of what I wanted to. We had a yummy lunch at Broadstreet Bakery and supper with Brad and Brandi at Soulshine Pizza. We found an Easter dress for Mary Ella at Sweet Dreams, visited teachers and friends at Madison Station, met Carson, had sweet tea with Sara and Addison, loved on our church family, and showed off the girl at Brad's old office. It was great to be back!

This week's photo shoot:

Am I cute or what?

Love this pose!



Very interested in her dress

Looking for Ginger

Sup?

I'm so funny!

Leaning

Nice face- she is really into running her tongue over her gums. Teething, maybe?

Oh, how I love this girl!

Sweetness

Something's hangin out there, Mary Ella!

It was a cold, rainy Sunday, so ME wore her warm, fluffy sweater.

Your belly's showing!

Precious

She is playing sitting up now.

Sunday night after church

Ha! Ha!

And finally- Mary Ella is missing hangin' with her Daddy. He has been sick for weeks, keeps running fever, and is on his fourth round of antibiotics. It started with a sinus infection, turned into bronchitis, and is apparently ending in mono. Yuck! He had a bad case of mono when he was a teenager, and his sickness possibly re-triggered the mono (or so they think.) He has been sooo sick! I just hate it! And I know he hates being away from her. Since he went to the doctor Friday and we heard the "m" word, he has pretty much been confined to the guest room. Thankfully my mom came up to help with ME while I take care of him. Poor Daddy!