A & B Plus Three: January 2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Retirement!

Grandpa retired the week before Christmas. I know he was excited, and has been enjoying his month of freedom so far. To celebrate, his work threw him a little party, that we were able to attend. It was the same day as Papa's Christmas party, so we were some party people!

We stopped by Papa's first. Papa and Savannah, 99 years apart in age. So sweet.

After one hopping party, we headed to Grandpa's. The kids got to meet some people he worked with and Luke was even treated to some video games. (he had no clue what he was doing!)

I think he played one legit game, and the rest of the night was spent playing like this! Ha, it wasn't even on and he thought he was playing. This boy is an easy sell!

The Gahan gang. Congrats to Grandpa!

Thursday, January 23, 2014

4 Months

Savannah turned 4 months old last week. She is still super precious, and I may get tears in my eyes multiple times a day when I look at her. Ha! Brian always laughs at me, but I just can't help it, I love her so much! I took her to her 4 month check-up the day she turned 4 months and she did great. She hated the shots, obviously, but recovered rather quickly. She is doing great developmentally, but there was a little concern with her weight. She gained 1 pound over the past 2 months. Honestly, I had no idea. She seems chunky enough to me, and is so easy going, it didn't seem like she was hungry. She dropped from the 50% to between the 10-20%. He wasn't so much concerned about her actual weight, just that fact that she was dropping off her growth curve. It isn't a huge concern now, but I am now supplementing with formula to bulk her up a bit. Looking back, I do see signs that my milk supply was probably getting low, which really explains her weight. She is just as happy as can be, so no harm done now. =) I looked back at Audrey at 4 months, and she was a whole 2 pounds bigger. We are now on one week of supplementing formula, and she is doing great. I see this weight thing as a non issue at her next appointment. Here are her official stats.

weight: 12 pounds 1.5 ounces (10-20%)
height: 24.25 inches (40-50%)
head: 16.25 inches (70-80%)

Here is what is new this month:

LOVES watching her siblings, and gets so excited when they give her attention and talk to her
Rolling! She is rolling both directions now and is getting better at this everyday. This is great for her head, as it is still a little flat, and this should help that she will not be on it as much. (The doctor looked at it again, and still thinks it should correct itself on its own, but we are keeping an eye on it)
Wears 3 month and 6 month clothes.
size 2 diapers
sleeping about 11 hours a night! (amazing!!!!)
still only awake about an hour and a half during the day before she needs a nap
Eats 5 times per day
Super smiley, and has given a giggle here and there
Hair is staying strong and not falling out like her siblings did.
Takes a bottle like a champ now (did awesome on the days mommy went back to work)

Here she is listening to Audrey talk to her.

That is not where i left her!

Never been a paci person, but Ali texted me this pic and i was shocked! Ali later confessed that this lasted 2 seconds.

4 month check-up

Not a paci girl, but will take a thumb any day!

Savannah really takes after her brother.

Just had to get these girl scout cookies. They may be one of my new favorites!

We sure do love when our Savannah smiles!

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

9 Years

9 years ago today this was happening...

It was a wonderful day and I can't believe it has been 9 years! In fact, we have been together for a total of 15 years, which is half of my life at this point! Crazy! We have so much fun together, and feel so blessed to have found each other so young. Three kids later and we are still going strong! Here are some honeymoon pictures. Here's to 60 more years!