Finley is 4 months old!

Finley turned 4 months old on July 10, and I can't believe it's seriously already been four months! Time really does fly, and Miss Finley is the sweetest little thing! We went to the doctor yesterday for her four month check and she is a butterball (that we knew!) She weighs in at almost 19 lbs and is 26 1/2 inches long...that's off the charts for a 4 month old (hee hee). The past week, she's been waking up around 11-12 and wanting us to be with her, which she had previously not been doing. I found out the reason is that she now has object permanence, which I learned all about in child development classes. She now has the ability to miss us when we're not with her, so when she wakes up, she knows we're not there, whereas before she just went back to sleep, now she wants us, especially me...to NURSE! Anyway...the doctor said I should let her cry, so we decided we'd start last night. I did this with Mr. Walker and he cried or fussed maybe 15 minutes a few nights and then slept through the night. Although Finley's personality is just as laid back and sweet as his was, I had a feeling that she would not be quite as compliant, and boy was I right! She woke up about 12:15, I went in after 30 minutes, talked to her, gave her back the paci and re-swaddled her. This made her even more mad, and she cried for almost an hour more. About 1:25, she decided to give up the fight and go back to sleep. Now, I can't tell you how terribly awful this is. Baby crying b/c she wants you and you crying b/c you want her too, but you know that it's better to teach them how to sleep now than when they're bigger! So hard, this parenting thing! She woke up very happy this morning! I did nurse her at 6:30 and she went back to sleep until 10!!! She was worn out from the screaming, no doubt! Hopefully tonight will not be as hard! Here are a few pictures I took yesterday!

Vacation Pictures

I took more video than pics this vacation...but here are a few I did take...

Neglected Blog

I've been neglecting my blog a bit. I'm not sure why...we've been very busy enjoying our summer! Tony and I celebrated our 7 year wedding anniversary and he got me a flip video camera...so, I've been very busy taking videos. When I have a minute, I'll post some of the videos on here. Last week, we were on vacation, and I have lots of fun videos from that!

Daddy's Day...

Happy Father's Day to a sweet daddy, Tony Dudish. You have three little ones who absolutely love you up! They get so excited when you come home from work, enjoy every moment of crawling on you on the floor and can't get enough of you when you're home! Thanks for being such a good Daddy!

Family Fun Night...Luau

Saturday, we had our third family fun night...a luau. I went a little crazy at the dollar tree b/c I was super excited about the cute luau stuff! I also found some coconut cups at wal-mart! We had a great time having purposeful fun together! We started by filling up the baby pool and water balloons. Walker woke up with a fever and only enjoyed the pool for a few minutes before we were inside and Tony and Hudson were enjoying the pool and water balloons together. They cleaned up, took a bath and then came down dressed for our Luau in their "Hawaiian" shirts. Walker enjoyed himself after his medicine kicked in. For our luau food, I had Hawaiian pork, sweet potatoes, haupia, pineapple, mangoes and of course, pina coladas to drink! Our chairs were adorned with grass skirts and a blow up palm tree hung from the chandelier. No one really liked the haupia...a Hawaiian pudding but we all loved the pina coladas. After dinner, we did the limbo with music on our TV. I thought the boys would enjoy going under the stick, but I was wrong. They wanted to hold it and have Tony and I go under! Next, we got the grass skirts off our chairs and did some hula dancing. It was great family fun! Tony trying to show us how he could pop the balloon on his head...didn't work....

Cousins

Finley and her cousin, Kylin, are 3 weeks and 3 days apart. I realized the other night that we hadn't laid them by each other and taken pictures, so, when Lori and Justin came by for a minute, that's what we did. I know they will be such sweet friends. Of course, when Hudson and Walker came in, they wanted to join in with the pictures!

Finley's 3 Months Today!

Our baby girl is 3 months old today, and I wonder where the time has gone. She's smiling, laughing, following things, putting her hands in her mouth, swatting at dangling toys and getting to lie on the floor, occasionally! Here are some pictures I took today! She's a big girl...I'm thinking she's outgrowing the 6 month clothes that she just started wearing! 9 month clothes might be coming sooner than I thought!