Selah (pronounced SAY-lah, like Kayla with an "s") Grace has many little nicknames. I find myself calling her Saylee-Baby a lot. I think it's cute. :)
Anyways, as we approach her 9-month birthday, I thought I'd write a bit about her. Because I'm just not the mom who is on top of it enough to find the time to do these things on a consistent basis!
Stats:
Age: 8 months, 12 days
Size: 3-6 month clothes, newborn or size 1 shoes fit best
Body type: thin neck, thin arms, long torso, small waist, chunky thighs, narrow feet
Teeth: two bottom ones, no other teeth look close to coming in
Selah Grace likes:
*ALL food, including fruits, vegetables, minestrone, pizza, pancakes - you name it!
*Playing with her brother "Bubby"
*Sleeping (she sleeps from 7-7 all night, then naps from 9-11, 1-3, 4:15-5:30)
*Hairbows (well, she doesn't NOT like them!)
Selah Grace dislikes:
*Being cuddled or rocked (isn't this sad?!)
*Baby food
*Having dangerous "toys" taken away
*Sleeping in anyone's arms or car seat (only flat on her belly, pitch black, surrounded with her pacifiers)
Selah Grace understands the words:
mama
dadda
bubby
banana
apple
all done
more
And her favorite phrase:
"do you want to go night-night with your pacis?"
Selah Grace enjoys:
*Running/walking in the stroller
*Coming home (she literally squeals when we walk in the door)
*Taking her medication (this is a miracle!)
*When people are on the floor with her while she plays
Selah Grace is the world's lightest sleeper, next to her father of course. With either of them, if you make the slightest noise, their eyes shoot open and they are wide awake. (It's funny because when Zac's asleep, you can turn the lights on and he won't even flinch..lol) I will never ever ever have a picture of her sleeping I don't think.
But she does love her "room" and her "crib." (really a pack-n-play in the bathroom) I hope this isn't bragging... but sometimes she goes to bed at 5pm and doesn't wake until 7am. It's nuts!
Selah Grace is extremely patient with all my accessorizing. She wears her hairbows and her shoes and her bling pacis and all those things without trying to take them off. And I appreciate that. She does frequently break my jewelry, though.
Selah Grace's eyes are still the same color and it looks like it just might stick around. They sure are beautiful!
Selah Grace has very expressive eyebrows. It's very funny. She has a wrinkly little forehead (I hope she doesn't get all my wrinkles!!) and it makes for some hilarious faces that I need to take pics of.
Selah Grace likes for Mommy to read her a book, but after about 2 pages, she would rather eat it. She loves her Jack-in-the-Box and her cups that stack. She makes a beeline for Bubby's sippy cups and also enjoys playing with empty water bottles.
She's still pretty little. When I think she's grown, I realize she still fits all her same clothes. It's cute - I mean, who wouldn't think a cute little petite baby girl wasn't precious?!
But if you've ever commented on her size and thought about bringing up the conradi hunermann, THANK YOU for not doing that. Yes, we do wonder about that every so often. Worry, even. But the tests were negative. And when we go back to Scottish Rite in the fall, hopefully we will get another wonderful check up.
The conradi hunermann will always be a part of her birth story. I've tried to start writing about it a hundred times, but can't seem to process all my thoughts. I don't want to come across as exaggerating or drama or attention-needy about something so fragile in my heart. Especially when some people put into a box labeled "I guess there was nothing wrong with her from the beginning." It's already a struggle to process it all without having to defend it on top of that.
ANYways! Now for the complete randomness.
I have spent the last week spending time with several ladies who are very clean and clutter-free, so I am on a mission today to take care of some junk around here. I am dying to make one of these for the garage. But first, I need to start buying all the matching tubs and filling them up.
And what to do with all of the baby stuff. Sell it all? Keep it just in case?
Sometimes I go to someone's super clean house and I'm like - where do they keep their things? Their files? Their books? Why don't they have a junk drawer? Why do I have two?
My other mission is to work on getting some pictures of my children. I am horrified to state that we have no pictures of sweet Selah Grace in a frame in this house! That will change soon, I promise.
That is all. Brian's been gone all week and I'm counting down the minutes until his plane lands this afternoon. I miss my better half!!
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Love hearing all about "Saylee". So sweet. For the record, both my girls were tiny. Audrey didn't gain for 6 months and was 2 before she hit 20 lbs. She was healthy in thriving in all other areas though. I blame food allergies in part, which she has had some of right?
I also love hearing your thoughts on something "so fragile in your heart" and appreciate your continued honesty about it all. I agree that you need to find a safe place to do it, but completly understand that you would still need to be processsing all of it.
I hope you are having a great summer! Miss seeing your face.
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