• Age- 4 months!
• Weight-  10 lb. 2 oz! Finally double digits and finally bigger than her Daddy was when he was born!
• Length- 23 inches! She is a long skinny girl!
• Size- We are still in newborn diapers and mostly newborn onesies.  I have been putting some of the 3 month pants on her because of her length, but usually they are a bit big in the waist! She is just sooo skinny! Now with her PJs, I just pulled out a lot of the 0-3  and 3 month ones  for her length! She is just so LONG! 
• Eyes- Still blue! I hope they stay blue! They are just darling! BIG BLUE inquisitive eyes!
• Hair- Brown, but seems to be getting lighter. She also has her Daddy’s cowlick!
• Sleeping- 10-12 hour stretches at night! (Generally 7pm to 6 or 7 am) Usually takes 3 small naps during the day! 
• Eating- Aside from the night we still eat every 3 hours.  She is on formula and takes 3-4 ounces at a time. The Dr said that she can start rice cereal as soon as she finishes her formula switch (we are switching to a more sensitive one) so updates on that to come!
• Milestones- We have rolled! Several times from belly to back! She is getting VERY close at back to belly, but hasn’t quite made it over yet! I also swear this  girl is trying to figure out the crawling thing! She is getting really good at practicing sitting! She will also try to pull herself to a standing position when she is i my lap! She is babbling more and more, and putting every toy she sees straight in her mouth! If she doesn’t have a toy she will just shove her whole fist in there! Teething soon maybe?
• Memorable outings- Storyime/playgroup, Babies R Us Halloween, Seeing Sarah, etc. 
• Favorite toys/activities- Still loves ceiling fans and mirrors, Hello Kitty Blocks, Owl rattle, Dolly, rings, Firefly, Very Hungry Caterpillar, etc.  Loves books! A girl after my own heart! We read before bed every night! Also loves the rhymes we do at story time! Particularly (Tick Tock, Horse named Ron and Patty Cake!) Loves to play with Stella

• Words/sounds- Imitating sounds a little. Has started saying “Ooh Ooh” to herself usually in the mirror or sometimes to her BFF the ceiling fan!
• Nicknames- I call her sweet pea, peanut, sweet girl or Hal…Daddy likes to call her Daniel son when I put headbands on her…but other than that sticks to a generic sweetie or cutie!
• Funny moments- She sticks her tongue out almost all the time now! It’s hard to catch a picture of her smiling because it usually involves a tongue hanging out too! lol Yay for upcoming Christmas pictures! Also have you seen this adorable video of her playing with Stella
• Looking forward to- Each and every moment! I can’t wait for Halloween and even more excited to see her little face light up at Christmas! I know she’s going to love all the decorations! 

Hallie Anne turned 3 months old this weekend! I cannot believe it has been 3 months already! Though still in her newborn clothes, she has grown SO much! I pulled out one of her preemie onesies that was too big for her when we brought her home and held it up to her the other day.  It looks like dolly clothes and is hard to believe that it ever fit on her, let alone that it was baggy!


Here are a few of her older pictures first:

• Age- 3 months!
• Weight- When I made her chalkboard I was going off her weight a few weeks ago! I took her in yesterday…girlfriend is 9 lb 4 oz! Granted that was with clothes on, but still! I bet she is definitely over 9 for sure!
• Length- We didn’t measure length yesterday, but last we checked she was 21 1/2, so my guess is 22 1/2! 
• Size- We are still in newborn diapers and onesies.  Even the 0-3 month ones swim on this girl! She is just sooo skinny! Now with her PJs, I just pulled out a lot of the 0-3 month for her length! She is so LONG! 
• Eyes- Still blue! I am holding out hope that they stay that way! She just melts my heart when she stares up at me with those HUGE blue eyes! Even if they do change I will never forget the way they are today! 
• Hair- Brown, but seems to be getting lighter. She also has a HUGE cowlick that stands straight up like Alfalfa! (AGAIN with the Little Rascals! Sorry y’all their a fave over here!)  
• Sleeping- This chick loves her sleep! We got the crib thing down! I usually put her in her crib between 7-8pm and she doesn’t make a peep until 5-6am! We go about 10 hours! I actually start to miss her! During the day- She also will want to go down for a 1 hour nap about an hour after her first morning bottle..clearly 10 hours isn’t enough y’all! I can also expect short naps throughout the day with a long one some time in the afternoon.  
• Eating- Aside from the night we still eat every 3 hours.  She is on formula and takes 3-4 ounces at a time…I have tried to push 4 every time, but then we have huge spit up issues…like projectile spitting up that gets all over her, me, the couch, the neighbors dog…you get the picture…
• Milestones- She can hold in her paci, recognize mommy and daddy from a distance (when she sees us, she smiles so big!), She giggles a little more now…still waiting for her to roll over…Mommies, when did your little ones do this?  
• Memorable outings- Trip to Houston to meet Daddy’s family, Balloon Festival, Play group and story time!
• Favorite toys/activities- Do ceiling fans and mirrors count?! Lol She loves looking at “the baby in the mirror” and could stare at a ceiling fan ALL DAY! She also likes her zebra toy and rings! LOVES to be read to!

• Words/sounds- She is kind of starting to imitate sounds and if you haven’t seen this video, go watch it now! She just cracks me up!
• Nicknames- I call her sweet pea, sweet girl or Hal…Daddy likes to call her Daniel son when I put headbands on her…but other than that sticks to a generic sweetie or cutie!
• Funny moments- This video y’all I seriously can’t get enough of it!
• Looking forward to- watching her learn new things and spending the upcoming holidays with her! So much more magical with a baby! 

Hallie Anne is 2 months old today! I cannot believe my baby girl is 2 months old! She is getting so big and so smart each day! She is constantly learning and I am always amazed at the things she can do! Her neck is so strong, and she can hold her head up for almost a whole minute during tummy time! She coos and squeals and talks to her toys! She is beautiful and I still can’t believe she is mine!

Hallie is officially one month old! (Actually 5 weeks and counting!) 

We are finally out of our preemie clothes! Granted not a ton of our newborn clothes are fitting just yet.  Many of the onesies are still too big, but we have found that the Carters brand onesies and outfits fit great! So do the Koala Baby clothes from Babies R Us Actually Hallie is quite the little fashionista! 

This one is one of our favorites and it is on sale now here.

And this one, available here

Pants available here










Hallie is sleeping longer and eating more! My guess is she is about 6.5-7 lbs now! She is super skinny and long which is why she doesn’t quite fill out a lot of the newborn onesies. Will update on weight when we go back to the pediatrician next month! 


I am enjoying watching her grow every day!  We are practicing our smiles and our big eyes are getting more blue every day!! She is also starting to follow objects and grasp at different things! 

 

Will continue to update as she grows and changes! 

Until then, Happy Monday!

I have never been more in love in my entire life! Hallie Anne Mock came into our lives on Saturday June 21st at 12:15 p.m. weighing in at a whopping 4 lb 15 oz and measuring 17 1/2 inches long, and life has been perfect ever since.  

Now, our story about how she got here…that’s a little crazy! 

Friday the 20th, I leave work early hoping to grab something quick to eat on my way to meet Christopher (on his lunch break) for our scheduled sonogram.  Unfortunately traffic made me skip lunch and get to our sono just in time.  
The tech took us back to look at the baby’s heart which had measured a bit big on our last visit the week before.  The heart though measuring just fine still appeared larger and our stubborn little Hallie refused to practice her breathing while we watched her for 30 minutes! 
Finally we go to see the Dr. who informed us that with those two things and the fact that she seemed not to be growing much inside me anymore, that she would rather see her from the outside than the inside and sent us upstairs to labor and delivery to prep me for a C-section.
So many things were going through my head! I was panicked! I didn’t have my hospital bag, Christopher was still on the clock at work, I still had 3 weeks left with my girls before maternity leave, who was going to take care of Stella, Hallie’s room wasn’t even close to finished, my house was a wreck….
Christopher and I made a few calls to our bosses, our parents, and to Joyce who was kind enough to take care of the dog and bring up my hospital bag. 
Once we got upstairs the Dr. asked how we felt about this emergency C-section and we both told her that we would rather have a natural birth if we could do it safely! She agreed to watch the baby on a heart monitor for a few hours and if all looked good, we could have her naturally. Unfortunately this meant that I had to wait to eat! By this point it was nearing dinner time and I still hadn’t had lunch! 
Around 7 pm I was cleared to try and have Hallie naturally and was allowed to order my last meal!  After dinner, they gave me a drug to speed things along overnight! Heavy contractions started around 1 am and 
finally in the morning around 6 a.m. I was able to get the Pitocin and an epidural! 
6 hours later our baby girl arrived with a full head of hair and the most beautiful little face I have ever seen! 
Now 2 weeks later our tiny princess is 5 lbs 7.5 oz and ALMOST out of her preemie clothes! We are in this weird limbo stage because she is so long, so her preemie PJ’s are getting snug, but her newborn ones still swim on her! Aside from that, we are all doing great! Hallie is a great sleeper and a very happy baby! 
Can’t wait to watch her change and grow! I am loving mommy life!