My Sweet Little Q

It has been one year with you today Miss Q.

One amazing, fleeting year to enjoy your beginnings in our world.

One year to enjoy those chubby little fingers getting into every cupboard

and your smile that finds its way upon your face before you even open your eyes for the day. 

Wonder has filled your eyes

and you have filled my heart.

I have peace knowing our family is complete with you in it.

From your head

to your toes

you are so loved

and completely adored by all of us in the Laird household.  Even bunny.

So it was with joy that we watched you blow out your candle this morning as we celebrated our wonderful year with you over cinnamon rolls.

And imagine my delight when amidst excited laughter as bubbles swirled around us this afternoon, you took step after step toward your brother then continued to step around the patio over and over.  I cried, I laughed and I snapped pictures like crazy.  What a gift to watch you walk for the first time on your first birthday.  Such fun!

Quincy,

What a year baby girl.  You are pure delight.  Even in the hardest times, when sickness had overtaken your body, you smiled.  The grace with which you endure amazes me.  I'm honored to be your mother and blessed to see your smile each day.  The smile when you wake up, the smile when you accomplish something, the smile when you get into something, the smile after a hug, and the smile when you feel sleepy.  All those smiles brighten my day and you light up my world.  Happy Birthday Quincy!  I love you.  

-Mama

Miss Q

With Miss Quincy in our family, we have no shortage of smiles in our house.  She is sweet, calm and happy. 

She's finally okay with a little bit of tummy time!

 And she's almost sitting up.  For now, it's more like propping herself up with her arms until she falls forward.

Believe it or not, she's even swimming!

Okay, not really, but she IS swinging!

And managing to work her way further into our hearts on a daily basis.

Licking Life

I'm SO behind on this month's blogging!  Instead of getting further behind because I haven't caught up yet, I'm moving forward... but will be revisiting a few important points that got left out like Lawson turning FOUR!  A couple of days ago Porter got a little more up close and personal with Quincy than either of us would like.

But, somehow a light bulb went off for her.  She realized that she has a tongue.  A very cute tongue at that... I've been staring at it for the last couple of days.  In fact, when I woke up this morning, she greeted me with a big smile complete with tongue sticking out.   I'll let the video continue this story and I'll be back sooner than later to recount the stories I am now behind on.

Four Months

Pretty Like a Flower

"She's Pretty like a flower." -Naomi on Quincy

(I agree with that statement.  And so are you my sweet Naomi.) 

Sitting Up = Cooler than Spitting Up

Quincy is working on a new trick.

Falling has proven sometimes fun and sometimes very frustrating.  But, she's already improved her technique since yesterday, when she suddenly stayed sitting after I let go.  I'm also quite sure there are teeth on the way.  She seems to be in a bit of a hurry!

Three Months

My little Quinni Mini has officially made it through "the fourth trimester."  That first three months are basically like a gestation period outside the womb.  Now, she's finally seeming like a real little person, which is really fun!  At three months Quincy weighs in at 12lbs10oz (60th percentile) and is 24.5" long (88th percentile).  This is a 6oz weight gain (though she dropped from the 87th to the 60th percentile) and a growth of one inch in length.  She's currently perfecting holding her head all the way up... those big cheeks have made it quite the effort!  She's standing up well and loves hanging out in the Johnny Jump Up. 

She's also loving her new play mat.  She'll lay there flapping her arms and legs around  and squealing at the hanging toys for long periods of time... which means I'm loving it too! 

The babbling has begun and I swear she's started saying HI. Several times now I've said "hi" then she looks right at me and says it back.  She's either brilliant or it's a coincidence.  I'm sure she's just a genius!  No rolling over or anything like that going on.  She's pretty content to sit and observe at this point.  Which, is a-okay by me!  She can take as long as she wants to mobilize!  She is trying to run up my stomach when I hold her now, which is kind of exhausting for me, but compared to Naomi, who was trying to run, jump, leap and do backflips when I held her, this is nothing!  For now she is just a happy little thing and is generally quite easy going, as long as her belly doesn't have a bubble giving her grief.  No complaints here... I think we'll keep her!


And just for fun, a little side-by-side line-up of the girls.  I didn't think they looked much a like, but I guess they sort of do!  In fact, Dustin had no idea who was who when I showed this to him.  He just looked really carefully for who had the extra cheeks!  He eventually got it right, but after much going back and forth.  haha

 

Good Thing She Has a Cute Chin...

...because it's my view lately as she discovers all the wonders the top portion of our home has to offer.

Sisters

A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.

From Head to Toe... Happy

That big gummy grin....

Those cute little piggies...

It's happiness overload for me!  I may need a nap.

This One's For You, Grandma!!!

My grandma checks my blog every day to see if I've posted.  And every day I don't post, I feel like I should have at least posted a picture for her to see!  Time with two hands is a very precious commodity around here these days so there has, obviously, been a serious lack of blogging.  Quincy is growing so quickly and will be 8 weeks old in a few days.  She's my chunkiest baby yet and has a serious set of cheeks on her, which nicely compliment her massive double chin!  She's all chub and and smiles!  She's happiest when she's hitching a ride in the sling, which is a lot of the time, but she gets as much tummy time as I can give her with a dog and two crazy older sibling running around!  She's mastered rolling from her back to her side and loves to stand up on my lap.  The newest game is to stand up, sit down and grin from ear to ear over and over!  My biceps are getting big.  Lawson and Naomi are still loving their baby sister, although the novelty has worn off some, which is kind of nice.  Life has just kind of continued around here with a little less free time for me!  It's busy, messy and fantastic.  I hope I figure out a way to update more.  For now, a lot of pictures and a few sentences are all I have in me.  And on me, I have a baby who just spit up down my shirt.  Yay!  Until next time....