A couple of weeks ago, I went on my first big road trip to Savannah, GA. That's where most of Daddy's family lives. We went for Thanksgiving, which is this big holiday where basically everyone eats a lot of food. I think it will be more fun for me next year when I get to try some turkey, too! I got to see Aunt Ninners, Uncle Sean, GiGi, and Daideo again. That's what I've decided to call my Savannah grandpa, pronounced Da-doe. It's Gaelic for grandfather. I also got to meet a whole bunch of other Hussey family!
We drove all night to get there, and I did great in the car! I slept in my car seat almost all the way there and only woke up when Mommy and Daddy stopped to get gas and for a little while in the morning when we were almost there. We got there on Wednesday morning and spent the day hanging out with Matey and Great-Grandaddy. Then on Wednesday night, we had a special dinner to celebrate Aunt Ninner's birthday!
Great-Grandaddy is so funny!
Playing with Sean at Matey & Great-Grandaddy's house
Thursday was Thanksgiving, and we went to Daddy's uncle Tom's house with the whole Hussey clan. I saw some family that I had already met before, like the Nalls and Uncle Michael and Aunt Joanie, but I also met a whole bunch of new people, including my cousin Ryleigh who is my size!
Posing with the whole family on Thanksgiving Day
Playing with Sean and Daideo
Hanging out with Aunt Ninners
On Friday we went and hung out at the family beach house and I saw Tybee for the first time. It was windy, but pretty! Can't wait to see it again next summer when I can play in the water!
Then on Saturday Mommy, GiGi, Matey, and Sean and I went to the Westin on River Street in Savannah to see a bunch of Gingerbread houses that they have on display for Christmas. It was super fun!
Sean really liked the Gingerbread Candyland
With Mommy and Sean in front of the Westin Christmas tree
It was a really fun trip! Mommy and Daddy said I did a great job with all the new people and excitement. I was so tired from it all that the night after we got home I went down for a nap at 5:40 and slept all the way until 5 the next morning. This Hussey family is fun but exhausting! Guess I better get used to it!
Last week on Thanksgiving Day I turned 3 months old! We were in Savannah, Georgia where Daddy's family lives, but more on that to come in a later post! It's been a super fun month. I've been busy learning lots of new things!
Three Month Stats
Clothes size: mostly size 3-6 months
Weight and length haven't been measured since I went to my 2-month check-up, but I'm definitely a growing girl!
Diaper size: 2
Hair color: Still dark brown, but getting a little bit lighter
Three Month Habits
Eating: I like to have a 5 oz bottle or nurse with Mommy about every 2.5-3 hours during the day, usually 5-6 feedings/day.
Sleeping: I'm sleeping through the night! I go to bed at 7:30 or 8 and usually sleep until 5-5:30, when I get up to nurse with Mommy and then go back to sleep until about 7. I'm still not very consistent at naps, though. Some days I take a 2 hour nap in the morning and then another 2 hour nap in the afternoon, and maybe a quick 30 minute nap in the evening, and those are really good, happy days! Other days I take 4 short 45 minute-1 hour naps, though. Mommy and Daddy call me a fussy Hussey on those days. Sleeping is hard work, but I'm getting it! One day last week I was so tired after we got home from Savannah that I went down for a nap at 5:40 in the evening when Nana was babysitting me and slept all the way through the night until 5am! I was super tired!
Play/skills: I'm now really good at rolling over from my tummy to my back. So good, actually, that Mommy has to work hard to keep me entertained on my tummy so I'll stay there instead of just rolling back over! My favorite place to do tummy time is on the exercise ball. I like to play with lots of new toys, now, especially my play gym on the
floor. It has little animals dangling from it that I can bat and try
to grab. I'm really good at batting at toys and I'm starting to try to grab them when I can figure out how to open and close my hand. I also love to smile now and sometimes will even giggle a little bit. I love to talk and coo all the time, and I've recently discovered my reflection in the mirror, which is so totally amazing!
Video of the Month
Check out my rolling skills!
Other Favorite Pics
Playing on my playgym
Happy girl!
Cheesing it up in the mirror with Daddy
Playing with Bodhi the elephant. Thanks, Aunt Hilary!
Ok, so this posting is a couple of weeks late. November has been pretty busy for my family, so I haven't gotten around to writing about my first Halloween yet! When we went to Atlanta, we saw my parents' good friend Evan. He's a photographer, so he took some pictures of my family and some pictures of me in my Halloween costume. For Halloween this year I was....
AN OWL!
I know, you're really surprised. I have an owl nursery, owl blankets, and now an owl costume for Halloween. Mommy made my costume, and it was really comfy!
Close up shot of my hat
I call this the shrieking owl :)
On Halloween night, I put on my costume again and helped Mommy and Daddy answer the door and handout candy to trick-or-treaters. Those are kids who dress up in costumes and walk around the neighborhood and get free candy. They don't even have to actually do any tricks! I can't wait until I'm big enough to go. I think I'm going to like candy!!!
Last weekend I got to go on my first big trip! Mommy and Daddy's friends Emily and Jonathan were getting married in Atlanta. I got to go on a plane ride for the very first time, and I did great! Both times, on the way there and back, I fell asleep right before we got on the plane and then woke up and stayed calm while we were landing. It was a strange place to wake up, but it was kind of exciting, too!
Snoozing with Mommy in my Baby Bjorn on the plane
Awake at landing time. "Where are we, Daddy?"
When we got to Atlanta, GiGi was there at the airport to pick us up, and so was my other grandpa (we call him Big Daddy), and my uncle Sean! It was so fun to finally meet them!
Meeting Big Daddy!
Waiting with GiGi and Uncle Sean while Daddy and Big Daddy loaded up the car.
We got to Atlanta on Thursday night and drove to a place called Alpharetta, which is close to Atlanta, where Daddy's cousins the Nalls live. Then Friday morning, Mommy and GiGi and I went to something called a bridal luncheon for the wedding. Mommy was a bridesmaid (those are the people who wear fancy dresses and stand at the front of the church with the bride and groom). At the luncheon, I got to meet all of Mommy's friends from PT school.
Meeting Julia...
...Erin...
...Emily...
...and Christina!
The 5 PT school girls, and me!
On Friday night and Saturday Mommy and Daddy were really busy with wedding stuff (apparently there's more to it than just a 45 minute ceremony!). Daddy and I got to go with Mommy for a while on Saturday while she was getting ready with the other girls and taking pictures, and the rest of the time I stayed in Alpharetta at the Nalls with GiGi, Big Daddy, and the rest of the family. My aunt Brennan even drove down from Athens for the weekend, so I got to meet her, too!
Sitting with Emily, the bride, on wedding morning
Playing with Uncle Sean
Posing with the family, minus Big Daddy who took the picture!
Aunt Brennan! (aka Ninners)
Hanging out with Big Daddy
It was a really busy, but really fun weekend. Mommy and Daddy thought that I did really well for my first time traveling. It was a little bit tiring and made me a little grumpy a few times, but overall it was super fun. I can't wait to travel again to go to Savannah to see the rest of the Hussey family for Thanksgiving! Not exactly sure what that is, but I think it has something to do with a turkey? I guess I'll find out soon!
In the Atlanta airport with Daddy, all ready to go home after a busy weekend!
This week I turned 2 months old! Mommy and Daddy can hardly believe
how fast I'm growing up and how much I've changed in the last month!
Two Month Stats
Weight: 12 lbs 15 oz (93rd percentile!)
Length: 23 in (74th percentile)
Eye color: Definitely changing to more of a gray-blue with yellow in the center. Might be a green-eyed girl like Mommy!
Clothes size: 0-3 months
Two Month Habits
Eating: I still like to eat a lot! I nurse about every 3 hours (sometimes 4 if I'm sleeping) and usually take a 4 oz bottle for my last 2 feedings at dinner time and then at bed time. That way I stay more awake to eat and fill myself up before bed and Mommy and Daddy know how much I'm getting.
Sleeping: I go to bed around 8:30 and sleep for 5-6 hours until 1:30 or 2am, then get up to eat and go right back to sleep for another 3-4 hours until around 5-6am, get up to eat again, and usually go back to sleep until around 8am. Lots of night time sleeping! I'm not such a big fan of napping during the day lately, though. I will sometimes take one, 2-hour nap in my swing in the morning, but I don't really like to nap for more than about 30-45 min at a time right now other than that, especially in my crib! Cribs are for night time! :P
Play/skills: I am really good at holding my head up on my tummy now and can do it for a few minutes at a time while I look at a toy. I still especially like to lay on my tummy with my arms propped on my Boppy pillow cause I can hold my head up for a really long time like that. I even rolled over from my tummy to my back 5 times last week, but I think I forgot how to do it! I still love my Baby Einstein music radio and will turn my head to follow the lights, and I can also hold a rattle and shake it for a minute or two if Mommy or Daddy puts it in my hand for me. I can see colors now and like to look at bright toys instead of just black and white ones, and I love to look at people's faces, especially Mommy and Daddy! I've started smiling at them a lot and making more and more coos and happy sounds.
Video of the Month
Check out this video of me shaking a rattle all by myself!
Last Saturday I had my very first party! Nana threw a "Sip N' See" party at her house. That's when all of Nana and some of Mommy's friends come over to sip some fruity drink and see ME! It was super fun. I was in a very happy mood and got to meet a lot of new people while I was getting passed around the group. I didn't really mind because I was being held the whole time!
All dressed up for my big party.
Playing with Aunt Hilary before everyone else got there.
Sitting with my great grandma. I was distracted because there was another really cool ceiling fan to look at. Those things are amazing!
Mommy's friend Ashley's turn to hold me! This was when I was literally being passed around the circle.
Snuggling and playing with Regie, my "grand-Godmother!"
I stayed awake for the whole party, and then I was so tired later that I slept for 6 hours in a row that night for the very first time! Mommy and Daddy were really excited, but I'm not sure why...
