Today is Eilee Lou’s half birthday and I’m not handling it well at all. Six months! It’s been 6 months since i delivered this baby girl in a perfect, non pain medicated, peaceful, self assisted dream birth. It’s been 6 months since we found out that we were having another baby girl! It’s been 6 months since i met the rainbow that my heart so desperately desired. It’s been 6 months since i held our brand new miracle and bawled over her tiny body overwhelmed with the joy of God’s promise fulfilled. It’s been 6 months since my babies all met each other and made our world so complete. It’s been 6 months that I’ve solely breastfed her. Six months of being a mother to four. Six months of so many firsts and milestones. E has grown and changed more than you can imagine. She growls, smiles, laughs, blows spit bubbles, rolls any direction that you can think of, sits unassisted for brief periods, says ‘Mama’ and ‘Bubba’, pushes herself in a walker, has 2 teeth, makes a million hilarious facial expressions, sucks her thumb constantly, babbles and squeals as loud as she possibly can, weighs almost 18 lbs, is 28 inches tall, loves playing with her siblings, grins at literally anyone who talks to her, sleeps 8 plus hours most nights, can pass objects from hand to hand, and is seriously the most chill baby that I’ve ever seen. Anyone who spends any length of time with her will tell you that she’s smiley and calm but can quickly go from zero to sixty on the anger scale when it comes to her milkies. It’s the only time that we see her upset. She’s a milk monster for sure. She does this thing when she nurses that i don’t want to ever forget. She rolls my boob skin in between her fingers and pats me.
She alternates rolling my skin and patting. It’s very sweet. I cherish all of these little traits that she has and things that she does. She also plays with her own hair when she’s eating or tired. She’s just all around a sweet and amazing baby girl. She’s such a blessing! We love you, Smiley Eilee.