The Hesch Family: August 2010

Geez it has been a long time since I have written anything. I have laid in bed at night and thought "hum, I need to write a blog. I know! I will write ALL the time and then I will never get behind again!" That doesn't happen, or will it?

A lot has been going on first off, obviously lets up date on Ellie. She was blessed on June 6th. I was so happy to have all of our family there. And even better both Josh's and my family sat all together. What a blessing it is to have such good family in our lives! Josh was really nervous to get up in front of everyone, but he got right up there and did it, beautifully I might add. I cried. When he and Ellie came back he leaned over and said that he was nervous but he watched Ellie whiling he was giving the blessing and she was smiling in her sleep and he knew everything was going to be okay. She is perfect. Sorry, all of her 2 month photos are on another hard drive!

Ellie is 4 months old and has finally rolled over. Back to front, only rolling to her left. She never has liked being on the ground much. I am proud of her though. The belly to back is still going to be a while, I think. I don't see much interest in it. Although I didn't think she was going to roll back to front either and then she just did it, so we will have to see about that.

Ellie also got her first tooth in in these last few days. She has a second one that is just under the gums and I am expecting it to come in sometime in the next week. Teething has not been fun. There has been a real change in our routine, I really don't know what to expect from her now, will she take a nap, will she let me put her down, will I be able to get anything done. (I usually don't ever get anything done. I try I swear I do!) Poor girl is just hurting and just wants her mama!

Speaking of wanting her mama, Ellie has Stranger Danger really bad. It started over a month ago. She does not like other people to hold her besides Josh and I. She will smile at anyone, from a distance. But if they get too close or touch her, it is not a good thing!

At her 4 month appointment Ellie is 16 pounds and 25 inches tall! She has gotten so big! Remember she was 7 lbs 7 oz and 18.5 inches when she was born. She used to be so small!

Bath time has been hard. In the beginning she loved her bath. She would talk, coo and smile. Then she began to scream and cry. Turns out she want to sit up completely in the water. It took us a while to figure that out. Now we are back to her loving the water. That is how I like it.

Sitting up. Ellie LOVES to sit up. I can't get her to sit in her bouncy seat anymore because it lays her back to far. She loves her bumbo seat, even though she is now trying to get out of it! She loves her toys and EVERYTHING ends up in her mouth. Plus with her teething there is usually a grossly large amount of slobber on it.

We had a Peterson Reunion in Pine Valley the first of July. It was lots of fun. Ellie did so well, this was the most she has ever been out in the elements. She slept like a champ, it must have been the soothing sound of the stream right outside of our tent. My mom brought up 3D puzzles for the boys to do. I helped Josh with his. It took us 7 hours to finish it. Yes, it took FOREVER! But as my mom says "It is bonding time". It was great fun and it was nice to have the whole family together.

She is sleeping well. Some nights she will go to bed at 9 and not get up till 7! Those are awesome nights! But most nights it is 9 to 4, then back to bed till 8, then back to bed till 10:30. Yes, I try to keep Ellie in bed till 10, I am NOT a morning person!

Now to move on to us, the parents. Josh is still working really hard. We have decided to that he will convert the spare bedroom into a massage room and we will on building up his some clients. So please pass on the word that you know of a massage therapist looking for new clients who will be working for reasonable prices! I designed him a business card and bought 500 of them for $12 online. I am pretty happy about that.

I am with the bean all day, every day and I love it! I finished crocheting the backpack I start months ago when I was pregnant with Ellie. I even did some drawing and a watercolor picture(when the bean was napping, both sessions were cut short when she woke up)! It was really nice to have the creative juices flowing again!