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Cynthia Leeann is Four Months

How is my baby already four months old?!?  She turned four months on June 28th and we had her four month well baby visit today.  She is turning into a little character and her personality is shining through everyday.  It is so fun to watch her grow.  




Stats:  
At her four month well check up yesterday, she weighed in at 11 lbs 15 oz and she measured 24 inches long.  The doctor said she is a little small weight wise but she is getting tall!  Her hair is getting a little curly on the sides and thinning out in the back but does appear to be getting lighter in color.  I am still not sure about her eye color.  One day they look brown and then the next they look lighter.  I guess only time will tell what her true eye color will be.

Eating:  
She is currently formula feed with a little oatmeal cereal mixed in to help with reflux issues.  We got the okay from the doctor to start trying to give her a little cereal at dinner time mixed with some formula.  She said after she takes to the night cereal feedings then we can work on adding a breakfast feeding then on to fruits and veggies!
 
          Sleep:
She is a great sleeper at night!  She normally falls asleep between 8:00 and 9:00 and sleeps until 6:00 am.  Then she wakes and has a bottle and normally goes back to sleep for a couple hours.  She is not much of a napper.  She takes a couple random naps about 45-60 minutes long but would much rather spend her day awake.  We are going to start the transition to her crib for night sleeping this month and are hoping it goes well.

Wears:  
She is currently wearing sizes 3 months and 3-6 months depending on the brand.  She is currently wearing size 2 diapers and they are a little big but we had plenty of boxes on hand from our diaper shower and figured she would grow into them and then we don't have to buy anymore diapers right now!

Likes: 
She really likes to chat with any ceiling fan, stroller rides, snuggles with mommy and daddy and her kick n play mat.

Dislikes:  
She is not a fan of being hungry, diaper changes and red lights or stop signs when in the car.  She is not a fan when the vehicle stops moving.

Milestones:  
- She is now consistently rolling over from back to front anytime you put her on her back.
- She went on her first trip to Florida and did pretty good in the car.  She handled most of the drive well but by the last couple hours she was done with the car seat.  We did try and stop often to give her time to be out of the seat and stretch.
-  During our trip to florida she made her first visit to Disney!  We only lasted a couple hours but it was fun to take her for the first time and now we can't wait to take her back!
-  Got to meet all her cousins and grandmother, aunts and an uncle.
- She went on her first boat ride this month and as long as the boat was moving she was happy and content to sleep away but when the boat stopped she was not happy.
 
                                                                              First ride at Disney was Spaceship Earth!  


Cousin Adrianna

Cousin Lucas 

Aunt Mandi 

Aunt Kim 

Maternal Grandmother 

10-15 minutes from home and she was done with the car.  We had to leave at 3:00 a.m. to get most of the driving done before she was really awake for the day.  




Cynthia,  Mommy and daddy are really enjoying watching you grow and seeing your personality really start to come out.  We can't wait to see what you do this next month.

Anniversary Trip Part 1 - Getting to the ship

We just recently got back from celebrating two years of wedded bliss! 
How has it already been two years.  It still feels like yesterday that we were in the chaos of planning our wedding.  It was a great day that started a wonderful marriage.  We have had our ups and downs but I wouldn't change anything.  But back to the title of the post.  We just got back from celebrating being married for two years on the Carnival Sunshine.  It was a great trip and we saw some new parts of the Caribbean and one old favorite.  Our itinerary included stops in Aruba, Curacao and Grand Turk along with four days at sea. 
 
We started out our journey by driving from our home state of North Carolina to Port Canaveral, Florida.  We stayed at the Radisson Resort at the Port and can't say enough good things about this hotel.  It is a great location from the port and offers cruise parking as part of your room rate.  It is a great deal for hotel and parking.  They shuttle you over to your ship and then pick you back up and bring you to your car upon returning back to port. 
 
We arrived at the cruise terminal at 11:30 and were on the boat by 12:30.  We had to wait a bit for our room to be ready to stow away our carryon and then get on to exploring our home for the next 8 days! 



We only had to wait about forever thirty minutes for our room to be ready.  We just camped in the hallway and waited for the all clear to drop our luggage off.  I did not want to carry our stuff around anymore.  When we arrived in our room to drop off our luggage this is what we saw:
 
We then proceeded to drop off our carryon bags and got to exploring the ship!  I will be back tomorrow with our exploration. 
 

 




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