The Russo's

Hudson and Gianna have been reaching some big milestones lately. I'll begin with Gianna. I started baby food after doing cereal for about 3 weeks. I thought maybe it would help with her sleeping problems if it was a hunger issue. (more on that next) She had sweet potatoes as her first food. Since then, she has had carrots, squash and bananas. She is doing pretty good and opens her mouth for more. I plan on making her baby food soon as I did for Hudson. I started sleep training with Gianna 2 weeks ago because she was still having trouble going to sleep and rocking wasn't working. It took about a week, but now she puts herself to sleep pretty quick and is taking good naps now. Her bedtime varies and we still have some pretty late nights, like after midnight. Hopefully, this will get better soon. Sometimes, she puts her sleep sack on her face to go to sleep and then I go take it off after. We took the exersaucer out for her to try. I think she is still a little young for ...

Gianna will be 5 months next week, but she just went for her 4 month check up last week due to the holidays. She weighed 14 lbs 5 ounces(50th percentile) and is 25 1/2 inches long (90th percentile) She did well for her shots and is a healthy girl.    I started giving her rice cereal to practice eating. She is still learning how it works, but making progress. She rolled from her tummy to her back on New Year's Eve and is close to doing back to stomach. She is still a very happy baby and really good except for sleeping lately. For the past couple of weeks she has been waking up during the night and fighting her sleep. She is probably teething and I hope she gets back to herself soon! She can be a night owl and stayed up to bring in the new year! -sat in the bumbo a few times -reaches and bats at toys -likes her play mat and baby doll -puts everything in her mouth -wearing mostly 3-6 months clothes - size 2 diaper -eats every 3 hours -ticklish in many spots -laughs out...

I introduced Hudson to an advent calendar this year. He looked forward to opening a window (or several) each day and I read the scripture to him. We did the annual Christmas caroling with church. Hudson and Grace rode on the trailer this year and had a lot of fun. Gianna enjoyed a nap on the ride. It was Gianna's first Christmas. Hudson helped her open some of her gifts. She got a lot of cute clothes and some toys for the coming months. She wanted the paper so bad and got mad when we took it away. Sitting in her new chair from Nana Ang & Papa Christmas morning was fun for Hudson this year. He can open the presents pretty good and gets excited about them. He loves his train table. He has been spending so much time playing with it! Hudson serenading Gianna with his new guitar from Nana & Papa. We do Christmas with both families on Christmas day. My family came to our house that night. My brother came in town as a surprise! the guys in grey A few pictures from lunch at the Rus...

Gianna and I went to Huntsville over the weekend to meet my niece, Jetta. She was 2 weeks on Thursday. We flew along with Jamie and my dad. Gianna did great on her first plane rides and the rest of the trip too. We had a good time hanging out and did some shopping too. On the plane going to Alabama Paw Paw and Jetta Nash and Gianna watching tv together The younger three of the six grandchildren. Gianna seems so big compared to little Jetta. Double sweetness in the double stroller Family Pictures We did some family pictures to update our photos since Gianna is now here. It was very cold and windy for the outside pics, but the kids did pretty well.