11 Weeks: Performance

Baby Girl continues to grow and experience more of the world around her each week.  She continues to follow her routine and is still sleeping through the night and actually most of the day this week.  From what I read, when some babies go through a growth spurt, they sleep a lot.  So I'm guessing that is what is going on this week.

I'm really glad that I am the only one around during the day with Millie because it would be really embarrassing for anyone else to see just what I do to entertain her during the day.  I certainly would not classify myself as the "entertainer of the year,"  but to an 11 week old baby my dancing and singing are exceptionally hilarious!  Millie absolutely loves sitting in her highchair listening to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse channel on pandora and watching Mommy dance around the kitchen.  She opens her mouth so wide and has such a big smile and then lifts her arms up in the air with really tight fists.  I can tell she is trying to hard to laugh out loud and it will come any day I'm sure!  :)  She loves Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Wheels on the Bus, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, and just about anything that I can dance around to.  That station on pandora is like a baby charmer.  While Mom and I were out shopping this week, she was getting a little fussy.  All I had to to was turn it on my phone and put it in her car seat with her and BAM silent baby!

Our Sunday this weekend was pretty busy!  It started with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention 5K.  Most of you know my Uncle Bruce took his own life last December leaving the family with so many unanswered questions and no closure. I don't think there was a time that I was around my Uncle Bruce that I wasn't laughing so hard that my stomach and cheeks hurt.  The last memories I have of him where during our trip to Florida last Thanksgiving!  We had so much fun and laughed all the time.  Whether it was him pretending to be a NASA employee at the Kennedy Space Center or him, Dad and Joe arguing over which GPS to follow in the car, we were always cracking up!  Uncle Bruce was also one of the first to know that Baby Schieck was on the way.  We shared the news with Dad and Ann while in Florida so Uncle Bruce got to celebrate with us.  :)  I wish Millie could have grown up knowing the fun loving Uncle that I knew.  So we walked this week to honor Uncle Bruce.  We had a great time and an awesome team.

New NASA Employee

Bruce's Babes and Buds

 

 

 

 

Youngest Babe for Bruce!

 After our walk on Sunday we took Millie to the pumpkin patch with my mom and brother.  She was awake for all of it and was really looking at all the stuff.  She put her feet in the corn kernels, looked at the cow, chickens, turkey and goats, went down the big slide, and then rode the wagon over to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin.  I'm really surprised at how alert she was.  I would consider the first pumpkin patch trip a success.  We even got some cute pictures.  :)