6 months!!

It's hard to believe its already been half of a year since our little pumpkin got here!! I just love watching her grow and change but hate how fast it's all passing us by. I am not sure of her 6 month stats yet because her check up isn't until Friday, but I am guessing she is right around 14 lbs. I know she is tiny because I can't go a day without someone, including strangers telling me about how small she is. It kind of makes me feel bad, like I'm not feeding her well, but trust me, she eats a ton! She is just going to just be skinny. I think shes perfect just how she is, and don't understand why people obsess over chubby babies so much like its the standard.

I want so badly for the last 7 weeks of this crazy school year to go by quickly so that I can soak up the summer with my little angel, but at the same time I want to be able to enjoy and remember this very fun stage she is at right now. This 6th month has been a month of tremendous growth and excitement!

Avery got her bottom, front two teeth this this month and is working on more. She was a trooper through the teething process too. She had about 2 days of fussiness and fever per tooth but it wasn't nearly as bad as everyone makes teething sound at all! I actually got more cuddles than usual since she is usually a little squirmy worm trying to get into everything. I haven't been able to capture a photo of her teeth yet because her big lips hide them plus she is very dramatic about anyone looking in her mouth, so it just makes her too mad. I'll get a picture once they grow in a little more though!

This month Avery has pretty much mastered sitting up completely unsupported and for longer periods of time. She is even working on getting from tummy time to the sitting position all on her own. She's amazing! She's started getting on all fours and attempting to crawl too. She gets to rocking back and forth, but when she takes a "step" or two she splats and gets back up to try again. The last three days however, she has figured out that she can get going where she wants pretty quickly by army crawling on her elbows! It's so fun to watch her but her little elbows and knees are taking a beating! My bet this whole month has been that by May 1st she will crawling all over the place. She's already so close and definitely has the strength, just lacking a bit of coordination!

Each day she gets more and more vocal, talking, babbling and singing but is still pretty calm and quiet most of the time. She does most of her talking to herself as she winds down in her crib to go to sleep. We just watch her on the monitor and listen. :-) Her latest noises are blowing raspberries, and doing an excited panting sound. She is laughing and giggling so much more now too. It's still our favorite thing ever!! We live for those moments.

At six months Avery's favorite things are:

PEEK-a-BOO! So much fun for both of us!
She laughs so hard!

CHEWING on EVERYTHING in sight! Gotta test out those chompers and they are sharp!!

DINNER TIME! She loves sitting with us at the table and trying new foods and can even sit in the wooden highchairs at restaurants, which for some reason is a milestone in my book. It just seems like such a big girl step!

ANYTHING WITH BUTTONS! Her favorite toys are the remote, PS controller, and my phone right now. We're in trouble with this one!!

THE MIRROR! Just like her mom.. LOL for those that don't know, I was obsessed with mirrors as a kid. I got a full length mirror for my 5th birthday so I could perform dances for myself instead of using the glass of our home stereo and it was my favorite thing in the world.. Haha!! Anyway, she just cracks up at herself in the mirror and if course it's adorable!

EXPLORING THE WORLD! Everything is new and exciting to a 6 month old, and Avery loves to see and touch and chew on it all. She loves listening to people talk and watching everything around her, as long as she's in a safe proximity to Mama and Daddy. :)

Some things Avery doesn't like at 6 months:
Getting dressed, changing her diaper or putting on lotion.. She's too busy for that! It's like trying to wrestle and and dress a fish! We pretty much have given up on the changing table because she's going to flip right off while trying to wriggle away.

Washing her face after dinner...she loves the washcloth but if I take it from her while she's chewing on it so I can wipe her face and hands she flips out. She wants to do it herself. Miss independent!

The carseat.. Still. She hates getting in and being strapped down but once we get moving she's ok. Now that she's a little bigger though, it's that much harder to get her in because she fights it so hard. :-(

We love this little girl so much! She is the light of our lives and can turn the worst days around for me with her contagious smile. We are having so much fun being her parents. Now time to start baby proofing because this baby is about to be unstoppable!

5 months

I love Horton!

Come at me bro

Our little sugar plum is now 5 months old and just getting cuter each day!! This month we have met 3 little newborns, including Miss Delaney, one of my best friends, Alex's baby. When we got to hold her, our hearts just melted, thinking about how fast our little one is growing! Avery was just as teeny not very long ago! Already makes me want another one..but NOT anytime too soon! ;-) We are so happy to have more friends joining the parent club too. What an amazing journey it is. Every day brings even more joy and than the day before and our love for our her grows exponentially. Sometimes I just stare and admire her every little feature and think my heart might actually burst with love. Then she'll claw my face up while simultaneously sending projectile spit up into my hair and I'm quickly brought back to reality. Funny how I don't even mind though, because every smile and laugh from my sweetie makes every messy moment more than worth it.

Avery looking like a big girl!

Tiny, Sweet Delaney Marie

Wave to the camera!

 At 5 months our favorite things have been:
SPRING BREAK!! A week together was just what we both needed. We went to see Gigi and her new house in OKC with Aunt Lacy and her girls and we had a blast. We went to the zoo and Avery and the weather were both PERFECT! I carried her around in the Bjorn all day and it was awesome!! She would take little naps on my chest, then pop awake and just stayed as happy as could be. Mema and Pepa came up and spent some time with us too, and it was so good to see them!!!

Taking a nap on mommy. So sweet!

All the girls on the tram

Checking out the other passengers

With Aunt Gigi

 Making this no-lips grin!

Horton stuffed animal, being outside, babbling conversations, snuggling with Mama and Daddy,

 PETTING ABBY!

Pulling on faces and her own feet, chewing on everything she can get her hands on, "superbaby" at a reasonable height, reading, sweet potatoes, squash, bananas, SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT (most of the time) and

LEARNING HOW TO SIT UP!!

Things we don't like at 5 months:

green beans, peas, the carseat, when mommy walks away, doing "superbaby" too high in the air, sitting in the high chair without food, having to sleep anywhere other than her crib, when people talk to loud, getting dressed, and hats. 

Things we aren't sure about:

avocados, bathtime and strangers.

Can't wait to see what milestones we will hit this month, and how her little personality will continue to develop!! 

4 Month Fun!

This past month has been so busy! I know I say that every month, but really. We've had 3 baby showers, 2 birthdays and Valentine's day! Avery weighed in right at 12lbs and measured 24.75 inches at her 4 month check-up. She has dropped from the 35th to the 9th percentile in weight, which I was concerned about except she's gone from the 32nd to the 60th percentile in height. She's getting tall and skinny!! She is babbling and trying SO hard to talk and mimic us! It's so funny, you can literally see her brain working to try to say "I love you" back to us. When we kiss her she smacks her lips back and gives us sugars too! Either that or she's trying to eat our faces, but I say it's kisses!! She is a drooling machine too. I've thought she was teething on a couple of occasions but I think she is just a slobbery baby that likes to chew on everything already. She also loves blowing spit bubbles, and we found out last weekend LOVES to FaceTime on my phone!! Avery has recently become very interested in food and leans in to try take bites while I'm eating, so I've let her have a taste of my sweet potato and mashed potatoes off my finger. She's also gotten to smack on an orange wedge and a slice of strawberry. She loves it so I've been excited to feed her for real! This morning, for the first time, we gave her baby oatmeal. The first couple of spoonfuls she was unsure about, but once she figured out what was going on, she wanted more more more! She tried to take the spoon from me and do it herself. She's already so smart!

My absolute favorite new thing she does--laughing. She's been doing a halfway chuckle time laugh since she was about a month old, but now, full on belly laughs that completely melt my heart. She did it the first time on Valentine's day and I'm on a constant mission to get more laughs, but she makes me work so hard for it!! She's got to be in a good mood and I have to blow on her belly and tickle her at the same time and she might let out a couple of giggles. I have to work on being funnier I guess! 

Daddy's Valentine

No more pictures Mommy!

Playing the drums with Daddy!

Ooohh I like this stuff!!

I can do it myself Momma!

Give me the spoon.

All gone!!