6 Months

Wow! It is hard for me to believe that half a year has flown by since Calina was born.  My smiley girl does something new every day.  She is quite the mover now.  Between rolling and scooting she gets exactly where she is trying to go, which is usually wherever Fiona is at.  She's also already getting up on her knees, so I feel that crawling really isn't far off. 

 Callie isn't as good of a sleeper as she used to be.  She's still a decent sleeper though, so I'm not complaining.  She has decided she likes to rub silky blankets on her face while she falls asleep and this is usually how she ends up.

 Calina can now sit up unassisted for a couple of minutes now.  She also got her first taste of real food the other day.  Mommy shared some of her avocado and Callie loved it.  She ate about a tablespoon and screamed when we wouldn't feed her anymore.  She's very ready to eat, but we have held off trying to let her little tummy mature longer.  We'll have to go a little slower with starting solids and be very vigilant about checking labels. 
I love Callie's personality.  She is just such a super sweetie.  I can't wait to see more of her personality as she grows.  Happy 6 months, Callie!!



Finding the Silver Lining

Sometimes it is so hard to just count your blessings and find the silver linings in things. That is what I am trying to do today.

Princess Fi has been a teething, cranky, drooly, needy mess for several weeks now. She has had a few good days mixed in there, but there have been a LOT of cranky ones. It has been difficult to accomplish much because on the cranky days, she wants to be held a lot and does NOT let me out of her sight without a major meltdown. It has been rough.

Today, I am making an attempt to change MY attitude, because the teething isn't going to go away and most likely the crankiness isn't either. So, here it goes.

I am grateful that my daughter loves me and still wants to snuggle with me and thinks I can make everything better. I am thankful that she has one tooth through, so that is one down. I am thankful that she is hitting appropriate developmental milestones, like separation anxiety.

Now to keep reminding myself of this when she doesn't want me to put her down so I can eat, go to the bathroom, or shower. I can do it.

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Cousins

Splish, Splash

Princess Fiona's Grandpa bought her a baby pool for the backyard last weekend. Isn't it cute?


Yesterday, we tried it out since it was like 100 degrees with unGodly humidity. A little back story for those of you who don't know, Fi is the hotest baby ever. I've known a lot of babies and she wins the award. She pours buckets of sweat when the temperature goes above 75. This winter, I had all these cute fleece outfits that people had bought for her, but I couldn't put any of those on her because she immediately overheated and got heat rash. So being a hot blooded baby she loves to be naked and she loves the water. I couldn't wait to take her out to sit in the pool because she loves the bath so much.

After the initial bad mommy moment where I turned to grab the camera and she rolled backwards and got all wet (the water was a little chilly and I think it startled her), she loved it. She sat out there chewing on stuff and splashing in the water for 30 minutes and would have continued to play, but mommy was overheating sitting in the sun beside her.

She thought the floating pillow was the best toy ever. What a great present. Thanks Grandpa!

Wordless Wednesday

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling ...

I have no idea why we wish for our children to become mobile. My life was so much simpler when Fiona was stationary. For a couple of months she has been rolling over. However, she pretty much just rolled around in one spot. She didn't use this skill to get anywhere. She would scoot herselves in circles or roll over to reach a toy just out of reach, but for the most part I could put her down and walk away to put in another load of laundry or something and I would come back and she would be relatively in the same spot.

I miss those days.

She figured out recently that rolling can actually get you to places. You can simply roll to the things Mommy doesn't want you to get into or the dogs who just want a nap. I was so excited for all of 5 seconds when she first rolled across the living room. Then the frantic baby proofing began. No more cords on the ground anywhere and the baby gate had to go up. Sheesh.

I was not ready for this. Fiona is supposed to stay my little baby, not grow up. She has even made a few attempts to get up on her hands and knees. I am definitely not ready for a crawling baby. Either are the dogs. They were also quite surprised the first time she came rolling up to them. Nothing is safe anymore. She is a rolling fiend.

My baby is growing up ... sniff, sniff.

Wordless Wednesday

First "Real" Food

On Monday we gave Fiona her first solid food. Rice cereal ... yum.

She was a little confused initially.

Then Mom couldn't keep it coming fast enough.

I would say that was a success :)

6 Months Old

Hard to believe how much Fiona has changed in 6 short months!

We took Fiona for her 6 month check-up and she weighed in at 14 lbs 13 oz and was 25.25 inches long, which is about the 25th percentile for both. She is growing like a weed, but is still my little peanut!

Fi is so much fun these days.

She loves to roll around on the floor and eat her feet. She giggles like crazy when you act like you might tickle her. She LOVES patty cake and laughs hysterically when you start it. She immediately spots any dog within a block and squeals at it. She says "mamamama" when she is sad. She says "dadadada" when she is happy (not fair). She is sitting up on her own for a few seconds, but is too busy to bother sitting still much longer than that (she is usually distracted by her feet). She is starting to show some stranger danger, but warms up to most people in a few minutes. She sleeps about 8 hours at a time at night (Yahoo!!!!). She grabs everything within reach. She LOVES eating (even if it is only rice cereal so far). She figured out how to drink out of a straw.

She makes us smile and feel amazingly blessed every day!!