6 months old! half a year!!

My Baby girl is 6 months old now! Oh my goodness!

( she was 6 months on the 13th, I'm late)

Things have gotten a little tougher in mommy land, she is much more fussy and just doesn't seem as happy. I'm not sure what's going on but to be honest, this is the first time that being a mom has really exhausted me. Our biggest issues are her eating habits have changed a lot. She is now not eating baby food or cereal, when she was chowing down before. I don't think it's a flavor thing because she has had tons and has been eating the baby food and cereal for almost 2 months now. She is also only eating 4 oz at random times and is off her day time schedule, besides naps, they have still been happening around the same time as normal. Our other issue is bed time. She used to go down SO easy. We would just lay her down after her night time feeding and bam she was out. Now she'll maybe eat 2 oz at bedtime the tosses and turns sometimes cries for 20 minutes or so. some nights we have to go up and rock her a little, some times she can just  fall asleep on her own. She isn't sleeping as well anymore, I'm assuming because maybe she isn't eating as much? But she is now waking up around 5:30 am then eating and going back to sleep until about 8. I am hoping it's just a phase that will soon pass.

Other than that she is moving and a shaking! she's so active. Here is the new things she's doing at 6 months old!

She is 16 lbs 10 oz (60th)

She is 26 inches tall ( 56th)

She is pretty much sitting up on her own

She is pushing up on her arms during tummy time but hasn't come up on her knees at all yet.

She loves toys that light up and make music.

She LOVES her feet and they are ALWAYS in her hands.

She is in size 3 diapers.

She loves when I sing patty cake. She always giggles :)

She has attempted a sippy cup, and high chair ( more about those in my next post.)

She is learning to throw little mini hissy fits. If a toy or something she wants is taken away she will start to cry. poor baby ha.

She also had her first water park adventure, I'll post about that soon!!

bad bad blogger.

I have been EXHAUSTED.Which is the reason for my lack of post. BUT I have tons pictures, including Lily's first time in a highchair, using a sippy cup and first time at a water park. PLUS her 6 month post. I' ll be a busy bee starting tomorrow. But for now... bedtime!

Birthday boy!

I've been a bad blogger. I  haven't kept up with posting. I've been pretty busy between work, Lily Pie and helping My sister  with my nephews birthday. His Birthday was Saturday The 7th ( yes I'm almost a week late!) and I just can't believe he is One! The poor baby wasn't feeling too well. He isn't sick, But he has developed a lactose intolerance. He has thrown up soooo much over the past week. His doctor changed him to soy Formula/ Milk and so far he is doing much better. But because of all the vomiting he has lost a good amount of weight, so now we're trying to fatten him back up. On top of all that, he has to get tubes placed in his ears. After a year of almost constant ear infections, and fluid in his ear, he will hopefully get some relief from the tubes. Anyone have any experience with this? My sister is a little nervous about him getting it done.

Even though he had an upset tummy, He still seemed to enjoy his birthday.

My sweet Dylan, The day he was born

Me and Dylan on his First birthday!!

Lily had a blast at the party. Not only did she look adorable, But she loved all the attention she got! I can't believe she is going to be 6 months old tomorrow!

We had such a fun time!

it's here! it's here!

Lily has a tooth! ahhhhhh! 

I woke up this morning and felt it! it's about half way out.

i'm off to bed now. Just wanted to share about my baby's no longer tooth less smile.

Could it be?

Could it be, that my sweet little girl may be on track to permently sleeping through the night?! 

She is now consistinly sleeping through the night about 4 times a weeks. while the other 3 she still wakes up around 3:30-4 ish and then goes right back down. It's really exciting me because this is the most she's ever slept through the night. ( hope I don't jinx myself, ha) Teething is still kicking her butt, and her stuffy nose isnt helping but hopefuly her nose gets better and those teeth poke through. her 2 bottom teeth are RIGHT THERE!

Little Lady is learning to push up on her arms!

On another note, I am at a loss when it comes to my living room. it's such an awkward shaped room and it really only has one real way that we can put the couch on, (due to the fire place and entrance to the kitchen.) and I just can't find a way that I like. Everything just looks strange. I'm thinking we will need to buy new furniture. maybe starting fresh will help us arrange it in a way that I like.

It's been a while.

Life has been crazy the past 2 weeks. Lily has been changing so much. She is getting much better about sleeping. But sometimes it does still seem like we take 2 steps forward then 3 steps back. She recently slept through the night 2 nights in a row. For the first time ever! But that was followed by 3 TERRIBLE nights. This teething thing is really kicking her butt at bedtime, and during naps. She also recently has gotten a cold, or at least a stuffy/ nose cough thing. This is also bothering her at night. The good news/ bad news ( yes, it's good and bad) She is taking a pacifier at nap time! She would have nothing to do with a pacifier for the longest time, and it's so nice that she is taking one now and it helps soothe her. The bad part, I don't want her to be crazy about them, and me have to wrestle it away from her when she's older. We'll just see if she even continues to take it before I worry about braking the paci habit HA!

Other than that she is such a joy! she is still such a happy baby and me and mike are loving it! We started baby food, and my little pig goes crazy for it! Though it has made her BM kind of hard so I think I may take a break for a day then start back with the first kind we tried and stick with each for a little longer to really make sure she does ok with that flavor. So far she loves Sweet Potato's the most!

 This is her " Ok Mom, I'm done now!" face. HA!

 

Tonight after the kiddies are asleep me and my sister are going to see a movie! We're going to see Charlie St. Cloud. Mike has no desire to go so it'll just be us, it's nice to have some time with my sister, since her move to Key West is fast approaching.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

The dreaded first tooth.

It's almost here. I see one swollen bump on my baby's gum. And believe me, Lily isn't happy about it. She Has definitely been fussier than normal. For about 3 days she would hardly nap, and nothing helped the poor girl.  So far, the thing we found that works the best is Tylenol and baby orajel. And she also really loves chewing/sucking on wet or frozen wash cloths. Teething ring are nice for a little bit but She doesn't seem to like how cold it i on her hands. Though it still hasn't poked through she is getting back to her old self. She is now napping and sleeping normally again, and only has the occasional " I hate teething" hissy fit. As for me, I'm just taking it all in... trying to make sure I always remember this smile, Her FIRST smile. Her first toothless smile. Here soon, she'll have a new smile, full of little teeth. It's all going so quickly.

Wish us luck while we begin our teething adventure.

Lily is 5 Months old!

Today, My sweet little lady is 5 months old. WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE?! I can't believe next month we will be celebrating her half birthday. Lily is doing so many new and exciting things. 

 

• She can balance sitting up for about a minute, and then starts to fall, but she is getting better everyday.

• She is rolling over every time we put her on her back and almost always sleeps on her belly. it scares me to death, but I must say.. she does sleep a lot better on her belly.

• Speaking of sleep, she STILL, yes I said it, STILL doesn't sleep through the night. She will randomly do it about 2-3 times a week but its not permanent yet. I'm taking it with a grain of salt. I know when she is 18 I will long for one night when she wakes up and still needs me. 

•  She is SO giggly. Always cracking up. She was laughing so hard tonight that she was spiting her cereal every where!

• She loves the doggies, and loves when they bark.

• She thinks swimming and bath time are the coolest thing ever.

• She is still in size 2 diapers, but they are getting a little snug.

One thing is for sure. This Little girl has brought so much joy to my and mike's life. We are such lucky parents! :)

Flamingo party!

Saturday Me and Lily went to a flamingo party with my sister! We had a great time. Mike was out of town with a few of his guy friends on a tubing trip, so we enjoyed a nice girls weekend. Lily had a great time swimming even though it was a little cloudy.  She is so calm and chilled out in pools!

She is definitly a little water bug.

I was so excited that I already had the perfect out for the flamingo party!

Gosh, She looked cute!

The party was so much fun! we Had a great weekend, but we are happy that daddy is home!

Holiday weekend re-cap!

We had such a great 4th of July weekend. 

Saturday me, mike and my sister went to a friends of ours surprise birthday party. We had tons of fun hanging out and most of them have babies around Lily's age so we had a great time hanging out. Our friend lives in northern VA so we don't see them as often as we'd like.

Not only is Sunday America;s birthday, But it also happens to me my Dad's. My family came to our house this year and we had a mini cook-out and enjoyed Ice cream cake for his birthday. We all chipped in and got him a tour through back bay in kayak's. Him and My mom went today and they really had a good time, I'm so glad he liked his gift! 

After Ice cream we packed up and headed to Mt. Trashmore for fire works. We parked close to my work and walked from there. I was so pleased to find that it wasn't too crowded hen we got there. We arrived at about 7:30pm and there was still ton of good spots on the Hill. Lily, Dylan and Madison had a BLAST being out side. The weather was perfect, about 85ish and a great breeze and they loved just laying on the blanket looking up at the clouds.

I just can't believe we got a picture of them ALL SMILING! oh my gosh!

Lily was in a great moos and looked cute as a button in her outfit!

She also was all giggles while we were walking to the park. She much prefers to be riding front and center with daddy, than in her stroller...

Even though she slept through her first fireworks ( I expected this, she is a very scheduled baby and is always in bed by 8:30, so I didn't think she'd make it until the fireworks) We had so much fun and I will always remember her first one! I'm glad my parents, sister and her babies could be with us on this special holiday! And me, mike and Lily had such a great 4th!