Six Months and Beyond

Emily in her Christmas p.j.s from Nonna


Emily napping!

Doing a push-up

Christmas Baby!

It is pretty difficult to believe that Emily has passed the half-year mark! She is changing and learning new skills very rapidly these days, and I know this will continue for quite some time! Below are her stats from her 6 month checkup:

Weight-16 lbs, 7 oz (59%)

Height-24.75 in (17%)

Head-17 in (70%)

She grew in all three areas-especially the head circumference! Her doctor actually said she was going to remeasure her head because she said she didn't think it was accurate for it to have grown that much so quickly, but she didn't get around to it. Emily had 4 shots at her appointment plus the oral Rotavirus vaccine. She did NOT like the oral one this time around, and wasn't too fond of the actual shots either. I'm glad her 9 month appointment will only be a finger prick for an anemia test.

In order to keep this post a somewhat decent length, I thought I would just list out the new things she is doing these days as well as things that I just love about this stage of her life!

*rolling over back to front

*sitting unsupported (yay!)

*starting to eat solids (she has had rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, sweet potatoes and pears. she isn't too fond of cereal, but really seems to like the pears and potatoes)

*laughing when I tickle her or make funny high pitched noises

*laughing when I dance around (like a crazy person)

*her two bottem teeth made their appearance on December 28th

*naps have finally gotten a bit better when I started putting her on her tummy in our bed. her short naps are now 40 minutes (instead of 15), and she will take up to 2 hour naps sometimes!

*she still loves taking walks, and now sits in the main stroller part, instead of in her carseat attached to the stroller

*Emily LOVES the cat and wants to touch her whenever she sees her. This includes grabbing and squeezing her skin/fur, hitting her body, getting a handful of whiskers, etc. So far, the cat has been fairly tolerant. Matt and I are pretty sure the cat will be the motivation for Emily to crawl.

*shaking anything that rattles is SO exciting

*night time sleep is usually about 11-12 hours (7:30pm-7ish am) with one nighttime feeding around 3-4am

*socks will never stay on for very long, so I'm constantly pulling them back on, or searching around the house to find the missing sock

*Emily LOVES to drink water out of our cups. We bought her a sippy cup, but she pretty much just chews on it.

*Emily reaches and grabs EVERYTHING she can. She will work and work to get things that are just out of her grasp, and seems pretty proud of herself when she gets the item!

*She likes to look in the mirror and she immediately smiles at her reflection and reaches out to touch it.

*When she gets excited, she makes a squeaking noise...kind of a mix between a mouse and a pteradactyl.

*Matt and I dedicated Emily to God on December 5th. Along with this is our committment to raise Emily in a Christ-centered home and to teach her about God's love and faithfulness.

Ok...that is all for now, I'm sure I'll think of some other really cute things later! Matt and I are having so much fun with Emily. We are always finding new ways to make her laugh (and we usually laugh at ourselves as well!). Our first Christmas with her was really fun and special, and we're looking forward to see what new skills she will learn next!