Emily: 7 Months

We are now closer to Em's birthday than to her birth day. Crazy how time flies! So what is she up to? She has mastered sitting....until she starts rocking that is. Her rocking caused her first bloody nose. She rocked herself right over onto a toy. Thankfully the blood and tears were short lived. Em's babbling has really taken off. I'm trying to get her to say "mama" but I don't have much hope for it being her first real word. The other day I said "say mama!" and she looked right at me and said "bubba"... Waving is her newest talent. She just does it at random times, not to say hi or bye. She's getting so expressive! We've been moving right along with solids. She loves trying all the new food. Unless it's pureed. She prefers to be able to pick it up. However, her favorite snack is by far her own toes. ;-) After her 6 month check up we tried bananas again. To our surprise, there was no rash. She has had bananas several times since then and not a single rash. Then earlier this week out of nowhere, she got the same kind of rash. The only common element was that she was in just a diaper and daddy had just given her raspberries on her neck. I did a little investigating and a little experiment (only because the rash didn't bother her) and it looks like daddy needs to go back to the soap he had been using. His new soap gives his baby girl a rash! 

 A couple of pictures from instagram: 

This picture of Em eating avocado cracks me up!  --  Toes are tasty too!

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Emily: 6 Months

Em is 6 months old today: half a year gone. Wow! According to our bathroom scale she's 15lbs. We don't have official stats b/c I had to reschedule her 6 month check-up. So what is Emily doing now? She's sitting up very well but the silly little girl still has yet to roll from her stomach to back. I've started wearing her less. It's getting hot and she's able to sit so well so she now rides in the cart at the grocery store. She loves it! The other costumers do too. We're constantly stopped by older ladies. She loves the exersaucer, especially when she makes it rock. So much fun! She's found her voice and it's loud...but cute. Along with figuring out how loud she can be, she's also figured out  how to babble. She currently likes the ba sounds and is so close to saying bubba. Sean's thrilled! She's also learned clap and has started to reach for people. She made my mom's night the other night by reaching for her while in my arms. She loves her thumb. She doesn't really suck it but it's always in her mouth; she even tries to nurse with it in her mouth. Silly girl! Nursing is going well but she's started getting a little distracted, especially if Sean's around. But I've started lightly wrapping her in her Aden + Anais blankets and it's helped a lot. I love those blankets! She also has to have one in the car other wise she cries. She's really just a joy. Always so happy!

Annabelle, aka hoover, makes a special appearance at dinner time.

We started solid a few weeks ago starting with a taste of watermelon juice. She sucked the thing to death! lol Then we tried banana: both Sean and Maddy's first food. We were in for a surprise that night! She ended up with a rash on her face and belly. I was not expecting that! So no more bananas for her. We're waiting to talk to the doctor before trying things like avocado, mangoes and more. If you have a reaction to one thing in that group of foods or to latex, there's a good chance you'll have a reaction with the others. (Latex-Food Syndrome) So, we're going to play it safe. Other than that she's done great with solids. She's had sweet potatoes (love!), applesauce (hates), squash (loves!) and just last night, peas (they're better for smashing ;-) ). We're taking the baby led approach to solids meaning (other than with applesauce) she's fed herself. It's messy but we're loving it!

Her reaction to bananas:

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Emily: 5 Months

Little Miss Em turned 5 months yesterday. According to our bathroom scale, she's now 14-15lbs. She's growing like a weed. News from this month? She finally rolled over back to belly all the way but has yet to figure out belly to back. I find that kind of funny because you would think belly to back would be easier and the fact that she hates tummy time would be motive to roll over. She has decided to skip that for now and is working on sitting up on her own. She can sit up on her own for a short time as long as she doesn't get excited. As soon as she does, her arms and legs start going crazy and she tumbles over. It's pretty cute and she thinks it's funny.

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I’m so proud

Tonight Sean went from laying to sitting for the first time. He then promptly pulled up on the couch. lol He sat up by himself a few more times. He looked so proud and excited each time. He also pulled up and walked down his toy box over to his exersaucer and stood there playing with the toys on the exersaucer for awhile. God help me, this boy is going to be walking in now time!

Moving on

Last week Sean mastered the ability to sit on his own. ...Now he’s moving on to figure out how to crawl!!



He didn’t get anywhere then but today he did. When he started his knees were at the edge of the blanket. This is where he ended up: