6 months.

time flew with evan but this is just ridiculous!!! 1/2 a year already?!?! guess it’s time to start planning her first birthday party :)

miss avery is just getting so big and we are loving seeing her personality come out!!

height: i’ll have to look at the dr’s paper and update it
weight: 18.5 lbs {i think}

avery is:

• wearing a size 3 diaper finally and fills them out quite nicely:)
• still wearing 9 and 12 month clothes. she could probably wear some 18 month clothes as well but she has so many under 12 month clothes that i haven’t felt the need to bust out the bigger ones.
• eating like a big girl!! she is eating a fruit with cereal at breakfast, a veggie with cereal at lunch, and a fruit and veggie with cereal for dinner. she has basically tried just about everything we can think of. we’ll have to start look at moving her to the next stage of baby food. she takes a 4-6 ounce bottle between 530 and 630, a little milk at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and 4-6 ounces around 1030am, 2 or 3 in the afternoon, and then before bed. this varies but that’s pretty close to normal. i started giving her a bottle during the night because she was truly hungry and she would easily polish of 6-8 ounces but have stopped and she is now just getting some water when she wakes up. she has to wait until at least 5 to get milk – mean mummy!!
• i tried to wean her from breastmilk recently because i started producing much less due to some medicine i had to take. unfortunately, we don’t think her tummy likes the formula too much – even the sensitive. i am in the process of trying to up my supply again and have gone off the medicine. she is doing much better with it! i am still supplementing with formula when she gets up and before bed but that doesn’t seem to bother her so we’ll stick with that for now!
• is super happy and loves interacting with us!
• loves bouncing in her bouncer and playing with her toys. i can’t believe how well she is able to play with her toys!
• has started trying to steal toys from her brother. this does not go over well at all!! poor, sweet girl just wants to play!!
• still gets in giggle fits with her brother. times like that, i just sit back and watch. hopefully i’ll be able to get it on camera one day.
• still a drool machine! surely these teeth are coming soon!
• able to wiggle just about anywhere she wants to get. if we lay her on her back, she will immediately flop over on her tummy and push up. it is seriously only a matter of time before she takes off.
• because of above, she has started sleeping on her tummy. this was a hard decision with evan and was with her too but i waited until just before 6 months. she would flip herself over anyway {never had to worry about that with e :)} but half the time, she would get herself stuck halfway against the crib rails and would cry so we decided to cut that part out and just lay her on her belly.
• talking. sort of anyway :) she started saying “dadadada” on father’s day. i think she knows just how to get her daddy wrapped around her finger. what she doesn’t know is that he already is ;)
• sitting up fairly well on her own. she has been doing this for awhile now but we have to keep the boppy around her. she will randomly forget she is sitting up or will reach for something and will face plant so it provides a little cushion for her.
• able to “stand” on her own if you hold her arms. she totally supports her weight. not sure if i should be encouraging this!
• loving life in her big girl car seat!

love this chunky baby girl!!!