Let's pretend the date says somewhere right around January 9th, since that was the date of Hadley's 6 month check-up. ;)
Hadley weights 15lb2oz (25th percentile), which is quite a bit down from last month's 50th percentile range. In fact, she only gained a few ounces between her 4 month and 6 month check-ups. I was very surprised when I saw this, as she was a little heavier in December when she went after being sick. However, between her cold and the stomach flu, the doctor said it was to be expected, especially when babies at 6 months start being more active and steadying out on their weight. Another surprising fact: Avery weight 15lb11oz at her 6 month appointment - that's so crazy to me!
She was also 26 1/2 inches (75th percentile), so she's going to be tall (tall and skinny like Daddy?). She's in 6-9 month clothes and slowly getting too long for her 6 month clothes and heading into 9 month. She's also fitting really well into her 6-12 month clothes.
And as I write this, the girl is rolling all over the floor. She will just go and go and go until she crashes from wearing herself out. She's also trying to figure out a scoot - she ducks her head and gets her legs going. I doubt it will be too long before she's moving around that way too.
As for solids, she's on a good schedule with that. She loves the Mum-Mum biscuit things (she's definitely teething), apples, bananas, sweet potatoes, prunes and apple juice (which she gets daily due to still being a little constipated; things definitely move with that stuff!). She doesn't like carrots and her cereal plain. However, mix both with apples and she's good to go! Next on our list of stuff to try: squash, pears, mangos and peas!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 8, 2012
6 months!
Hadley is 6 months - I cannot believe that 2011 is over and that already a half of a year has passed since Hadley's birth. Last year was a great year for us, what with Hadley finally joining our family. It took 2 years to get that adorable little bundle into our house, and I couldn't love her more than I do. She's awesome.
But we are starting to have some issues... constipation and teething have left her wanting to be held and bounced non-stop - even in sleep. :( That's hard for us... Andrew and I are 2 people that love our sleep. Thankfully, he really does help me out, so I can still get some rest in between the crying jags. I hope this is a stage that passes quickly. She's starting to actually throw fits, so I hope she isn't getting too spoiled. (Actually, I don't even care if she is... I love spoiling babies.)
Tomorrow we go to the doctor for her 6 month check up, which is exciting to see how much she's grown, but it's also sad because that means 6 month shots. She hasn't really had too much of a reaction to them, so I hope that rings true tomorrow as well.
I know the next 6 months are going to go by really fast too, so I've already started planning Hadley's first birthday (as well as Avery's fourth). I can't wait! I love planning parties. :)
But we are starting to have some issues... constipation and teething have left her wanting to be held and bounced non-stop - even in sleep. :( That's hard for us... Andrew and I are 2 people that love our sleep. Thankfully, he really does help me out, so I can still get some rest in between the crying jags. I hope this is a stage that passes quickly. She's starting to actually throw fits, so I hope she isn't getting too spoiled. (Actually, I don't even care if she is... I love spoiling babies.)
Tomorrow we go to the doctor for her 6 month check up, which is exciting to see how much she's grown, but it's also sad because that means 6 month shots. She hasn't really had too much of a reaction to them, so I hope that rings true tomorrow as well.
I know the next 6 months are going to go by really fast too, so I've already started planning Hadley's first birthday (as well as Avery's fourth). I can't wait! I love planning parties. :)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Christmas 2011
Wow, what an exciting and full Christmas holiday we had! Daddy was on vacation, so it was nice to have him home with us... unfortunately, we all ended up sick (thankfully in between Christmas and New Year's).
Christmas Eve we went to our church's Christmas Eve service (I enjoyed it by teaching the preschoolers - what an awesome bunch of kids showed up that night!) and then we finally got to see Andrew's brother, sister-in-law and our nieces, Addy and Zoey. Avery was super excited Addy showed up in her class that night - they would not stop hugging and kissing each other.
When we got home, we spent a little time with his family, but we also gave our gifts to the girls: new sets of pjs for each girl, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom books for Hadley and Llama Llama books for Avery, as well as an ornament each (Belle for Avery, Baby's First Christmas for Hadley). Avery surprisingly understood she needed to go right to sleep and bedtime was fairly easy. She sad goodbye for the year to Horton our Elf (who left her presents and some books before he left).
The next morning, I woke up about 7:30 am (I am usually the first up). Neither Avery or Andrew wanted to get up to open presents, but since my family was coming at 9:00 am, they finally consented.
Avery was SO excited for all she got from Santa! And Hadley really liked the presents she got too. She tore right in to the wrapping paper! :)
We had breakfast with my family and then opened more presents. Avery got way too much - you can tell when she's tired of opening them.
After that, we headed to Andrew's parents' for the rest of the night - where we also received way too many gifts! Our families are so good to us, and to our girls.
Monday night/Tuesday morning I ended up with the stomach flu. A few days later, both girls woke up puking. And Andrew suffered from an ear infection. It was a week of laying around the house! Thankfully, we were good to go by New Year's and spent the New Year with some family and some of our great friends.
Avery's favorite gifts:
Pink CD player with microphone
Play kitchen
Ariel salon
Baby Alive doll
Disney princess "Barbie" dolls
Portable DVD player
Cinderella Cat (thanks to some Build-A-Bear giftcards)
Cinderella alarm clock
Books - the girl can't get enough
Hadley's favorite gifts:
Violet
VTech jungle toy
Crawl ball
Ball popper
(At least, I think so - these are the ones that have captured her attention the most)
So thankful for the time we got to spend with family this past week and a half. We are both very close to our families and we enjoy spending time with them, and I know Avery absolutely loves it; especially the time she got to spend with her cousin, Addy.
Christmas Eve we went to our church's Christmas Eve service (I enjoyed it by teaching the preschoolers - what an awesome bunch of kids showed up that night!) and then we finally got to see Andrew's brother, sister-in-law and our nieces, Addy and Zoey. Avery was super excited Addy showed up in her class that night - they would not stop hugging and kissing each other.
When we got home, we spent a little time with his family, but we also gave our gifts to the girls: new sets of pjs for each girl, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom books for Hadley and Llama Llama books for Avery, as well as an ornament each (Belle for Avery, Baby's First Christmas for Hadley). Avery surprisingly understood she needed to go right to sleep and bedtime was fairly easy. She sad goodbye for the year to Horton our Elf (who left her presents and some books before he left).
The next morning, I woke up about 7:30 am (I am usually the first up). Neither Avery or Andrew wanted to get up to open presents, but since my family was coming at 9:00 am, they finally consented.
Avery was SO excited for all she got from Santa! And Hadley really liked the presents she got too. She tore right in to the wrapping paper! :)
We had breakfast with my family and then opened more presents. Avery got way too much - you can tell when she's tired of opening them.
After that, we headed to Andrew's parents' for the rest of the night - where we also received way too many gifts! Our families are so good to us, and to our girls.
Monday night/Tuesday morning I ended up with the stomach flu. A few days later, both girls woke up puking. And Andrew suffered from an ear infection. It was a week of laying around the house! Thankfully, we were good to go by New Year's and spent the New Year with some family and some of our great friends.
Avery's favorite gifts:
Pink CD player with microphone
Play kitchen
Ariel salon
Baby Alive doll
Disney princess "Barbie" dolls
Portable DVD player
Cinderella Cat (thanks to some Build-A-Bear giftcards)
Cinderella alarm clock
Books - the girl can't get enough
Hadley's favorite gifts:
Violet
VTech jungle toy
Crawl ball
Ball popper
(At least, I think so - these are the ones that have captured her attention the most)
So thankful for the time we got to spend with family this past week and a half. We are both very close to our families and we enjoy spending time with them, and I know Avery absolutely loves it; especially the time she got to spend with her cousin, Addy.
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