Happy Six Month B-Day, Millie G!!

I can't believe it's already been half a year with you! You are growing more and more everyday (stats to be posted after Dr. appt on Wednesday). You now have two bottom teeth and I think more are on the way from the way you chew on your whole hand! You are able to sit up pretty well on your own and can easily roll from your back to your front. You haven't quite figured out how to flip the other way, but you're working on it. You now refuse to sleep on your back! You sleep on your tummy, with your knees up under you and your bottom in the air, and rock forward and back. It takes you about 2 hours to move this way from one end of your crib to the other until your head is banging against the crib bars. I know it takes you two hours because I now have to get up every two hours and scoot you back to the other end of the crib :P You are still just eating solid foods once a day, but we will probably start twice a day soon. You like to play with your toys, but get bored with them easily and would rather play with mommy or daddy sitting near you (oh boy!). Your hair is growing out and you've just about stopped scratching yourself with your nails at night. You have grown so much in just six short months, I cannot even imagine what the next six will bring!

Playing on your gym in the morning next to my computer. That bar must taste GOOD!


Getting set up to eat.


Mommy is too slow, so you'll just have your bib!


Sitting up in your playpen with your toys.




Taking your afternoon nap.

Random Updates

Everyone keeps complaining about how little I update my blog... So, here are some updates on what Millie G is up to these days.

She is really starting to take notice of everything around her. She has recently become very interested in what our animals are doing and smiles and gets excited when one of them walks by her. So far, the only one that she's gotten to pet is Porkey (but he lets anything pet him). The dogs are a little shy of her, but they so stop to sniff her now and then.



She is started to really love tummy time. In fact, she rolls over at night and seems to prefer sleeping on her stomach now! It kind of freaks me out, but they say not worry about it once they can flip themselves. She still can't figure out how to flip from her tummy to her back, but she's working on it.




She is starting to be able to sit unsupported during our playtime. She does better when she is distracted by a toy or something and doesn't realize she is sitting by herself sometimes.




She has sprouted a tooth on the bottom! She still seems to be teething though and is still fussy with the bottle and still drools like crazy!



She is practicing with different noises she can make. Last week, she was making this really funny growling noise that sounded like a zombie. She would lay in her crib and just growl louder and louder. When I went in to check on her, she would just smile at me like she was saying "What? I'm fine!". This week, the growl has turned into a whine/coo type thing. Sort of like Gizmo from the Gremlins. Again, she lays in her crib and just makes the noises louder and louder, giggling all the while.

She still loves to be pulled up onto her feet, but she's also working on crawling. When she's on her tummy, she puts her head down and sort of "swims" her legs up under her. She doesn't keep them there, but she's starting to get the idea. Now she just needs to realize that she can have her legs and arms up at the same time and she's off!!

I will try to be better at updating this blog now that she is doing more and more, but I hope that fills ya'll in so far!!

Happy Five Month B-Day!!

Amelia is officially five months old today! Here are a few things she enjoys doing now.

Playing in her jumperoo. She likes it, but gets tired in here very quickly.


First thing this morning. Still a little sleepy.


Time for some peas! Yum!


"Can I offer you a drink?"


Chillaxin....


She hasn't quite mastered the concept of using her arms to prevent falling over.


Tummy time! She's getting better and as of yesterday has flipped over 4 times!


She would much rather practice her standing.




Look ma! No hands!


Sitting almost by herself.


Swingin!


"Leave me alone already! I'm tired!"

Pisces - The Fish Sign

Today we decided to let Amelia try a big pool for the first time. We loaded up all the stuff (swimsuit, towels, extra diapers, sunhat, blow up turtle sun shade thing) and headed over to her Grandpa's house. Now remember that Miss Millie G was born under the Pisces sign which is symbolized by two fish swimming. Let's just say, swimming lasted all of 5 minutes before she'd had enough! I guess it's going to take a little while for the fish to come out in her!

Getting ready to get in... Still happy :)


In about 1 minute, still checking it out...


In about 3 minutes, sucking her thumb was the better option...


In about 5 minutes, "Daddy, get me outta here!!"

Getting Ready for a Stroll

Millie and I decided to take a stroll this morning. She got to try her stroller without the infant car seat, sitting up like a big kid!!

Ready to go with her sunhat on!


Check out that tongue!

FOOD!!

This week, we decided to try practicing with some food. So far we've only done it two days and we've only tried rice cereal. Amelia seemed to do much better today than she did on Monday, so I guess she's getting the hang of it. We'll probably do rice cereal for a few more days, then venture into the world of veggies!! Yum... strained peas for breakfast...

Getting ready...


Here it comes!


Yum!


Or errr Yuck!

Amelia's Four Month Checkup

Amelia's Stats:
Height: 25.25 (75%)
Weight: 16 lbs. 9.6 oz. (97%)
Head: 42 cm (75%)

Everything checked out great and she gave the Dr. a good right hook when he tried to clean out her belly button :P The doctor did give us a perscription for some topical stuff to help clear up some of her cradle cap spots (and man, was it expensive). Lesson learned there. Should have tried the Aquefor (sp?) stuff first :P

The Dr. said we can start foods any time we want between now and 6 mos. He says it's basically just for practice at this stage and not for nutrition, so have fun with it. We *Might* try it out starting next week to see how she takes to it.

Anyway, looks like she's quickly catching up to her cousin Kate. They are both healthy girls!! :)