6 Months

Lucy had her 6 month check up today. This appt was probably the most she has cried at the doctor. Every other time she has gotten shots she'd cry right when she got them and then be fine. Today she cried all the way to the car and then passed out. What a trooper. Shes a petite little thing. Here are her stats:

Weight: 13.5 lbs (6th percentile)
Height: 24.75 in (17th percentile)
Head 15.5 in (23rd percentile)

Here are some things about Lucys life at 6 months.

Sleeping:
Her sleeping schedule has gotten more structured again after being on vacation. She usually takes a 30-45 minute nap in the morning around 10. Then goes down for a 2 hour hap around 1 or 2. Then a 20-30 minute afternoon nap around 5 or 6 and in bed for the night at 8. She's been consistently waking up once a night around 4 or 5 then back to bed til 7 or 8. We're going to try to start phasing her out of her nightly wake up in the next month.

Loves:

• Bath time. When shes having a rough day I'll just strip her naked and let her play in the bath. Works like a charm.
  
• Carrots. She ate almost a whole container of carrot baby food in one sitting the first time she ever ate it, in addition to her normal serving of rice cereal. She just kept screaming for more. She also loves when I give her a slice of a an apple or a stick of celery to chew on.
  
• Water bottles. I cant drink around her anymore because she just screams until I give her the bottle.
• Being outside or looking out windows. That's another trick for settling her down when shes fussing. Just step outside or since it's cold just hold her in front of the window. Shes also a people watcher so she loves going to the mall of target. She's never once thrown a fit in a store because she's too excited watching everything that's going on.
• Being tickled. She's ticklish pretty much everywhere and boy does she get going when you do it. Nothing better than a babies laugh.
  
• Dad. This girl loves loves loves her dad. As soon as he walks in the door she wants nothing to do with me. I'm totally fine with it though. I think it's adorable because she's got him wrapped around her finger already.
• Her bed time worm mentioned in a previous post.
• Bed time story from dad. Every night Kyle will read/make up a story for her at bed time. She just stares at him smiling the whole time.
  
• Family time. She rarely gets both Kyle and I home with her together and she loves when it happens. She plays with one of us for a little bit then will want to go to the other and play for a little bit and just keeps going back and forth. Mostly with dad though.
• She also loves to make this squealing noise. She does it constantly and you would think she was crying at first turns out she just loves to hear her own voice.
  

Hates:

• Green beans and peas. She still shivers on every bit. It's pretty funny though.
• Being left alone. No matter where she is the house she hates it if she doesn't know where I am or Kyle if he's home. I started putting her up on the counter next to me in the bumbo chair when I do the dishes because she won't play in her room or on her jumper if she can't see me.
• Getting strapped into her car seat. The funny thing is though that she loves going in the car and passes out almost every time. If only she didn't have to get strapped in.
• Pacifiers. She was glued to her binky's for the first 5 months then all of a sudden one day she wanted nothing to do with them. Oh well I guess its better her stopping on her own than trying to make her stop when she's older.
  

As you can see her "Loves" list is a lot longer than her "hates" list. She is a pretty happy girl and we are pretty spoiled with her. I don't know how I lived 21years without her!

Go Blazers!

For a Christmas present from my mom me, kyle, my brother, breanna, kyles brother and his son went to a blazer game. It was a blast! We played the Jazz. It was awesome seeing the blazers play the jazz on home turf instead of in Salt Lake. We won which was the 2nd time beating them that week. Those wins against them were a long time coming! It was fun to have a night out with the ones I love the most!

Big brother Nicky and Me

Me and Bre

Me and the Hubs baby free for a night!

A girl and her wormy

I cant believe Lucy is old enough to have a "security" thing but the time has come! It's not a blanket like most kids. When we were home my mom got Lucy this little worm doll that is meant as a night time toy to calm your baby down. Its face lights up and it plays songs like twinkle twinkle little star and mary had a little lamb. For the last week almost she has fussed when I laid her down for bed and I put that thing next to her and she calms down and falls asleep. Its pretty stinkin adorable. Last night she actually put her arm around it and fell asleep. I just love that little girl so much!

This was taken in the dark but the flash made it look like the middle of the day. I wish I could get a picture of it glowing next to her but it doesnt turn out. She loves that thing!

Eat your veggies!

Lucy had her first real baby food over the break. We chose green beans as the lucky winner for my precious little girl. Shes getting the hang of it but we got the first gags on camera. She still shivers on every bite but no more faces! Not sure what the next food is going to be but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it.

Kelsey Jane!

On December 30th I became an aunt for the 7th time! The first baby to actually be born since we've been married though. Kyles brother Trent and his wife Jenny welcomed their beautiful little girl unto the world and we were so lucky to be home when she came. It still amazes me how you can instantly fall in love with a baby by just laying eyes on them. Obviously its nothing like your own child but I still love that little girl to pieces! Her and Lucy are just under 6 months apart and I'm so excited to see them grow up together so close in age. It's not every day you get an instant best friend but I guess Lucy and Kelsey are just that lucky! They wont really be together until Lucy is 2 years old and Kelsey is 18 months but I'm sure they will make up for lost time. Congrats Trent and Jennifer!

Its that time of year

We were so blessed with the opportunity to go back to Portland over Christmas break. It was such an amazing trip filled with lots of laughs and good times with family and friends. Sure made us homesick to come home but school was calling! I was kind of afraid that Lucy would get overwhelmed with all the activity and people since pretty much her whole life its just been me, her and daddy. She did great though! Even though both of us came down with some pretty bad colds. I was so proud of my little trooper. She loved all the attention and was her very happy self despite all the commotion, serious lack of sleep and a structured schedule. She also took the chance to perfect her sitting up while she had a constant adoring audience. She's a pro now and should be crawling any time now. I couldn't have had a better trip. It was an awesome first Christmas as a family. Lucy had no idea what was going on of course but still loved it. She got some pretty fun toys from Grandma Lori. She was much more interested in unwrapping the presents than what was inside but once the toys were out of the packaging she was loving every minute of them. We've already had some fun moments together playing with them in her room. I'm so grateful for everyone that I got to spend this holiday season with and I cant wait for our next trip home! Whenever that may be...