6 Months!

Last week Anna turned 6 months old! It's unbelievable that she is half a year old already.

We also had Anna's 6 month appointment last week. Anna weighed 15 lbs 6 oz (38%), was 25.6 in. long (45%), and her head was 17.7 in. (99%). Our new pediatrician asked us..."has her head always been big?" when he pulled up the graph. Yep...sure has!

She is doing great and is right where she should be for a 6 month old baby. The week before she finally figured out how to do that back to tummy roll that has eluded her for so long. Now she rolls all the time. Pretty much every morning and after almost every nap when we go in to her room we find her playing on her tummy. 

Anna is also sitting up by herself! While she can stay up for quite awhile sometimes she is still a bit wobbly at times. Every day she gets more steady though. When she's on her tummy she will sometimes put her face down and stick her booty up in the air. I think we'd better enjoy what little time we have left of our stationary baby because she wants to move!

Anna is definitely a busy baby. She's constantly moving and trying to grab things around her. I used to watch t.v. while nursing her but this last month I've had to go into her room to try and avoid distractions. If Daddy walks in she whips her head around to give a big toothless grin and then I have to kick Daddy out of the room. Otherwise meal time would take FOREVER! 

 We get many comments about her big bright eyes. You'd think they couldn't get any bigger but when she gets startled they somehow do. We joke that the only time they are "normal" sized is when she's about to fall asleep.

This was our last picture of the day. Anna was looking up at Grandpa Kevin who had just come out to see what we were up to. I'm pretty sure Grandpa thinks we're ridiculous for how many pictures we take of this baby but we just can't help ourselves!

 

Avocado

To celebrate being 6 months old we started Anna on solids this past week. First up was avocados! We have a video of her initial reaction but it's a long video and I don't feel like trying to figure out how to make it shorter so I'm not going to.

She seemed a little surprised and it seemed like she was considering getting upset but didn't. She made that confused face for the first few bites while she was trying to figure out what we were doing to her.

After a bit she began grabbing at the spoon and trying to "help" put it in her mouth. Obviously this lead to a pretty big mess.

Towards the end she was leaning in and opening her mouth for more so we feel she was pretty ready. Kevin and I only fought over whose turn it was to feed her for a little bit :)

 

Yum Yum!

Today we tried sweet potato and she seemed to really like it! She leaned in for pretty much every bite and was pretty happy doing so. It's so fun seeing her try new things and we're enjoying planning out what we're going to make for her next!  

Water Fun

Anna has been really interested in watching water run lately. When someone is washing their hands she'll stare at the stream of water the entire time. Everyone was outside doing yard work getting ready for Memorial Day so Anna and I decided to head outside and play in the water.


I didn't know what we were going to do at first but once I started the water Anna was pretty happy.

She could barely take her eyes off of the water and wanted to grab it so badly.

I love that she's so easily entertained!

 

30th B-day Celebrations

This past weekend Kevin and I celebrated our 30th birthday's. Kevin actually turned 30 at the beginning of May and I'm not until the beginning of June but since Joe was in town we thought it would be fun to combine them.

Thomas and Serena invited us over and grilled up a bunch of yummy food. From chicken, to pork loin, to veggies, and pineapple. Delicious! Grandma Patti brought cupcakes from Mad Eliza's and we had a wonderful time!

This picture was a little back lit but I love Adell's expression. She's been doing this face a lot lately and it cracks us up. We sure love that little girl.

Anna snuggling Grandma!

 Grandma and Grandpa were kind and offered to babysit both girls that night. After they took Anna and Adell back to their house, the rest of us adults hung out before heading to Wild Horse Saloon. Kevin requested dancing for his birthday and dancing is what we did!

It was nice going out for the evening. While Kevin and I have been on dates here and there we are usually only gone for a few hours max. It was the longest I'd been away from Anna and it was hard to relax at first but eventually I did and I had a great evening!

I attempted getting a video of Thomas and Kevin dancing but it was too dark and didn't really turn out well. They were both covered in sweat by the end of the night and I'm pretty sure I saw Thomas limping a bit the next day...

We were all a little tired the next day and I think everyone took a nap. Mine was with Anna and it was wonderful. Being 30 isn't so bad.

Uncle Love!

I'm starting to get a backed up on pictures for the month so I'm going to try and get a few posts in over the next few days.

Anna has been enjoying getting to spend time with all of her Uncles!

Enjoying some sun with Uncle James

 I love this one because she was really reaching for that toy. Of course once she got it it went straight in her mouth.

"Give me that toy!"

 James and Scott work evening shift and it's nice when they come over for lunch or to hang out during the day.

Scott kept messing with Anna by putting her headband on funny. She didn't seem to mind to much since she had her rings to suck on.

Hanging with Uncle Scott

 Uncle Joe has been in town all week and we've enjoyed spending time with him.

We're going to miss Joe when he heads back to Austin but luckily we'll get to see him again in a couple of months.

Love you Uncle Joe!

 I'm missing current pictures with Uncle Thomas so I'll have to get on that soon.

Pool Time!

Earlier this week we took Anna swimming for the first time! We were so excited to take her see her experience the pool for the first time. We got up and around, put our suits on, took a few pictures, and headed to the YMCA!

On the way there Anna started getting a little tired and we began to realize that she was probably going to need a nap soon. She fell asleep so we went to get gas and then it dawned on us that neither of us had called to check on open swim hours. Upon calling we found out that we were going to have to wait until 3pm!! 

Fast forward to the afternoon and we loaded up once again. Getting there right at 3pm was great because we were the only people in the pool. Anna was a little unsure at first but after a little bit she began smiling and splashing around.

Hopefully this video works. Poor Anna. Mean Daddy. :)

Even after being dunked she still had a few smiles for us.

We're hoping that a few more trips will help her get used to the water before vacation this summer where there is an indoor pool!

Here is a classic Anna surprised face!

May and Mother's Day

This month we've been trying to enjoy as much time as we can outdoors. After having snow at the beginning of the month we are happy that spring is finally here.

Anna seems to love watching people and especially the dogs playing. When we can we try to go on walks by the lake and she is gradually liking that for longer amounts of time. I'm looking forward to being able to get her in a jogging stroller and get some runs in!

A couple of weeks ago my poor little bug got sick for the first time. She had a croup-like cough and then came down with a fever. I wanted to take her to the Mother-Daughter Tea at my parents church but she stayed home with Daddy instead. 

Grandmom left right before taking this picture!

 Anna was improving but then started sounding very wheezy and congested. On Mother's Day we decided to take her into express care first thing in the morning. She was so happy and alert that the doctor didn't think she looked sick until they actually listened to her breathing. 

They decided to give her a breathing treatment which she HATED. They sent us home with a Rx and we've been giving her treatments several times a day since then. She still cries sometimes but other times she just gives up.

Anna giving up

 We followed up with our pediatrician the next day and she has bronchiolitis. It's an inflammation of the bronchioles in the lungs that occurs after certain viral infections. She was responding to the albuterol so we gave her oral steroids all last week to help speed up recovery. She hated that too and I don't blame her...I tasted a drop and it is pretty nasty stuff. We were pretty relieved when that stuff was gone.

The day before Mother's Day we just hung out at the house with Patti, Serena, and Adell but unfortunately I failed at getting any pictures in. On Mother's Day we were out at Auburn. I also failed at getting pictures out there but I did manage to get in a few that evening at my parents.

Paula with her daughter and granddaughters!

 My first Mother's Day wasn't exactly as I'd imagined being at express care and all but it was still a wonderful day. I'm so lucky to have this beautiful little girl in my life and I love being a Mom to her.