6 month photo shoot!

Last Friday we took Aubrey to get her 6 month photo's done. She did such an amazing job, and all the photo's turned out really great. She was really good right until the very end when she had a tiny melt down (due to it cutting in to her nap). Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

Her blue eyes really stand out

This is the one we ended up ordering

All smiles and sticking her tongue (learned that from her Opa)

Our tiny melt down caught on camera

6 month check up and some other goodies

Today we had Aubrey's 6 month check up with Dr. Sipher. Aubrey did such a great job, and even held a conversation with the doctor. She is now 16 pounds 4 oz and is 26 inches long. She seems to be growing at the right track because she is in the 50% for both her weight and height. Dr. Sipher was so excited to see that Aubrey is now able to sit up on her own. She even told us that she feels her bottom teething coming in.

Aubrey had to get 3 shots and 1 oral medicine. She did really good with the medicine, she even opened her mouth for Nurse Mary as she was giving it to her. Shots were another story, yet they were the same ones she got when she was 2 months old. Aubrey cried while they poked her but as soon as mommy picked her up the tears went away. Thankfully at the 9 month appointment we don't have to get any shots besides the flu shot.

We got the okay to continue on to stage 2 fruits and veggies along with getting her some Mum Mum crackers. Dr. Sipher told us that we can giver her very small amounts of our food as long as Aubrey is picking it up and feeding her self. She thinks that when Aubrey is 9 months old she will no longer be taking baby food from a jar and be eating food like we eat (How crazy is that??). Thankfully that is still another 3 months away and I have time to prep myself. This little girl is growing up to fast.

Aubrey trying to figure out how this sippy cup thing works.

Chowing down on a mum mum cracker.

Yesterday it was so nice we took Aubrey to the zoo. Here she is just hanging out in her stroller with her sunglasses on.

Aubrey is 6 months old

Today our little girl is 6 months old. She is already half a year old and the time has flown by. I have no idea where time has gone but I am enjoying every single moment of it and I know Randy is too. We have been going through so many different stages with her and each one brings a new adventure and a big smile to her.

Aubrey can successfully roll from her back to tummy, and tummy to back. Whenever we do tummy time she only lasts a few moments before she starts rolling. The other day she had a ball in her hand and rolled from her belly to back and then back to belly all while holding this ball. We are also sitting on our own for longer periods and most time she can catch herself if she falls, but there are some times when she falls backwards and it startles her.

We have figured out why she is not fully sleeping through the night as well. We were so used to feeding her 4 oz and then going back to bed, well we decided not to feed her and to not have her arms swaddled. We were very successful in this. Last night I only had to get up once to give her, her binky and she slept through the night. We have also been feeding her 1/2 a jar of fruit in the morning and 1/2 a jar of veggies at night along with her normal amounts of bottle during the day. I think a lot had to do with the fact that she wasn't getting full enough to sleep through the night.

Monday we go in for her big 6 month check up to see how she is doing along with weighing, length and the big one SHOTS. I have been prepping her all week so I hope she does okay. I am also hoping that Dr. Sipher gives us the okay to start giving her other foods and continue on to stage 2 fruits and veggies.

Sitting up playing with her toys.

First successful nap without being swaddled in her straight jacket.

We have a Sitter!!

We have been working on Aubrey sitting up for a few weeks now and finally today it was longer than 15 seconds. Aubrey can sit up and play with her toys for several minutes at a time. However, if something is up high and she would like to look at it then she tilts her head up and ends up falling backwards. Thus is why the picture is from behind her and not infront of her.