6 months old

1/2 a year old! i can't believe it!

Here's what we've noticed about Avery this past month; *She likes to give "kisses", they are open mouth but its so cute!! *She has mastered sitting up without support (beginning of April)!!! just reminds me how fast she is growing up! *We celebrated Avery's first easter! *Avery loves to grab her little toes!

*She has her daddy's feet, they sweat alot!! :) *Her personality is really starting to show! She is very determined and a little stubborn. *At her 6 month doctor appt she weighed 17lbs 14 oz (83rd percentile!) and was 26.3in long (75th percentile)!!! *I can finally eat dairy again!! Ice cream, milk, cheese! I still try to eat in moderation! :) *Avery and I took many car rides to Oklahoma this month! 4 weekends! it was alot of traveling and Avery did very good, I'm still amazed how good she is on a long car ride!! *Starting April 4th we dropped the pacifier! Avery now goes to sleep for her naps and at night on her own! *We have started dropping the swaddle!!! She started taking her naps unswaddled on April 29th. We are working on dropping it at night as well. *She had another blocked tear duct in her right eye which finally opened up at the beginning of April! *Her hair has started growing back and its BLONDE, very light, I think she may be a blonde haired blue eyed beauty :) !

*Her new favorite thing to do is to walk backwards! she loves to stand up (she bascically pulls herself up!), then takes little babysteps backwards. (with lots of help of course)

*Her doctor told us its time to lower her crib!!!

*Her eyes are still very blue.

*She notices everything. Especially Target. if he walks by she stares at him, or if she hears him meow she will look all over for him and if he's close enough she reaches out to him. So far he is tolerating it well.

*We started her on solids!! On April 27 we started her on oatmeal cereal. For the first week we gave her oatmeal at dinnertime, this week we are giving it to her for breakfast and dinner!

*She went through a growth spurt this month, had a rough time with her naps and was waking between 4am and 5:30am, but she is back to sleeping till 7 or 8!!!

*Avery's schedule these days; (this is more for me so I can look back and see!)

8am wake, nurse, solids

9:30-10am down for a nap

noon wake, nurse

1:30-2pm down for a nap

3:30pm wake, nurse

5pm down for a catnap

6-6:30pm wake, nurse, solids

7:15pm bathtime, book, bottle

8pm bedtime!

I'm hoping these next 6 months go by alot slower, but i have a feeling they won't!!

Click here to see our favorite Avery pics from April!