Six Months!

I say this every month, but I just can NOT believe that a half of a year has flown by!  It seems impossible that Lydia is already six months old!

We have her six month checkup next Tuesday, so we'll know the "official" stats then.  I do know she's right around 18 pounds, since last week we went to the doctor.  Poor baby had a sinus infection!  It made for a few rough nights since she had trouble breathing with all the congestion, but we're on the mend!  Thankfully it never made her too crabby!

 Lydia is eating oatmeal cereal with some apples at morning and night, but she still isn't loving it!  It's kind of a struggle most days, but we manage to get at least some of it down!  Otherwise she's having about five bottles a day.  We still don't have a real good nap schedule down, but she usually takes three of them per day and they'll last anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 1/2 hours!  We know when she's slept out because she'll wake up happy and talking!  Lydia has slept through the night a few more days this month than last, so it's an improvement!  She'll still sometimes get up (especially if sick or it's storming outside) once, but we can usually convince her to go back to sleep without a bottle.

She thinks she's pretty big stuff this month! Lydia sits very well by herself now, but still tumbles when she gets too excited or tries to reach for something.  She now never stays in one place!  She's constantly rolling or "scooting" on her back...it's really quite comical!  Lydia has also figured out how to jump in the Johnny Jump-Up this week!  And consequently tries to jump every time she's standing on your lap!

 

 Lydia is LOVING being outside!  She loves to swing, lay on a blanket in the grass, and go for stroller rides.  She's even content to just watch the cars go by!  She's also starting to like looking at books and singing songs.  Lydia babbles all the time!  She's also starting to blow raspberries and loves when you tickle or "eat" her tummy!  Lydia went to her first wedding and funeral this past month and was a trooper at both.  Some things we're looking forward to in July: a weekend vacation at Yankton, seeing her TC cousins, swimming, and her first time to the Omaha zoo!  We'll keep you posted!

We also took her six month pictures last night at Hills Park, and we're super excited to see how they turn out!

We love you so much, Lydia Ruth!  We just can't get enough of your smiles, dimples, blue eyes, giggles, blabbers and other antics!  You light up our life daily!  And you can stop growing so quickly now...  :)