GroWiNg gROwInG

Besides G growing so fast right before our eyes, so are her nails, her appetite, her voice, her curiosity and diaper size. It's been a fairly crazy month of firsts, i'm pretty sure 6 months is the most confusing for new parents. She started sitting a week before she was 6 months, and that was cool....just toss some pillows around her on the floor and bam, pillow fortress! Then comes the eating new foods and trying something new every 2 or 3 days, which is cool too until she gags on something because the consistency isn't right, or something gets stuck on her palate and she gags.....which is not cool! We tried little bits of things, banana, watermelon, a puff cereal thing, and all of it....gag. I swear i'm not gonna feed her anything but mushed pureed food until she has all her teeth in lol and even then, i'm gonna be so paranoid! She has found every level of noise her little voice can make, but luckily her loudest screams are always happy ones, when she's the most excited. Since sitting for a little over a month now, she frustrates herself because she can't get to things and wants to. Her tummy has become a little more common to her and she doesn't freak out as fast laying on it anymore. She's done a fair share of face plants into the floor because she can get on one knee but can't figure out the other leg and where it goes so she sits back or face plants. If we leave her sitting she'll be sitting 2 ft away not to long after but it's mostly because she leans and scoots, not fast at all, but it's movement. She continues to LOVE bath time, doesn't mind at all when we dump water on her, she just gets back to the toy she had, like it's no big deal. We were at the beach 2 weekends ago and completely dunked her, no cry, just a little surprised, caught her breath look and then she'd smile.....hopefully we really do have a water baby!!

7 MONTHS: 

Even though some days my brain feels like mush because I literally watch kid/baby shows ALL DAY.....I can't complain, it's a real privilege to stay home with her. It's quite sad but I not only have my favorite shows but I also have my favorite shows for Gem....if one comes on that I don't like, I change it, she doesn't seem to mind yet lol. We had a biscuit type cookie, a cheese puff and a rice wafer thing that she's done pretty good on today.....still, i'm so nervous and on super mom alert when she's eating, but she showed me today she is not like she was at 6 months, progress is good.

She's popped out her 2 bottom teeth the other day! FINALLY!! I've been waiting for those suckers....she's been quite good, had a runny nose and was a little fussy a few days before I saw them but nothing more than usual...and from what I hear about teething babies, i'd like to consider us super super lucky in that department!

We are currently in the "don't leave my side or i'll die" phase, it happens to be my least favorite. We've never been the parents that were all over her at every second, she doesn't sleep with us, nap with us, she plays by herself and has fed herself a bottle since somewhere in the 3-4 month mark. She's so content to play with her oh so interesting toys, but now when you can't leave her side, not even as close as sitting on the couch...I mean it's on the floor next to her or else. She seems to have freak moments during her awake time, sometimes it's the whole 2 hrs i'm on the floor and sometimes I can do some laundry, wash dishes, make something to eat and she doesn't care where I am. 

My parents, who are now Oma and Opa come to visit in 1 week and we can't wait!! Gem is so close to crawling, maybe she'll have a surprise for them when they get here!

Below is some 7 months pictures....this little girl has got one awesome life, I mean...that beach is down the street, walking distance from our house and she gets to grow up there, how lucky.

7 Months:
*eats puffs like a champ
*loves to go on walks and watch the waves
*absolutely loves bath time and all her toys
*pulled up on her own from sitting to standing!!

FirST foOdS

FINALLY the 6 month mark came and then quickly left, that's how crazy i've been!

From 6 months: Gemma is now testing out her taste buds!!  So far we do oats in the morning for breakfast and a veggie at lunch time. She's questioned it all but ends up eating it and liking everything so far....we started with carrots, then sweet potato and zucchini. She's had a taste of banana and avocado but hasn't had a full serving of them yet. I'm happy to say no allergies so far and I can't get more food in her mouth fast enough, our chunku-munk loves food, go figure :) She continues to amaze us with that personality that is coming out, her laugh and smile are still as sweet and cute as ever, and her and Darin love their chat time at night before bed. She loves people and smiles at them all so they in turn love her right back, she loves touching faces, loves Pocoyo (a cartoon) and toys that play music. We're also so lucky to have a good sleeper still, it's nice having that time with Darin at night when she's in bed to just relax and watch tv or a movie together, ya know, all that stuff old people do.....and we're also still in bed around 10pm lol, that's been our bed time for years, what can I say, we like sleep :)

6 MONTHS:

*17lbs 11oz, 25inches

*babbles like a crazy person, which is really funny

*still LOVES her jumper

*hates her tummy so she rolls right to her back

*still sleeps with the blanket covering her face...not sure that will ever end

*sitting up just before 6 months