6 months old

My baby girl is 1/2 a year old!  What a rollercoaster we have had the last 6 months.  The biggest news this month is that Evin had her repair surgery and now has a fully functioning heart!  We give so many thanks to her fantastic surgeon and team of doctors & nurses at Cook Children's.

Fun facts for this month:

Weight: 13 lbs 8 oz

Length: 25.5 inches

Size Clothes: 3 month, but 6 month jammies for the length

Size Diapers: 1

Size Shoe: 1

-Eats 5 times a day.  Her middle of the day bottles are 6 oz and her first in the morning and night bottles are usually a little less.  Since her surgery, she doesn't take as long to eat, but still likes to take her time.  Bottles take about 45 minutes now.

-Takes a couple of naps a day in her crib.  She no longer likes to be swaddled during naps.  She usually takes a big morning and big late afternoon nap, and a small one in between.

-Still sleeps in her pack n play in our room at night.  We will probably move her to her room soon!

-Since her surgery, she has been waking at least once in the middle of the night (usually around 3:30) for a bottle.  She takes 3-3.5 oz and goes right back to sleep.

-Wakes on her own around 7:30am.  Goes to bed around 9:30 or 10pm now.  A much better schedule than before her surgery!

Monthly pictures are getting harder and harder to take, and this is one reason why.

She discovered that she can pull that sticker right off!  Looking a little guilty in the last photo... 

FYI- her onesie was borrowed from her cousin, Lane, for the monthly pictures.  She doesn't sport a monogrammed "L" on a normal basis. ;)

-Took awhile to start rolling over again since her surgery, but is back to rolling tummy to back again.  She has never rolled back to tummy and I don't know that she is ever going to!  She hates being on her tummy!  I think she might be capable of doing it because she easily flips to her side all the time, but she has no desire to even try.

-She loves to be sitting up.  Can sit on her own in the boppy for about 30 seconds before leaning over to the side.

-Always sticks her legs straight out in front of her while sitting.  If I bend them for her, she immediately straightens them back out.

-Eating solids!  Started on rice cereal and then discovered that she loves oatmeal.  Now eats oatmeal mixed with a fruit in the morning and rice cereal mixed with a veggie at night.

Has tried:
Applesauce
Pears
Peaches
Mangos
Prunes
Sweet Potatoes
Peas
Green Beans
Carrots
Avocado

Favorites are peaches, sweet potatoes, prunes and avocado.  Not a fan of peas, carrots or green beans.

-Still loves her bath and loves to kick her legs (see photo above- ha!).

-Getting a little better with strangers.  I think the hospital stay made her a little more tolerant, espeically of women since most of her nurses were female.  She gives smiles to strangers much more often now, but still doesn't like being held by them.

-Loves Mommy & Daddy, but is currently more of a Momma's girl.

-I keep expecting a tooth to pop through on the bottom.  In the last couple of weeks she has been drooling like crazy!  She constantly chews on a finger and she is at the age when you give her something, it automatically goes in her mouth.

-She likes her paci, but probably not as much as she used to.  Only really needs it when going to sleep.  She uses her Wubbanub (paci with the stuffed animal attached) most of the time, and is pretty content chewing on the giraffe's arm or leg as much as the paci itself.

Evin demonstrates her wiggling abilities in the photos below. Again, monthly photos are more difficult and I know they will only get harder!

-Favorite toys:

Talking baby doll

Plastic keys

Bug car seat toy

-Curls her toes all the time.

-Can't find shoes to fit- her foot is really skinny!

-Loves to hold on to her feet.

-Still loves watching sports on TV and loves watching the dogs.

-Started going on walks and loves to sit in the stroller.

-Reaches for our food and drinks.

-Likes to talk and hear her voice.  I have been trying to get her to make certain sounds (ma, da, ba, la) but she isn't mimicking me yet!

-Still loves to sit in bouncy seat.  We have to strap her in for fear that she will bounce herself out.

So much joy has come from our last 6 months...I can't wait to see what the next 6 months bring!