Happy 6 months, Pretty Girl! Well, Miss Smiley is now 6 months old and still lovin' life. This grin in the picture is one we see often. While she certainly can cry, we get smiles out of her easily, which is a joy. I'll take Emory in for her 6 month check when we get back from Minnesota so I don't have any stats. But here's what she's up to at 6 months:
- Solids! We started solids about a month ago and she's enjoying everything we've tried so far. She eats squash, sweet potato, peas, green beans and rice cereal. Yummm. Once we get settled into DC I'll start making her baby food like I did with Brook. Blender and Ice Tray will become my good friends again. :)
- Almost sitting up. She's getting closer to sitting up on her own but isn't quite there. She'll make it about 10 seconds before toppling to the side.
- She can roll over both ways but has little interest in it, so most of her time is spent laying on her back or side and playing or sitting up in her exersaucer.
- Sleep is sort of consistent, but nothing set in stone yet (oh, I look forward to that day). She goes down around 8 or 8:30 and
used to wake up between 6 and 7. These last couple weeks of moving and traveling have thrown her off quite a bit and we've seen lots of 5 am wake ups and, while we've been in Minnesota, she's even been waking up during the night a couple times. Oh friends, it is hard to go back to that after getting used to sleeping through the night. We let her cry it out last night and she went back to sleep on her own, so hopefully the end of night waking will come soon. She takes 3 naps a day and those still vary in length; 45 minutes to an hour and a half. So, all in all, she's a good sleeper just not very predictable yet.
- And, last but not least, she is still highly entertained by her older sister. I continue to think Brook is doing something that's going to send Emory to tears only to hear her bust out in giggles. It's adorable to watch! It's fun to see how much the girls love eachother and makes me excited for them to play together as Emory gets a little older.
We love you, Sweet Emory!
...and this is when the breakdown of the babies started 2 seconds later.
I used fabric paint and stamps to put the numbers on. I didn't want them to stand out too much, but some of them are reallly hard to see at all so my new idea is to add some iron on numbers if I can find a cute font. But until then, each pocket has a number - you may just have to squint to see it.
See the 8 and 9?
Then, Dad helped (rather, he did it and I watched) saw the dowel rod to the proper length and drilled holes in it for me to thread the ribbon through.
And here it is! Each pocket will have a piece of paper with a scripture passage for that day and a piece of candy. Also, I need to stamp or iron on "Christmas" or "Advent" across the top. I figured, since this will be in our family for years to come, I can tweak it as we go and call it finished for now. :) 
Happy 6 months, Pretty Girl! Well, Miss Smiley is now 6 months old and still lovin' life. This grin in the picture is one we see often. While she certainly can cry, we get smiles out of her easily, which is a joy. I'll take Emory in for her 6 month check when we get back from Minnesota so I don't have any stats. But here's what she's up to at 6 months:
Hey all. Not much to report here. Just laying on my blanket kicking alot and playing with my frog and special blankie (love those tags). I occasionally play in my exersaucer. I love rice cereal. I love to smile and especially love to laugh at my big sister. She gives great hugs and kisses. And, since I can't type yet, I wore this shirt to give my mom credit for helping me with my first post. 
