Happy Half Birthday! {6 months}

Anberlin is 6 months old! :)

Yesterday was a busy day for this little half birthday girl! But we will get to that in a bit... This has been a busy month in general for Bay. So much growing and so much learning, lots of "firsts" too!

Anberlin can still only roll from her back to her belly, but she is getting more comfortable about where she does it. She rolled over in her crib a few nights ago and slept on her belly. She seemed pretty confused when she woke up though, haha. She did roll over once from her belly to her back but we are pretty sure it was a fluke because she hasn't done it since.

Teething started this month and we didn't get just one but TWO little teeth coming in. I don't think we would have ever noticed until I ran my finger across her gums. She has been super good with them coming in, not at all the terror we were anticipating. Right now they are through the gums but not fully up. Getting a good picture of them is next to impossible because she doesn't like to show them off, though.

This is how we found them, two little white dots.

About a week later...

And this is them now!

She hasn't started crawling yet (Brad was betting that she would be crawling by the end of August, didn't happen!) but she can push herself backwards on her belly and her back and she can rotate in a circle on her belly to reach things around her. She sits up really well on her and can maneuver from sitting up to her belly if she wants something in front of her. It's not graceful, but it happens. She has found out how to make noises with her mouth. For a week she would make spitting noises with her lips and tongue that she thought was fun, then she switched to playing her lips like a banjo with her hand. It's super cute.

She got to meet a lot of family and friends this month. We got a group of people together to meet us at the Nationals vs. Diamondbacks game in Phoenix (of course) one weekend and she got passed up and down the row most of the time. It was a lot of fun to be rooting for our old "home team" the Nationals while in Arizona. ;) We also stopped by my Uncle's restaurant and she was able to meet her great Uncle Brett, great Aunt Rose, and her Great Great Grandpa! I think she is officially caught up on meeting family now!

Sleeping in the hotel.

Supporting our Washington Nationals!

Her great great Papa.

We have had a few play dates with some friends who had a baby boy a few days after Anberlin was born. It's nice to get together with friends who not only share our interests but have a baby that Bay can play with. They have met about 4 times now and it's so cute to watch them just stare at each other and talk back in forth in their baby babbles. 

Roxas & Anberlin

We spent a weekend in Vegas doing things for our house that is getting built. We had a 4 hour long appointment to do things like picking tile and granite and all the other specifics about the house. Bay did really well for the most part. She was pretty cranky by the end of the appointment but we survived. And then we went and saw our lot where they had the trenches dug and some of the foundation put down. We are really excited to watch this house be put together for us and our little family. :) We spend a lot of time now furniture shopping and walking around Lowes looking at things we want to upgrade and picking paint colors. 

The start of our new home <3

 We are pretty much back on a solid schedule with Bay. She is sleeping through the night 99% of the time so that is good. Unfortunately if she does wake up in the night it is normally 20 minutes before Brad's alarm goes off for work so he gets up a little early on those days. ;)

Bay did have her first cold last week. :( Luckily, it only lasted one day but it was pretty bad. She woke up with a fever of 101.3 and naturally we did the "new parent move" of calling the doctor and getting her an appointment, which confirmed her cold, but at least she didn't have an ear infection or something. Better safe than sorry. It only lasted a day and she spent most of it sleeping. We gave her tylenol before bed and she felt much better the next day. But there is nothing worse than having a sick baby that you can't make feel better with lots of kisses.

Sleeping, sick Bay...

But like I said at the beginning, yesterday was a busy day for our half birthday girl! We started the day with a quick boat ride on the lake with family. At 6 months babies are finally allowed to wear sunblock, so it worked out perfectly. She didn't know what to expect at first and she seemed to like it until we put the life vest on her, haha. Then she got a bit fussy. But once the boat started going she fell asleep in my arms. Hahaha, of course. I don't blame her, I love sleeping to the motion of water!

Styling!

Sleeping...

Hanging out with Anna and Kathy.

Looking up at Daddy :)

Then we decided that since she has been so interested in food and watching us eat, that yesterday was the perfect day to introduce her to "real" food! We have a plan set out for her first foods for the next month. We started with avocado yesterday and she will have that for 4 days until we introduce the next food, to ensure that there are no allergic reactions. She didn't seem to mind the avocado, I think she was perplexed by the texture and flavor since it's so different from sweet breastmilk. This stage is so much fun and I can't wait to get her to try all different kinds of foods!

Bay vs Avocado

And then finally last night we had her in her jumperoo and this is the first time she has actually jumped like crazy in it! Watch her gooo!

She is learning new things every day and I am so happy that both of us get to watch her learn them together. I can't wait to see what this month brings us!

<3