7 months, KU game and Neal's 29th Birthday!

HELLO!

I like big flowers!!!!

Still love Sophie!

Blakely's first tutu!

Rolling over...

What is all this???

7 months!!!!

Here I come...she is trying so hard to start crawling!

This is an example of how most of my pictures look, the top of her head as she keeps trying to crawl forward and is no longer interested in smiling for the camera!

Smiling...

She makes this face A LOT! ha!

Blowing raspberries!

Beautiful baby girl!

Jayhawk bloomers

The fams together to watch the KU vs. KSU game and to celebrate Neal's b-day.

All squished together...

Blakely was in the center of it all, entertaining us all.

KU Cheerleader!

Trying on daddy's hat!

Practicing walking with Uncle Greg

Here I come...

Neal's KU snuggie..haha! love it!

His KU hoodie, turns out it was a women's, oops!

We thought it looked a tad small

Blowing out ALL those candles.

I got Blakely some feeding spoons so that she could practice feeding herself...gave her one today and she went right for it!

Got some!

Wow, where to begin! Things have been so crazy this past few weeks, note the lack of pictures or updates! My job has been so busy and Neal is busy with work and preparing for a big presentation in February! ...and on a VERY HAPPY note, Uncle Matthew and Aunt Kandace are back to KC!!! Yeah, we are all so excited to be able to spend more time together AND to have another babysitter in the area, haha! Blakely has changed SO much over the last month, some of the most notable changes so far, I think! She has started eating lots of new foods and has tried green beans, peas, squash, bananas, sweet potatoes and her favorites seem to be green beans and sweet potatoes but she will pretty much eat anything so far! She has started to trying out her sippy cup. She is sitting up really well and has started "crawling" backwards and keeps getting herself lodged under the dresser in her room. She still LOVES tags on anything and especially the ones she finds on her toys. She is making a TON of noises, from ra-ra to da-da but no ma-ma yet! She yells and just tries out her precious voice all the time! She will watch her new baby sign DVD and gets so excited when we start it, jumping up and down and smiling so big! She and I have started baby sign language class which has been so fun and we are learning lots of fun signs and meeting lots of new friends. She is wearing mostly 9-12 months clothes and seems to be getting bigger every day. Sleeping is going okay, she takes two good naps (morning and afternoon) and usually sleeps pretty good at night. Although, recently has been getting up every 4 hours or so, which is hard of mommy! The past few days she has been blowing raspberries all the time and making this cute face where she tucks her bottom lip under her top! She is starting to reach for me when I see her (I like to think that is what she is doing when she puts her arms out to her side)! She is really blooming into such a sweet little girl and every time I pick her up from daycare, her teachers Ms. Debby and Ms. Sheila go on and on about how good she was and how much they enjoy having her there! It just warms my heart that other people love her so much. She just makes everyone fall in love with her and her cute personality! She is so wonderful and brings so much joy and happiness to our lives!

-Mrs.

Track Suit!

In her track suit...love it! We practiced crawling in it.

She keeps tucking her bottom lip in and making this face, it is hilarious!

Any resemblance?

Marching away in her exersaucer...this girl is getting ready to walk! haha!

Another picture of her sleeping, love this one because she is using her lovie as her pillow!

-Mrs.

Play dates are FUN!

Riding next to each other to their friend Hudson's house!

(Logan's mini me and Kari's mini me..aka Preston and Blakely)

The babies...

Blakely says "he's mine!"

I like him! hahah! Grabbing a hold of poor Preston!

Here is Blakely pouncing in Hudson's jumperoo! She was marching away in it.

We had a great time hanging out with friends and hope to do it again soon!

-Mrs.

Eating, Sleeping, Playing and Bath Time!

The pictures are all out of order...

Nomming (is this even a word?) on her ducky!

Cutie...

Umm...precious! She LOVES bathtime, the time after when she gets dried off...not so much!

Check out all of her sleep positions...every time I go in to check on her (which is a lot) she is in a different one...it is hilarious!

Loving on her lovie!

Playing with her toy...this is one that she used to lay under and now she can sit up and play with it too! Score!

Trying out the new highchair that Mommy put together...cross your fingers that I got it right!

Mmmmm.....don't know about these peas.

Another one...haha!

This is my favorite, her legs crossed and through the crib bars! I do move her back the center each time but sure enough she always finds a more interesting sleep position by the next time I check on her!

-Mrs.

6 Months!!!

Who is 6 months??? It can't be me already...

Oh...yes it IS me!

Smiling for Daddy!

All dressed up for New Years!

Posing with Daddy!

We have a side sleeper!

It blows my mind that my baby girl is already 6 months old! That is half a year...I need to get going on planning her 1st birthday party, haha! She has grown up so much in the past month and is doing so many new things! We just started some more food besides cereal, trying peas right now...next up carrots! She is sitting pretty much on her own, but still a little unstable sometimes. She is smiling and laughing so much and showing her feisty little personality. We LOVE it! Sleep has been a little rough, she has started getting up every 3-4 hours again but I think "hope" it is just a stage. But, she has been moving all over in her crib at night. She rolls over onto her side hugging her lovie, it is so cute! But, then sometimes she is turned sideways or the completely opposite direction than we laid her down in! She is rolling both ways and has even started to scoot backwards. She LOVES her exersaucer and has been having lots of fun with the doggies, they love getting petted by her! At her 6 month appointment, she got lots of shots but did SO good, hardly even a cry and then was so happy the rest of the day. She weighed 19 lbs, 1 oz and was 27.5 inches long! So still around the 95-97%.While we were waiting, she tore up the paper on the exam table. I had to tell her Christmas was over and no more ripping paper until her 1st birthday! haha! She is reaching for everything and has started this cute little wave with her hand. We heard her say "dada" this morning on accident as part of her gibberish that she says but it made Neal's day! She loves toys that make lots of noise and reading books. She is also making this funny chopping motion with her mouth, don't know if she is trying to talk or eat but it is hilarious and we crack up every time she does it! The past 6 months have been challenging but so much more rewarding than anything I have ever done. I can't even believe that Blakely is growing up so fast, I try to cherish and live each day in the present because she seems to change overnight! She makes each day so fulfilling and special, her smile makes a hard day melt away and her cuddles are the very best! She reaches up and plays with your face when you are rocking or feeding her and she has started to try and give kisses, very wet kisses, though!

Next up...we need to find a highchair because her thighs don't fit in her Bumbo chair (not that they ever did!) and we are going to be trying lots of new food.

-Mrs.