8 Months

Colbie is 8 months now and so big! She pretty much sleeps through the night every night. She is standing up on her own now. She pulls herself up on everything she can reach. She is really good at crawling too. She will start crawling, stop and turn herself around without hesitation. She can also sit up very easily from a lying position. She just suddenly got the hang of it and she can't be stopped! I really think she'll be attempting to walk soon. I haven't weighed her yet but she has really grown in the last month. We're going to switch her to the bigger car seat this week. I thought this car seat would last longer than 8 months but oh well. We're lucky we already have the next sized car seat.

We rearranged some things in our home and her playroom is now in full working mode. I have most of her toys and play pen in there. We spend a lot of time in there and she mostly crawls around the room and tries to pull herself up on everything. She also loves to play with Alex. She loves Alex's ball. Yesterday they played together. Colbie kept crawling after the ball and Alex would take it away from her and run up and down the hall. It made Colbie laugh. It was the cutest thing!

7 Months

I can't believe my baby is 7 months old! I know that she's going to continue to get older but I'm always surprised when another month passes. I didn't really think about what it would be like for her to be seven months old. I haven't weighed her yet so I'm not sure how much she weighs but she just looks so much bigger this month. She sits up all by herself and rarely tumbles over. She can right herself if she wobbles a little. She loves standing up. If I'm sitting next to her, she leans over, grabs onto me and stands up. I'm always so amazed when she does it. It is so cute! The only problem is that she doesn't often sit on the floor with me and play anymore. She keeps using me to stand up instead of playing.

We've moved her to the crib for good now. The transition was actually surprisingly easy. I tried at least 5 times previously to get her to sleep in her crib and she just wasn't having any of it. Sometimes she would only sleep there for half an hour or 2 hours at most and then not go back to sleep and other times I couldn't even put her down in the crib without her screaming without stopping. Suddenly in the last week though, I guess she decided she was ready. We have our own bedtime routine now and she does pretty well. She still wakes up a few times in the middle of the night but she usually can fall back to sleep on her own. Sometimes I have to get up and put her pacifier back in but she I don't feed her anymore. No more nighttime feedings! I'm so proud of her. I know it's taken a long time to get her to sleep through the night and to sleep in her own room but I'm so glad we've made it.

I've been feeding her solids much more regularly now. It was actually rough for a few weeks because she was absolutely refusing to eat. I would make her something, put her in her high chair and sit down with her. I would put some on the spoon to feed her and she would close her mouth tightly and turn her head. She wouldn't even try it! She did it with everything, even things I knew she liked. Finally, I gave her some yogurt and she loved it. She kept lunging at the spoon. Now, I mix her meals with the yogurt and she eats it again. Today she even opened her mouth right when I picked up the spoon. She is just getting so big! Here are some pictures!

Baseball Season

It's finally baseball season again and I couldn't be more excited! I have always loved baseball and with the Reds looking the way they do this year, I'm super excited. I went to Opening Day with my sister and brother and that was just amazing. We took Colbie to her first game on Sunday. It was a lot warmer than I thought it would be and I wasn't anticipating as much sun as we had. We got her a certificate to commemorate her first game. I hate pink colored sports gear so I refuse to put her in anything pink for games. I found a lot of Reds stuff at secondhand shops for pretty cheap. I'm pretty sure I bought everything they had in sizes that she is either in right now or sizes that she'll grow into throughout the season. We came away with some adorable onesies, a jacket, pants, and even cute little baseball shoes that are already too small. Her Auntie Emily bought her a super cute bow to wear. I went to Hobby Lobby and found a red crochet hat and a red infant baseball cap to put the bow on. It is just so cute!

On Opening Day, I took her to the parade with my mom and sister. She LOVED it. It was really cold so I had her all bundled up with multiple layers (including layered hats!) and a bunch of blankets. We put her in the big girl part of the stroller so she could see better and camped out at 7th & Race to watch the parade. I was afraid that she wouldn't like the loud noises when the fire trucks and drums came through but those were her favorite parts. She was just amazed by them! After the parade my mom and dad took her to her other grandparents for the rest of the day and I went to the game.

On Sunday, Ben and I took her to her first game. We played the Brewers and we ended up winning 12-3. It was awesome. She fell asleep in the 4th inning even though we were sitting right in front of a speaker that was blaring music the whole time. I kept worrying that she was getting hot or sunburned so I for a little bit I took her back in the shade where it was a little windier. Overall it was a success first game even though I got quite a few compliments on my cute son. I guess if she's not in pink people just assume she's a little boy. Oh well, she's adorable either way. Here are some pictures from Opening Day and her first game!

 Ready for the parade!

Baseball shoes!

Reds bow from Aunt Emily

Baseball binky!

With Daddy at her first Reds game. Took her hat off for the National Anthem!

First game with Mommy!

Taking a power nap.

The view from our seats!

6 Months

We went to the doctor on Friday for her sixth month check-up. Everything looks great! She is now 16 lbs, 14.5 oz and 26 1/2 inches long. Apparently her head circumference made a huge jump in these last two months. The doctor actually remeasured her head because he thought the nurse got the wrong measurement. She got her usual round of vaccines. The appointment was right in the middle of a usual naptime so she was already tired and cranky. She was already screaming when the nurse gave her the vaccines and they just made her even more unhappy. I just held her and rocked her until she fell asleep in my arms. She slept for three hours after her appointment.

We had to tell the doctor that she isn't rolling over quite yet. She just doesn't seem interested. She wants to sit up or stand. She can sit unsupported now and she can even stand when she's holding onto something. The doctor didn't care how advanced she is in those areas though. Just that she's behind on rolling over. Of course last night she finally rolled over for the first time. Naturally the day after her appointment!

Overall everything looks great. I would say that her sleeping is getting better but we had a pretty bad night last night. I think she's teething and that may have awakened her a few times.

Here she is at 6 months!

Spring has Sprung!

I know it is supposed to be rainy and cold the next few days but yesterday was so nice! Colbie was cranky all day and wouldn't let me put her down for more than two minutes at a time. Then, I took her outside on the deck and she loved it! She loves when she can feel the breeze. I put her in the Bumbo and we just relaxed outside for a little bit. I can't wait to start taking her to parks and the zoo and a million other summertime activities!

Enjoying the Sunshine

The breeze hitting her face

Sucking her thumb

Wide brimmed hat!

5 Months!

We didn't have a doctor's appointment for 5 months so I weighed Colbie on my scale at home and estimate she's about 14.5 lbs. I have no idea how long she is but I can tell she's getting longer. She is just so big!

She still doesn't sleep through the night. Recently she's been going 3-4 hours which is nice but then she also has some bad nights. She's also been getting up earlier than usual so now instead of getting to sleep in late, we're usually up around 8:00 but that's okay too.

Here she is at 5 months old:

Colbie's First Tastes of Food

Our doctor okay-ed starting Colbie on real food. After our last appointment we took a trip to Target to get some baby cereal for her to try. We were both very excited to see how she would react. When we got home, I mixed a tablespoon of cereal with 2 ounces of breast milk. The cereal mixed in and it remained about the same consistency as regular breast milk. I was surprised because I thought it would be thicker. We put her in her high chair and gave her a tiny bit of the tip of a baby spoon. She loved the spoon and just started sucking on it. I think she was a little surprised to find that it tasted like food too. She didn't quite understand swallowing at first. For her first feeding, about half of the cereal mixture ended up on her face, bib, lap, etc. She ate about an ounce before she was bored with it. The next night she understood a little better and she got excited when she saw the spoon. I thickened it up a little bit and after a few nights she really got the hang of actually swallowing.

We also bought some containers of baby food so after she mastered the cereal, we decided to try some carrots. She was definitely not a fan at first. She would get really excited when she saw the spoon but once she actually tasted the carrots, she would scrunch up her nose and keep the carrots on her tongue, refusing to swallow. Eventually she would close her mouth and the carrots would come out all over her face and bib. We tried carrots for three nights in a row and on the third night, she decided that she liked them. She ate everything I had put in the bowl.

We have given her carrots, peas, apples, and sweet potatoes. She likes the carrots and apples, hates the peas and loves the sweet potatoes. We still trying the peas but every time I give her sweet potatoes, she eats the whole bowl. If I mix a little peas with the potatoes, she doesn't seem to notice.

I plan to make most of my baby food but we just bought a couple different things to try for the first time. Hopefully I will start making some things this week. We'll see how it goes!