We are half way through the first year! This 6 months has been a true blessing... Allison you are an amazing little baby. You are so happy, such a good sleeper, you love to eat and we are all truly enjoying each and every day with you! We all enjoy watching you learn and explore and we can't imagine our lives without you... you are truly the perfect completion to our family!
Weight: 15 pounds 1 ounce (30%)
Height: 27 inches (87%)
Size 2 diapers
This girl was ready to eat! And she LOVES it! So far she has tried oatmeal, bananas, carrots, squash and sweet potatoes. She also had her 1st puffs and Baby Mum mums! She loves her high chair... I swear she knows that she is one of the "Big" kids now! Nathan and Benjamin were SOOOO excited to feed Allison. They have been teaching her to sign "more" and "all done"... I have no idea how she eats... it is the most over stimulating event... but she loves that her brothers are by her! She still loves her mama milk too! She is a great bottler for daddy and Gramma though... as long as the mama milk is warm enough! She usually takes 5-6 ounces per feeding from a bottle or ~10 minutes of breastfeeding (she is quite distracted by her brothers now).
So proud of her new big girl chair.
Figuring out how to get those little puffs into her mouth!
These two LOVE her " a little too much!"
Nicknames: Lovey, Lovey Girl, Squeaker, Little one, Allie Boo
When Nathan and Benjamin turned 6 months we had a little party for them (it seemed like such an accomplishment when they were little). So we decided that Allison needed the same thing! So she too had a little 6 month cupcake!
This warm weather July baby is getting use to wearing all these clothes!
Play time: Loving toys! Allison has been practicing and is getting pretty good at grabbing, pulling and spinning toys to make them light up or vibrate or sing songs! Some of her favorites include her blocks, gum ball machine, Sophie, Pink Little Giraffe blanket, Sophie books, Rainbow Kitties book. She has mastered wiggling out of her Bumbo chair so I think our days are limited with this!
The blocks that she got from Santa have been a huge hit! She loves to chew on them and giggles with joy when her brothers stack them up and she knocks them down.
Lovey... look at those eye lashes!
Sleeping: Allison continues to nap at least twice a day... usually 1-1.5 hours in the morning and 2-3 hours in the afternoon. She often cat naps in the evening too... however she is getting big for her evening swing ride! At night she is ready to go down by 7 or 730 and usually wakes up around 730 am. After the holidays we had 3 nights of CIO ... as Allison had decided that a midnight snack was in order. Thankfully she easily converted back to her sleeping through the night ways! I know she shouldn't have anything in her bed with her... but she LOVES her Pink Gramma blanket so we tuck it in around her... we often find her holding it in her little hand up against her cheek. So precious! She also still sleeps in a sleep sack and that seems to do the trick keeping her warm. She has not started rolling over in her crib but she does spin in circles on her back! She loves her mobile and crib toy... and is so content in her crib that she almost never cries to get out. I often find her talking, laughing, playing with her blanket, spinning around and sucking her thumb in her crib following naps and bedtime. I think she appreciates the quiet time. She is usually very snuggly but when she is tired she just wants to be on her back in her crib with her blanket... and I appreciate that because I can only sleep in my bed too!
This month Allison's celebrated her 1st Christmas!
and her 1st New Years Eve!
Allison continues to LOVE bath time and has graduated out of the baby tub and now sits in the big bath tub all by herself. Her brothers think that its lots of fun to take tubbies with her! She usually ends up with a cup of water dumped over her head... she for sure is not scared of the water!
Exploring is the name of the game! She loved Eva's activity center!
and she received a beautiful quilt from her great aunts!
Jumping Jumping Jumping... Allison was trying to figure out what this crazy thing was!
Puppy.... she is so intrigued with Berkeley... and Berks has a new found interest in Allie too! Allison reaches for Berks and pats her and pulls on her ears... Berkeley must like it because she always chooses to lay right near Allison.
Her first Tutu.... Thank you to the owners of Dancing Fair... and our good family friends!
I can't wait until she fits into ballet slippers!
Exa-saucer fun! Mommy even put new batteries in it so it lights up sings and generally is quite annoying... but Allie loves it!
We took Allison swimming at the YMCA! Their pool is so warm it basically feels like a bath tub! Obviously a hit... and she learned how to splash... a useful skill at bath time!
Books, Books, Books... she loves to sit and look at and touch books!
The Little Things:
* When I get home from work she reaches for my hair and pulls me close with a big open mouth kiss!
* she has two teeth but we wonder about those top teeth coming through soon because her cheeks are often red.
* She smiles ALL the time... in fact she cries very rarely
(usually only when we put her in her car seat)
* She wiggles and grabs for anything that is in front of her... especially food!
* Pulls her socks off any chance she gets
* Learned how to clap and will now Claps any time we say " YEAH"
* Loves mirrors
*The white fuzzy hair on her head is starting to get long.... maybe just maybe she will have a bit more hair then her brothers did!
* Loves to sit and play with toys
* Poops through her diaper and clothes at least three times a week! We have tried 3 different kids of diapers now.
* Is starting to have a bit of stranger anxiety at times.
And look at this fancy outfit that her Uncle Adam gave her! Pretty impressed that he went to Gymboree and bought this outfit for his niece... complete with a matching headband.
Ladies.. this guy is single! :)
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