7 Months!

Every month seems to go by faster than the last. Georgia's 7th month has been as fun as the previous six. We finally got her in for her 6 month check (3 weeks late). She is a petite little thing. It's throwing her doctor off... I had to explain to him that Max is really skinny too. We agreed that she is definitely eating enough... The girl eats like a little piggy. :) We are going to try to fatten her up a little bit over the next couple months anyway. She loves her baby food and will eat pretty much anything you put in front of her. Her favorite are anything with berries and squash.

We got her into her room and she is now officially sleeping through the night. I've been working to get it decorated. I painted an old dresser that has been in Thayne's family for a long time and it turned out awesome. I can't wait to get the room finished completely... It should be done within the next couple of days.

She still hates being on her tummy. She is sitting up without hesitation now and prefers to sit rather than lay down. She loves playing with Max and his crazy ways of getting her attention. He has started to call her "Sissy". He picked that up from the neighbor boys that call their little sister the same thing. It's pretty cute. He even told someone the other day that her name is not Georgia anymore, it's just Sissy.

We all love how her giggles and cooing have reached a new level and her little voice is just the cutest thing I've ever heard.

She is still the most mellow and happy baby I ever could have imagined getting. :) We are obsessed!

6 Months!

I can't believe that we are half way through the first year. It has gone way too fast but it is so much fun to see her grow and develop her fun little personality.

She is sitting up now. She's still a little nervous about it but she's getting more steady every day. She also has teeth now. That's right, after 3 months of teething she finally had 2 teeth break through on the same day. Sheesh. No wonder we haven't been getting much sleep lately. She's also scooting around on the living room rug pretty well. Just on her back though... She is still not much of a fan of being on her tummy. She may be a late crawler if that doesn't change.

Thayne fed her some banana squash for the first time today and she loved it! She couldn't get enough. She has also discovered how delicious graham crackers are.

Her favorite game to play is for me to hold her up above my head and bring her down to face while making noises at her, then lifting her up in the air. She smiles and giggles the most at me when we play that game.

This week we are putting together her room. Up to this point she has been sleeping in a bassinet next to our bed. It's time for her to have her own room. She needs her crib too, she's starting to get a bit big for her bassinet. I don't think she's totally comfortable in it anymore.

I'm looking forward to what the next 6 months will bring.

5 Months

Baby girl is 5 months old now. I'm posting this late because we went on vacation the day after she turned 5 months and all I got around to doing before we left was taking this photo. I was going to write this post while we were on vacation but my laptop flipped out and wouldn't let me upload the photo.

For vacation we went to Alabama. We drove there and back and it made for a very long 12 days but it was so much fun. Georgia had a lot of first time experiences. First time out of state, first time in the ocean, first time in a hot tub and swimming pool, first time meeting Papa Albert (Thayne's grandpa), first time meeting Uncle Jim & Aunt Meghan (My brother and his wife). I'm sure that there are probably others but my tired brain is still on vacation.

Georgia is getting to be more and more interactive every day. she coos more and coos in response to people talking to her. She is starting to sleep less during the day and become more alert and she continues to become more comfortable with Max and his craziness. She has started to really like her little baby toys that rattle and have little tags for her to play with. She has started reaching for things and people. In the grocery store in Alabama she grabbed a candy bar of the shelf. Too bad we wouldn't let her eat it. She has gotten close to being able to sit up on her own but still tips over pretty quickly. She figured out how much fun it can be to splash in the bath and giggles at herself when she does it.

She is still so much fun for all of us and I think she gets prettier every day.

I can't wait to blog about her first Halloween in next months post :)

4 Months

I can't believe how fast the past 4 months have gone by. Baby girl is growing like a weed. At her 4 month check up she was 7th percentile for weight and 74th percentile for height. We just make tall, scrawny babies :) She is still just a happy, mellow baby. She's getting more comfortable with Max and his craziness. Instead of looking at him like he's crazy all of the time she has started smiling and cooing at him. He loves it. She coos at us all the time and I really love all of the new noises she making. She can now roll from back to belly and from belly to back. She really hates being on her belly and immediately starts fussing at us and trying to roll over. She is also starting to try to sit up on her own. She has become infatuated with her feet. She almost always has one in each hand and occasionally puts her toes in her mouth. She is still teething but hasn't had any teeth break through yet. She like to suck on her bottom lip to make her gums feel better. We've started trying out new foods. She likes rice and oatmeal cereals and sweet potatoes, prunes and bananas. Whenever the TV is on her attention goes right to it... She gets mad at me if I set her down somewhere that she can't see it if she knows its on.

She keeps getting to be more and more fun and we all keep falling more and more in love with her. Life is good :)

3 Months

Baby girl is 3 months old now and just getting to be more and more fun. It is great to see her little personality developing. She is so happy and mellow. She eats well, sleeps well and loves to hang out with us. She giggled at me a couple weeks ago and we've been trying like crazy to get her to do it again but she's being stubborn and won't give in. She still gives us unlimited smiles though and we all love that. She starting to figure out that she has a voice. Just this morning after I fed her she laid there and cooed at us for at least 5 minutes straight. It sounded like she was trying to sing to us. This last week she also started to notice that she can control her hands. I watched her look at them with amazement as she moved them around. :) She loves to go on walks at night after it's cooled off and the street lights are all on, she becomes hypnotized by them. She's growing so fast. Getting longer and longer and her cheeks get squishier and squishier. I think she might be teething. She drools almost constantly and loves gnawing on anything she can.

Max is still crazy about her. I keep thinking the excitement for him will wear off but it sill hasn't. He loves to show her off everywhere we go. He still wants to hold her, hug, kiss and pet her all the time too. He loves helping with her in any way that he can (he's great at taking her diapers to the trash... Score!). He's made an incredible big brother and I'm excited to see them grow up together as close friends.

The excitement for Thayne and I hasn't worn off either. Or even the older kids. We could just sit and hold her and look at her all day. I love sewing cute little clothes for her and making hair bands and girly stuff. Having a girl has been more fun for me than I expected it to be. She has stolen each and every one of our hearts and already has us all wrapped around her little finger.