Lyla~6 months old

Already made it to your half birthday:) I have a feeling this second half is going to fly by even faster:/

Months 1-6....

Tid bits from the past month:

•First signs of separation anxiety/stranger danger are showing up! You've cried a few times or done your pout lip when someone new tries to hold you.

•Always chewing on something! No signs of teeth coming through yet.

• You really enjoy eating solids! You've had bananas, carrots, peas, oatmeal, cream of wheat, avacodo, squash, a taste of a fresh orange and your favorite- sweet potatoes. Nursing every 2.5-3hrs.

• Currently weigh 14.5 lbs!

• You are gonna be my lazy baby I think lol. You can roll over pretty easily when you want to...but you don't have much interest in rolling around. (Very different from your brothers at this age..which is a nice change:) 

•You prefer to sit up and watch what's going on! Therefore you are doing well at sitting! Still need someone(or a pillow) around you incase you lose you balance, but can last awhile by yourself.

•Sleep has finally had some small improvements! Still far from sleeping through the night haha. Instead of every 2 hrs you are waking every 3-4hrs..and a few times this month you made it 5-6 hrs again for one stretch! Your daddy has not let me move you to your room!! Lol He says he looks forward to coming home in the middle of the night and hearing your snores or little noises while he gets in to bed. He just thinks your safer in our room...you officially need to be moved to your crib though; so we will see:)

• Taking one longer nap in the afternoon and usually 2 short ones (one in morning and one early evening). Yesterday you took a 3hr nap!! Wish I could have been!

•Hair and eyes have slowed down with changing. Which is right on track-usually by 6 months eyes have settled in to their more permanent color. Still lighter brown hair and eyes in between changing from dark blue to green/hazel.

More random pics from the past month!

Jut love watching my sleeping beauty!

Enjoying a beautiful day outside and had her first small taste of an orange:) She loved sucking the juice out and cried a bit when I took it away.

Just love watching a sleeping baby! She always looks so beautiful and peaceful.

My happy girl!

Breyton and Lyla-both about 5-6 months old! They definitely resemble each other! As mom I can see some definite differences as well:)

She would smile every time daddy gave her a kiss!

Wearing big brothers black T-shirt as a little black dress! Three kids who shared one shirt= Hand me downs at their finest!

Just enjoying some afternoon cuddles!

All wrapped up in love<3

She's never lacking in entertainment! Breyton kept popping up from the bar and she thought it was too funny!

All pretty in pink!

Cousins Amelia and Lyla hanging out with their Meems! These girls our growing up too fast!

Love this girl!

Holding the first 'flower' she has  received from her brother of course!

A week of 'firsts': first taste of solid food, first zoo trip, and more for miss L!

In here nursing Lyla asleep and had a moment, so thought I'd share some pics from this past week.

Lyla had her first few bites of 'solid food' this week!! Her actual first taste was of a fresh avacodo that I was mashing up for gaucomoly. Then she's had some baby oatmeal a couple different times. She has really loved it! I think she has enjoyed her first tries even more than her brothers did as babies! She gobbled up every bite I gave her and didn't even make a sour face:) 

Here is big brother helping feed her one night. He loooves to help with Lyla and was proud to feed her. Can you tell she has an audience for everything!?

Yum yum!

This is the longest I've waited to introduce solids with any of my kids..as I've sadly learned that at least in my case it never seems to help them sleep longer:/ Though I was hopeful it would be different for Lyla and she would magically sleep a longer stretch...no such luck lol!

Still a fun milestone though:)

First group tummy time haha.

This one cracks me up. Lyla's face in the middle of those two onery boys hehe.

First time in her exersaucer! Really loved the one day of beautiful weather we had that week! Looking forward to many more days outside!!

First family trip to the zoo!! Lyla's first time of course. We took D when he was a baby, so it was his first time to really enjoy it:)

 

She really enjoyed herself! Not old enough to care about the animals, but loved being outdoors and watching her crazy brothers run around!

My little monkeys with their daddy!!

Checking out the big sleeping bear! These two boys had sooo much fun the whole time. D was just amazed by the animals!

Watching some mountain lions!

D's favorite was probably the sea otters or the fish..he loves 'fishy's!!'.

The boys both loved watching the gorillas eat their dinner. There was an adorable baby gorilla there as well.

All the animals were out that day due to the perfect weather!! Not too hot or cold:)

All in all a very fun family day! Lyla is gonna be 5 months old in a few days and that is hard to wrap my head around! Can't believe how fast my little ones are growing up and I love experiencing all these 'firsts' with my babies!