Zoo with Cousy

We used our pass again...WooHoo! Angela and Ellie Grace came to the zoo with us last week and it was so pleasant. Very uncrowded and a nice morning (it did eventually get hot).

I don't usually take pictures of animals but these are so cool

She HAD to continue carrying the sunscreen. Silly girl.

These may or may not be zebras

How did she get so big??

Riding in the big girl stroller

Can't fool her

I have noticed that Say will play with tags sometimes so I pulled out this taggies bunny thinking she would enjoy all the tags it had to offer.

Of course she's too smart for that. She went right for the "real" tag. No matter how many times I turned it over, she kept going back to actual tag. Can't get anything past her!

6 Months...less late than the 5 months post

Since I was so behind on posting about Say Say's 5th month, there's not much news to report. But we did go to the dr and got a great report. She weighs less than I thought (15 lb 4 oz, 50th percentile), or maybe she lost some weight during her episodes. She is 26 inches tall. :) I'm so paranoid that she is going to have food allergies like me. So Dr. S said we could see about a consultation with an allergist. I think I'll call this week. She hasn't had any food (just formula) for a week and seems to be doing better. Since it's probably the cereal that's stopping her up, Dr. S said she doesn't have to have it. Really she doesn't have to have baby food at all just yet. But she is so good at eating that I do want to continue feeding her solids. We will just monitor her. Oh and she drinks from a sippy once a day. You know...to keep in practice. Today was the first time she had water and she did just dandy.

She has started missing Momma. Twice this weekend she had been with someone else for a while and when she saw me, her face melted and she wailed. Sad. That makes me nervous about leaving her when I go back to work this week :( On a happy note, she has started reaching for people(in her own way). Melt my heart.

She is a great roller from her stomach and so COULD roll over from her back, but doesn't :) She will when she wants to I suppose. ALSO, she tries REALLY hard to go places. Especially if a toy is involved. Big girl wants to crawl and I'm sure it won't be too long until she is a pro at it.

She is a great player. As in she will play independently for 20 minutes without a peep. She just lays in her pack in play with several toys and plays it up. She can grab the different toys and even scoot if one is too far away. She does awesome!

The girl stares. And it is embarrassing sometimes. She stares always and will crack a smile if you talk to her. We were in Baby Jacks the other night and she worked hard to turn backwards and stare at this older couple. Thankfully they thought she was cute and talked to her so she busted out the gummy grin, which makes her even cuter. So this couple didn't seem to mind the stares, but I told Brent we will surely have to teach this little one some manners ASAP.

On to the cuteness.

Big ole eyes!

I love that she can wear bows! Less comments from "older" people :) I may or may not wet her hair so it will look extra cute :)

 In case you were wondering...she looks JUST like her daddy. With a plumper face. Truth.

5 Months...a little late

Thought I better do a 5 months post before she turns 6 months in a couple of weeks on Wednesday! We LOVE this girl at 5 months! She is so fun and I'm sure it only gets better! 5 month photos weren't much to talk about. Of course she is as cute as ever, but it's hard to beat last months outdoors pics.

At 5 months this bitty girl :
*Loves to laugh and does it all the time!
*We have had to give her cereal to help her reflux so I thought, "Why not keep on going?" and started introducing other foods (sweet potatoes and peas). She has done great. (Great for her...she is not the best eater. could take it or leave it. she hardly ever acts very hungry.) But her digestive system has not gotten the memo. So I've been feeding her less food hoping she will eat more formula. Who knows if this is the right thing to do!?! I do know that eventually she will have to eat more and more food! We go to the dr next week so we will see what Dr. S says.
 *Although she never acts fussy or overly eager to eat in general, she does get very excited when she sees the bottle. Cute.
*Weighs about 16 1/2 lbs shoot I don't know.
*Still in size 2 diapers. We still haven't bought any diapers!!
*Wears some 3-6 months, but mostly 6, 6-9, 6-12 clothes. What is up with such crazy sizing. Obviously a 6 month old is not the same size as a 12 month old!
*Can SIT up. with some assistance.
*Still loves the playmat. And loves to play in general. With lots of different toys.
*Still likes to cover her face to sleep. I still love it.
*Is a chatty chatty cathy.

1st Zoo Trip

Angela asked us to go to the zoo one day during winter warmth. When I looked at the prices, I decided that since Saylor wouldn't even know we were there it wouldn't be worth it. It would be better to get a membership and it would be worth it as long as you go like 3 times. Even still we decided that SaySay is still so young we would just wait until next year to get a pass. Well wouldn't you know that my thoughtful husband surprised me with a membership for Valentine's day. I find it incredibly sweet since he thinks Vday is so so silly. That being said, the bitty girl and I got to use our pass with some great friends.

All the children:

Saylor is on the far left. I'm sure she was the youngest.

I knew SC would need to eat while we were there and I was not really sure what I would do. Well Grace Ann was willing to walk alongside Saylor and hold her bottle. So sweet! And SOOO helpful. I probably would have had to just stop and sit down to feed her. And we all know she takes FOREVER to eat so everyone else probably would have been gone by the time we finished. Thank you Grace Ann!!

 

She got hot :)

Can't wait to use that pass again!! Maybe Daddy can come this time!

Sew cute and bottle holding

I like to sew, I'm just not that good at it. I'm teaching myself, so it takes A LOT of practice. Recently I made this little piece and thought it was presentable so Saylor girl wore it to church on Sunday. Had to make a matching headband...and burp cloth (not pictured).
 

Obviously, I only made the tunic, not the leggings or shoes :)

Checking out her new sandals

Also, the little one REALLY wants to be a big girl. Soooo she's been practicing holding her own bottle. she can hold it really well she just doesn't know which direction it should go, so most of the time she pulls it out of her mouth instead of keeping it in there. But today I captured this:

Doing pretty good

Trying to get it back in there

And just messy cuteness