Ella : 6 Month Stats

Well Child Care at 6 Months

Measurements:

Wt: 16#4   48%

Length: 26"   54%

Head Circ: 44 1/2cm   92%

She did so good. {Bracken was proud and got tears for her shots before she did!}

'They hurt her!' he insisted. But he liked the sucker ;)

She didn't even need a bink to stop cryin' just Mom to pick her up and a Bracken hug.

gone fishin'

Two songs came to mind when I got these pictures in my email...

  "Drive" by Alan Jackson

'A young boy two hands on the wheel I can't replace the way it made me feel...

I was king of the ocean when daddy let me drive'

{no, this isn't his dad, this is, as Bracken says 'Kylee's dad'}

 and..."Water" by Brad Paisley

'and so began my love affair with water'

 {and this IS his dad!}

A couple weekends ago they went fishin' here at the dam.  Bracken quite enjoyed it and talked about..
well he still talks about driving the boat.  He tells people he caught 3 fish.
It was all quite exciting for him, he even told people he kept the fish in the fridge.
What he didn't know was that we were going to eat 'em.  

He was a little distraught and wouldn't even taste it.

{Thanks to Tausha for emailing the pics and whoever took them while on the boat :)}

growing up too fast

My baby is 6 months old. I don't know what happened. She's so little, and yet so big!

Her 6 month checkup is tomorrow. So I don't have those stats yet but she is still in size 3 month clothes.  I love it!

She doesn't sit on her own yet but she loves to sit and be up so she can see everyone and everything. She rolls quite a bit and can move around quite well, I don't think it will be long before she is actually scooting around.



She absolutely loves her jumper. She is our jumping bean. As a matter of fact the name is sticking, I call her Ella Bean and Bracken has picked up on it.

Ella is just the sweetest little spirit. She loves Bracken, she puts up with quite a bit as long as he won't leave the room. {He gets tired of that though} and when he does leave she cries. She does NOT like to be left.



Ah..  she hates nap time almost as much as Bracken.  I have been blessed with children who sleep through the night so well but goodness they do not think sleep should happen during daylight hours!

But yesterday I couldn't take it anymore two crying kids was 2 too many!  And they went to their rooms and cried.  I gave her the bink a few times and then gave her a spoon. That did it. She quieted right down and went to sleep.  {no, she wasn't hungry! I had just fed her, she just loves the spoon - silly girl.}


{{UPDATE: as I posted this I just watched her pull herself across the floor to get to me!! }}

playtime

pizza potty party

On Monday March 1st Bracken had successfully gone a little over a week in big boy pants.

So. As promised Granny and Papa gave him a pizza party. He loves pizza.

Cache Valley Fun Park was the place. Pizza was the food.  'Soft Play' was the surprise.  

He didn't know he was getting anything more than pizza... 

ski-ball was a hit.

as were the prizes.

He loved every bit of it. A little too much... he had an accident. 

{His first in a week. He can now say he pooped his pants at his potty party...}

Mom is proud anyway.  What a big boy!