Peek-a-boo

I videoed Brooke playing peek-a-boo with me. I am amazed that she was playing with me instead of the other way around.
Enjoy the video!

6 months old

Officially, 1/2 year old!! Time has flown by. I can't believe she is already 6 months. Her check up this month went very well. As usual she is advanced for her age. She weighed 13lb 5oz, 25.5" long, and head circumference is 41.5cm. She is progressing right on the same growth track as before. She didn't like getting the shots, but no adverse effects and took a good nap that afternoon.

We got the okay to start real food! We actually started giving her avocado about a week ago. She was going through a growth spurt and it was like I couldn't feed her enough, so I felt like she was ready for real food and she loved it. Since she did so well with the avocado for 7 days we decided to try another vegetable and gave her sweet potatoes on Monday. She likes that as well. I hope that she will be a good eater. It is so awesome to see her grow and learn new things. She is sitting very well and is able to play with her toys. She is also very mobile when layed on the floor. She can push her chest off the floor with her arms straight out and she tries to pull herself forward, but mostly pushes herself backwards.

This last weekend we took advantage of Arlington residents getting a free tour of Cowboys stadium. This will probably be the only time we will ever get to set foot in this stadium because everything is insanely expensive. Here are some of the concession stand prices bottle of water $5, hamburger $13, beer $9. It is ridiculous!

It was very difficult getting a picture of Brooke this month with her monkey. She kept on wanting to play with it and I had to get Ryan to distract her to finally get a picture. That is why she is looking off to the side in the picture above. I did include a couple of funny pics that I happened to take while trying to get her to sit still.


Hey what's under here?

Yummm, this is lacy....


Us in the cowboys stadium. The screen behind us stretches from 20 yard line to 20 yard line!

Here is a video of Brooke playing during bath time.

A couple of videos

Here is a couple of videos I was finally able to upload. One is of Brooke sitting up taken just a few days ago and another of Brooke laughing taken today. Enjoy!

Another Growth Spurt

I can't believe that Brooke is almost 6 months old. She is growing and learning so fast. I am positive that she is starting another growth spurt. The last couple of days she had been getting increasingly fussier and not sleeping as well. Last night she woke 3 times hungry and has been fussy all day and fed every 2 hrs! I just hope this one goes by fast. I have also had trouble getting her to take a nap the past few days, so now I am taking advantage of her napping in her crib to update the blog!
She is sitting better on her own. She has stop thrusting herself randomly backwards. She is all about moving and wiggling. She has also become very interested in our iphones and the tv remotes. So, I bought her one of those toy phones thinking that she would be more interested in that because it sings back to her and is more colorful. Wrong! She knows what is the real thing and is much more interested in that! It is cute though because if she sees it and can't reach it then she starts grunting and reaching for it. I told Ryan we should use the remotes to persuade her to crawl.
Last night while I was preparing her cereal, I had her seated in her Bumbo seat on the kitchen table. (I know they recommend not to do that, but honestly where is she going to go, and I am watching her) As I was talking to her, I started dancing and running towards her acting like I was going to "get her". She thought it was the funniest thing and was laughing for a solid 10 minutes. It was so cute, I wish I could have video taped, but I was afraid if I left the room to grab it she would stop laughing. She has also loved playing in her jumper. It is funny to see her. She bottoms out the springs. The other night we tried videoing her, but, of course, when we got the camera out she stopped jumping. I will have to secretly video her later.
I also think that she is starting to feel the pain of teething. She hasn't had any teeth pop the surface of her gums yet, but she has been chewing on everything in sight. She doesn't even chew on her pacifier like a normal baby (not that she has ever really wanted to take her pacifier). I bought her another teether. She likes these ones that Born Free makes. They are made out of silicone. I have one for her diaper bag and one for home now.
She is starting to help me feed her. She is putting her fingers in her mouth while I am feeding her cereal and grabbing for the spoon. Then she rubs her messy fingers all over her face, ears, and hair. There is a reason bath time is after cereal. Well, not very much longer and we get to start real food.
Awake babies! Nap time is over....


This is how Brooke chews on a pacifier




Messy cereal face baby