Isla at 6 months

I love this age!!!

* she is very interested in eating and has been sitting in the high chair at the table. She eats peas, carrots, pears and sweet potatoes and we give her little tastes of other random things too. Here she is going to town on a bitter biscuit (is that what they are called?)

* she can drink out of a sippy cup!!

* tooth #2 and tooth #3 have made their appearance so she now has the two bottom ones and the top left one (her left)

* I think she is developing Maja's pinching habit... the last few nights she has done that to me while falling asleep

* she can now sit in the tub unsupported so that makes things easier for me and much more entertaining for her. She loves to splash and scoot around the tub

* still is a chunky monkey! I love her rolls and chubby cheeks

Early summer

These last few days have been hot... really hot! The our-house-is-a-sauna kind of hot. You bet we will choose a house with AC next time around!
We were able to put in our window units but since we only have two for the upstairs, Isla moved back in with Mommy and Daddy so she doesn't have to sleep in the oven that her room turns into. It's actually much easier for me since she still gets up a few times at night and I can just nurse her on the bed which is much more comfortable then stumbling around the house to get to her crib and sit in the chair. We do have to be more careful about her sleeping on our bed now though because twice already I've found her half way off it. She rolls everywhere and moves pillows out of her way!

This year Maja is much more fond of water outside and she loves the sprinkler and her water table. We've also been doing a lot of bubble chasing although as you can see.... Isla is not impressed by them:

Monkey girl

Maja loves climbing and swinging. The dishwasher and freezer are her favorite spots right now :)

Eating like a big girl

Isla has been sitting at the table with us lately and I've been giving her some veggies here and there. She LOVES sweet potatoes and is pretty fond of peas and carrots too.

We also tried the sippy cup today and she knew how to work it!

And big sis is doing pretty well with forks these days

Naked baby times

Sisterly love

They love each other so much!

We are moving!!

Jeff accepted a job offer from Richland WA so we are going back "home".... you know, sort of... 3.5 hrs from where home is.

He is leaving in a couple of weeks and me and the girls are staying here in Green Bay until our house sells which hopefully happens pretty quick

Exciting times!

6 months old stinker!

Guess what little Miss Over-achiever can do??? stand up on her own... yep... she can pull herself up. And I found out at the worst possible time.

She was sitting in this adorable little tub being cute as a button and all of the sudden she stood up. The tub isn't sturdy enough so she went forward flat on her face :(. She got sooo upset but surprisingly it only lasted a few minutes and then she was as happy as can be.

Oh and she is 18.5 lbs and 27.5 inches!

Here's the right-before-the-fall photo and proof she can do it :)

Some pics from Atlanta

Ron and Shelley had a BBQ on Saturday and some of our old friends came out to spend some time with us. I can't believe how big have all the kids gotten

Teeth in Atlanta!!

Isla cut her first tooth!!! it must have happened last week but since we noticed yesterday, that's the day we made it official.

We are also in Atlanta right now visiting Ron, Shelley, Liam and Chloe (the family I nannied for) and we are really enjoying the visit. The kids have gotten sooo big since the last time we saw them and Maja is having fun hanging out with them and their cool big kid toys :)

The trip here was bumpy... we were supposed to arrive on Friday but that plane had engine issues. We decided to take the direct flight from Appleton in the morning on Saturday which meant getting up at 4:45am... well... once we got situated on the plane, it turned out that it was having engine issues as well. So then we had to wait until after 12pm to get Delta to fly a plane from Atlanta to pick us up.

If that wasn't enough... once we got to the car rental booth, they couldn't find our reservation so that held us back even more!!

Finally 24hr later we made it here!!!

Let's hope the trip back is smoother!

Sitting

Still a little wobbly but getting better

Love

Rollie pollie baby

Isla can roll from back to belly now! and if that wasn't enough, she is also officially a sitter.