I've been so busy with day to day life, I haven't had time to actually do anything on the computer. Now that Ava is asleep, let's see how far I can get updating you guys on Ms. Bush.
She is almost 7 months old now and is full of energy! She's started to crawl, well more of a army scoot... she can get under some barbwire if needed. She can say "Dada" and we are working on "Momma" right now. I can't imagine life with out her. She can sit up on her own for a bit and then gets a little lazy and slumps over to the side. She likes riding in the grocery store cart and kicks her little legs and squeals! She likes car rides except when she's really tired. LOVES Logan and she likes Jessica too but, Jess isn't a fan.
I think I left off when she was about 2 or 3 months old so it's been awhile!
4 months- she could roll over from stomach to back and wasn't sleeping at night because she was flipping over onto her back and couldn't get back over and it would wake her up. So about month 5 she was flipping over both ways and sleeping much better through the night. We started introducing rice cereal, fruits, and vegetables to her and she hasn't turned away any food. Anything you put in her mouth she enjoys! She became more vocal in this stage, cooing, squealing, and laughing a little. She had her 4 month shot and it went much better than the 2 month shot, the day of she was fine and then the next day she was really fussy and ran a fever so we just gave her Tylenol every 5 hours or so to help her out.
5 months- She is rolling over back to front and front to back. Sleeping much better at night now. I weaned her from breast to formula. It was more difficult for me than it was for her, I don't even think she missed it. At the time, I was concerned she wasn't getting enough. I wasn't pumping at all because of the convenience factor and so I didn't know how much I was producing. The doctor said that her weight was a little bit low but nothing to worry about and from months 4-5 she was about the same weight so I thought I wasn't producing enough. So I made the decision to switch and she stayed the same weight from 4 to 6 months and the doctor said it was fine. Looking back, I wish I wouldn't have weaned so soon. Once we went to formula full time, she has been sleeping 12 hours a night.
6 months- She's getting really good at rolling over and scooting to what toy she wants. She is laughing more and is more interested in toys and sitting up on her own. I've noticed lately that she will start to cry if someone new holds her. Before, anyone could hold her and she would smile at them and be happy. You have to warm her up to the person first. I have to hug them or sit close to them first before she will go to them. It's kind of cute when she starts to cry though, she pokes that bottom lip out and starts to cry like her feelings were really hurt by us giving her to someone new. She usually stops crying the minute Shane or I hold her again. She knows who her grand parents are. She doesn't cry at all when they hold her or take her from us. She does this weird thing with my mom, she will grab her face or hair and scream in her face to where her mouth is over my mom's nose. She's got a grip too, she drew blood from my mom's face before!!! Needless to say we've been teaching her no! We've also been doing a little bit of sign language with her and getting excited and saying "Yay!!" when she does something good and she will usually do it again. I seem to think it's just so we will clap and say yay again! She gets really excited! She still hasn't anything we feed her. We gave her a lemon and she made a horrible face but was still sucking on it! She can drink from a sippy cup, straw (if we're holding it and monitoring how much is in the straw), a regular cup (if we are helping of course). She has definitely learned some manipulative traits. When I leave the room she will scream until I come back in. When she is hungry, she screams, face turns red, and she has those big crocodile tears streaming down her face! It's really a spectacle to watch!
It will be her first Christmas this year and I'm really excited to see if she will like her new toys! We're not going over board this year because she's so young but I'm sure she will enjoy it all! This last 7 months has flown by. I remember this time last year when I was pregnant with her. We were so anxious to find out the sex of our baby and I wanted to buy one of each when we did find out that our baby was a girl.
I will leave you with some pictures that Vintage Charm Photography took of her this Christmas!
