Ettley is 7 months:

Our little girl is growing up so fast! Everyday is a new adventure with her and I love soaking up every moment. 

-When she first turned 7 months she started to rock back and forth on her knees and army crawl everywhere. 

-On 12/31 just a few days before she turned 8 months she started crawling!! I love when babies learn new milestones but now we have to watch her like a hawk!

-She is starting to reach for us which is still one of my favorite things babies do!

-She is starting to really like music and she will stop what she is doing if she hears it and try to find where it is coming from.

-She can get into the sitting position by herself!

-She loves to sleep with the blanket touching her face. Sometimes I go check her and the blankets it completely over her face! This freaks me out so we have started to let her fall asleep with no blanket so she can toss and turn all she wants and then when she is asleep we cover her. We also check her all the time before we go to bed ourselves.

-She can roll her tongue! I think this is so funny that she has figured this out. She will just be playing with her toys and be rolling her tongue. Adler never did this, so it’s really funny to see a baby this small doing it already.

-She has been feeding herself a lot lately and we are about to introduce more finger foods to her. Sometimes she refuses us spoon feeding her puree food but will gladly eat food that she can pick up with her fingers. 

I have loved every stage of her life and I am trying to savor each one but I am so excited that she is now crawling, sitting, eating food and becoming more interactive. We love our Ettley girl! Now for some pictures! 

Picking out Ettley's first Christmas tree

Second movie in the theater (Moana)

Playing on Adler's toy while he naps

Temple trip to see the lights!

Trip to the botanical gardens train exhibit 

With her GG

Watching Adler and Daddy ice skate...I love her little boots

All bundled up

First time meeting Amanda!

Sibling love!

Happy New Year!

We had a family photo shoot over Christmas break with my favorite photographer! I needed some pictures of my family of 4!

Ettley is a very happy baby that smiles all the time except when you pull a camera out. When the camera comes out she goes straight faced haha 

Ettley is 6 months:

Ettley is 1/2 a year old!! Where did my little baby go?! She is so happy and squirmy and we love every second with her. Here is what Ettley has been up to:

-She had her 6 month check up. She weighs 15 lbs 10.6 oz (40th percentile) and is 26.75 inches long (81st percentile). She weighs less than Adler did even with her chubby cheeks. 

-She is still spitting up which we are pretty sad about. It has slowed down but it had completely stopped with Adler at 6 months so we had high hopes.

-She is so squirmy. She wants to look at everything and would rather play on the floor with toys. She isn’t my snuggly baby anymore.

-She will pull the burp cloth off her face when you say “Where is Ettley”! 

-Everything goes right in her mouth no matter what it is so we have to watch her closely. She also watches us eat and if we are holding her she tries to get what we are putting in our mouth and put it in her own!

-She has tried apples and bananas and loves them both.

-When she is happy she babbles “dada” and when she is sad and crying she says “mama.” I don’t think she knew what she was saying at first but now I think she is starting to get that we are Mama and Dada and when she says that we come to her. I’m counting Mama as her first word.:) 

-She is still very obsessed with Adler. She loves to watch him and he is still the funniest person to her. She likes to see what he is doing and tries to join in. 

-She took her 3rd trip to upstate New York for my cousins wedding (1st was for our family reunion and the second was for Labor day at the lake)! She does pretty well in the car except when she can see us. Then she cries and wants to get out.

Ignore our red eyes!

We love our Ettley girl and we love experiencing all her 1sts! She is growing up too fast but we are excited to have more adventures with her and watch her grow! Here are so cute pictures of her:

These pictures are getting harder and harder to take!

I told you I like this pose...This isn't even all of them!

Folding her hands

I love her big eyes

She pulled all her toys onto her lap!

She always manages to roll under the bed

Her face and posture cracks me up!

Thanksgiving morning

Showing off her Thanksgiving outfit 

We all love Ettley