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Ashley 6 months

Logan 7 months

6 month check-up

Ashley had her 6 month check-up today. She now weighs 14.12 lbs and is 26 inches long. The doctor was happy with this because she moved from the 10th percentile for weight to the 18th. She is still on the low end but she is moving up. The doctor also said to cut back on her milk and increase her solids. I don't know if I will cut back on the milk but I will increase her solids because she always seems hungry. This past weekend I started giving her cereal twice a day. Next week we will start with veggies.

6 months

Ashley is now eating cereal. She is not the biggest fan of it. We started off with rice cereal for the first week but after fighting with her for a couple of days we switched to oatmeal. She is doing better with it. Logan didn't really like the rice either but loved the oatmeal.

Ashley has been moving around a lot more lately. We will lay her down on the floor and not long after she has rolled over to her tummy and spun herself 180 degrees. She is really starting to get around. She is able to push herself backwards as she is spinning herself around. Sometimes she pushes herself into places she can't get out of (see photos below). Ashley loves exploring her little world and tries to get ahold of any toy that she can. Then, she proceeds to put it directly in her mouth. So I have been trying to keep a closer eye on what toys are on the floor and in her reach but Logan makes this process a little difficult sometimes. He likes to occasionally share his toys with his sister and gives her the toys I don't want her to have in her mouth.

We won't know how much she weighs or how tall she is until next week at her appointment. Hopefully she is where she needs to be since her growth curve was a little off last time and the doctor was going to see where she fell this time.

Thunderbirds

This weekend the Thunderbirds were in town. We decided to go out and see the show. We ended up watching the show in the parking lot by our car since we were running a little late. This ended up being a good thing because we left Ashley in the car with the A/C going. After a while Logan ended up getting scared of the planes because of the loud noises they were making. So we went and sat in the car with Ashley. Every once in a while when they would fly low, Logan would get scared but I assured him that we were safe in the car. After watching the Thunderbirds we went and walked around to look at all the different planes that they had out on display. Overall it was a good day and they put on a great show.

5 months

Ashley is now 5 months old. My time does fly. Currently Ashley is trying to sit up on her own. She is not very good yet but we prop her up with pillows or sit her on the couch next to us. She likes being able to sit up and look around instead of laying on the floor. Something she has been doing is playing with her rattles. If she drops it, she tries to pick it back up so that she can play with it again.

The last few weeks Ashley has become really playful. She really likes it when people make funny faces or even just talk to her. You know that she is happy because she gives you this big smile and then lets out a high pitched squeal. Also, she likes to try to reach out and grab you. Logan, Ashley and I play a game where I hold Ashley, help her touch Logan and say "got you." This is now Logan's favorite thing to do. He will come up to Tim and I, say got you and laugh. The other day Logan, Ashley and I were sitting on the couch (Ashley was working on her sitting skills) when Ashley reached out and grabbed Logan's shirt by herself. Logan didn't quite know what to think of this and gently tried to pull away from Ashley.

Ashley is learning that being on your tummy is not so bad. She started rolling from her back to her tummy a few weeks ago and it started to disrupt her sleep. We have been trying to show her how to roll from her tummy to her back but she has not caught on to the concept yet. So for now she has been spending more time on her tummy because she put herself that way.

Life is a beach

Ashley finally got to go to the beach. It had been almost 6 months since Logan and I had been to the beach. Ashley did not seem to mind it very much. She spent most of her time in the carseat since she is not able to sit up on her own yet. But when I stuck her feet in the sand, there were no complaints. She didn't even seem to mind when Logan threw sand at her while she was in her carseat.

Logan's day at the beach was interesting. When we first got there and started walking through the sand, he didn't like it very much because the sand was sticking to his legs and feet. But after 10 minutes or so, he decided that sand was fun to play in. By the end of our day he was covered head to toe in sand as you can see in the following pictures. I guess we are going to have to take him to the beach more often now and see if we can bury him in the sand.

2 Year & 4 Month Photos

Here are the pictures we took for Logan's year photos and Ashley's 4 month photos.