6 months old!

Leah is six months old today and always wants to be on the move. She is very stable in sitting up in her own and seems to think that she is ready to crawl/walk/run with how much she is always moving and wanting to be on the go! And yesterday, I felt her first tooth popping through! It is her bottom right so I am sure the left is on its way. Hopefully this explains why she hasn't been sleeping thru the night anymore and that there is an end in sight! It feels like she is doing something new everyday, just now she cried after being asleep for an hour but as I checked the monitor to see her, she had found the pacifier and plugged herself and was back asleep. First time for that! Such a big girl :)

Nothing is safe anymore with this crazy girl, I turn away for 30 seconds and all the diapers were out of the pack - and they were not within arms reach!

So big!

Another new thing this week is that she sticks her tongue out and pants when she gets excited. It's pretty funny, she must have learned it from Bowz :). You can sort of see her doing it here. 

We don't have out 6 month check until Jan 9th but I will post her stats then. Hoping to be out of the teen percentile ranges!

Sitting without Support and Christmas Photo Shoot

Leah has been pretty sturdy sitting in our laps for a while now so on December 5th Bri and I decided to test her sitting alone and she passed!!

Look at this big girl. 

She is still a little unsteady but getting much better. This week at daycare there were several notes about her sitting with support and last night we played for half an hour, only toppling over a couple times :)

Look at all my toys!

Last weekend we were back at home for the boys to hunt (unfortunately, Brian didn't even see a deer to shoot at) and my Mom had scheduled us a Christmas photo shot for the grand kids and the pictures turned out great!

Luke & Leah

I feel like Leah doesn't look like normal Leah here but the background is pretty!

All four kiddos!

 

Happy (First) Thanksgiving!

This year is flying by and we have much to be thankful for. We are blessed with great family and friends and a beautiful & healthy little girl that has filled our lives with so much joy. Brian started a new job this week at Mid American Energy that he is excited about and I have a great job as well. Life is good! :)

This last week was full of family time! Wednesday night we head to Iowa City after work for a 'friendsgiving' hosted by the Stallmans. Then on Thursday we had the Meyers Thanksgiving in Fairfax which was full of great food as always and we managed to sneak some family pictures in as well.

Meyers Cousins

The whole Meyers clan

Look at that adorable little girl :)

Thursday was my Mom's birthday as well so we headed over to my parents that night to hang out with them and of course to go Black Friday shopping in the morning - even Leah came with! Since stores now open on Thursday the crowds weren't bad at all Friday morning which was nice. Then Saturday we traveled back home for a night of family games and the Salwey Thanksgiving at the Schmidts' on Sunday.

Turkey butts

Leah had an off week between being sick(ish) and getting out of her routine, combined with being away from home so she decided that she didn't want to take naps (unless she was being held) or sleep much at night from Tuesday-Saturday.  After two nights back at home she is getting better (slept from 9-5 last night) so hopefully after being back at daycare today she will have a normal night tonight.

Getting ready for Christmas!