Chloe is 6 Month's Old

Chloe is 6 month's old. In some ways I can't believe she has only been part of our life for 6 months and other ways I can't believe it is already 6 months.

She wasn't in the best mood for these pictures but they show her personality still

Chloe is now 12lbs 6.5 ounces and 24 inches long. She is 1% for both height and weight. Her head is 41.5cm which is 28th%

She wears size 2 diapers and mostly 3-6 month clothes but still some shorts and leggings that are 0-3 months.

Chloe is still our smiley girl that is definitely a morning person. This month she started doing better with Kyle in the evenings until I get home.

She is definitely more aware of and entertained by her brothers. 

Developmentally

Chloe rolls over now but not consistently.  Right before 6 months she started to roll to her tummy in her bed but didn't always like it. 

Now that she is rolling to her tummy we have stopped swaddling her arms at night. She still wears a sleep sack to keep her warm since she doesn't use a blanket but we have a sleeveless one or we wrap the other one under her arms.

Chloe goes to bed around 7-7:30 and sleeps all night until I get her up around 5 to nurse.  Then she goes back to sleep most mornings until about 6:15 when I get her up and ready for day-care. 

Her nap schedule varies on the weekends but during the week she takes two small naps and one longer nap

Chloe nurses at 5:00am, then bottle at 7:30, 10, 2:30 and 5 (if she is still there) at daycare. Then I nurse her when I get home and again before bed. 

Her bottles are about 4 ounces.

This month I cut out spicy foods and my v8 energy drinks. Both seemed to bother her but especially the spicy food. This was so hard for me to give up but she was spitting up so much that I was willing to do whatever.  They said some bottles she practically refused or struggled through at day-care so I did what I had to do.

A few days before she turned 6 months we introduced cereal to get her used to eating something before we started baby food. She has also become very interested in water bottles and other people's drinks so we are going to introduce a sippy cup soon.

She still loves to put her fingers in her mouth and wants to be a finger sucker so bad. Though it is adorable we still try to discourage it...I think it is a losing battle.

Chloe loves bath time. She loves watching the water come out of the faucet or my pour water out of a cup. 

Chloe is such a blessing to our family. I will be the first to admit (maybe 2nd after Kyle) that she isn't the easiest baby. She is tough in the evenings to keep entertained as we make dinner or tend to her brothers. 

But she is also such a ray of sunshine and she melts us with her smile. We all love her so much and are thankful for our sweet Clo Clo. 

Little River Day 2

Mornings at the cabin are slow. We sleep in until 8 or so and then Larry makes a big breakfast for everyone.

Casen grabbed my phone and took some random pictures

Then we got ready and headed down to the river for some damn building and wading.

Chloe woke up had a blowout so she was a nakey baby for a bit.

That evening we went back to the river because it is currently the boys favorite thing to do.

That evening Cooper had his first accident on the four-wheeler. He tried to fit between two trees and one tire hit one tree. The sudden stop made him hit the handle bars with his chest. He got a little mark and a big lesson. Reminded him this is why we slow down and wear a helmet.

Oh and Cooper also got his first tick this year! Eek! Honestly it is bound to happen at some point and he was a champ at letting Kyle get it out. Luckily it was a little seed tick, not that big ones and it wasn't in too deep. Yuck! (I had only had one and it was 4 or 5 years ago)

Little River Day 1

On May 31st we loaded up the car and headed north for our annual trip to Kyle's grandparents cabin. This was Chloe's first trip.

We stopped once to change a poop diaper (that was just pee), once to nurse Chloe, and then we always stop at Choctaw for clean restrooms, gas, snacks, AND the picture with the buffalo. My boys hate doing this but it is a tradition I won't let go of. #ilovetraditions

Then we met up on the dirt road with Mimi and Grandpa. The boys jumped in with them for the ride to the cabin.

Chloe was napping but then she woke up and rode with mommy.

We got to the cabin, unloaded all of our stuff and went to check out the river level. It was really high with all of the recent rain and it was fun to see how it went down each day.

Then we fed Lola and Sylvan. Coop isn't a fan but Casen and Mimi love feeding them. I don't blame Cooper I don't like them eating out of my hand either.

Life lately 6/2

Work and life have been crazy busy lately so I have a lot of catching up to do. Here are random pictures from the end of May and beginning of June.

This girl loves Casen and he loves that she reacts to his antics now.

Someone else gives Chloe lots of love too :) Have I mentioned how fun it is seeing my boys with a baby sister?

Casen lost his second tooth

Oh my goodness I love this sweet face

Casen and I went to his last soccer game of the season while Kyle packed for our cabin trip. I love some one on one time with my middle and he loves it too.

The day we got back from the cabin was June 3rd so we got unpacked and then headed for a birthday treat. He chose snow cones.

I got plain ice so Chloe had her first snow cone too.

That night Chloe decided she is ready to sleep on her tummy. She is wearing a sleep sack but shortly after this we stopped that as well.

Playing in my bathroom before daycare and work

She is never short on entertainment

Oh that sweet little smile melts me

Chloe had her 6 month checkup and hopefully I will do a post soon with her updates.

Anytime Chloe sees a bottle she tries to put it in her mouth. This same week we introduced her to a sippy cup with water in it.

Cooper was reading Pokémon cards to her and sweet girl pretended to be interested (mommy does that too)

It was a week late but one morning we took pictures for the last day of school. I love seeing how they grow and change.

Cooper grew a few inches and got some new teeth

Casen grew a lot and got some more hair! Look how little he was!!