Happy Birthday Aurora! You are turning into such a sweet, funny and curious little girl. I love watching you explore and learn about your world. Even though your intensity causes some conflict sometimes I have treasured being your mama each and every day. Please never lose your fire!
Cooper also turned 6 months. Goodness the last six months have gone fast. I guess that's what sleep deprivation will do to you! We had family pictures taken by the same gal that did Connor's 6 month pictures and she got some really great shots of everyone.
Aurora is going to Logan! This whole school process was so much more stressful than I thought it was going to be. We applied to four schools and got into three of them -- Logan, Garland and Stanley. While I really wanted to be able to say yes to Garland because it is in our neighborhood, after meeting with our educational consultant it became clear that Logan was the only school that made sense for Aurora. Once we made the decision we wrapped a Logan t-shirt and gave it to her. She was so excited!!
Connor has always been very verbal, but he is starting to speak his mind a lot more. He is starting to stand up to Aurora expressing how he would like to play or what he would like to do instead of just doing whatever she says. While I am proud of him for standing up for himself, it does lead to a lot more fighting. When Aurora doesn't get her way she gets up in Connor's face and then Connor hits or kicks her to get her away from him. Oy.
He is also starting to memorize books. I was reading him Tacky the Penguin the other night and I realized that if I simply said the first few words of the page Connor could finish it for me. I remember when Aurora started doing this and it was just so darn cute to listen to her tell the story as she flipped though books.
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| Learning to spread butter at "cooking school" |
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| Done with ski school for the year |
I am feeling totally overwhelmed with life and our house right now. It seems like it would be so much easier to just move to a smaller house because that would force us, and give us a "reason" to get rid of a bunch of our stuff. It is hard to declutter when there is no reason to get rid of something even if it is excess or not really needed. Unfortunately though having lots of things means I spend so much more time cleaning and honestly its just really oppressive.
-- Cooper at 5 months --
25.5 inches (10%)
15 pounds 12 oz (30%)
We had Cooper's 6 month pediatrician appointment and he is continuing to track at 20% for weight but has now dropped to 20% for height (he was 50%). Never fear though, he has a 98% head! That's a McCord for you ;)
He is turning into such a happy, smiley guy! He loves that he can now sit up unassisted for extended periods of time. I don't see this keeping him happy for long because he has already started trying to pull himself up and often would rather stand than sit.
He just learned how to stick out his tongue and thinks it is the greatest thing ever if someone does it back to him.
He really really really wants to start eating solids! He now gets really fussy when we sit at the table. I have employed the same trick that I used with his brother and sister, giving him a spoon to play with, but that won't work for long! I haven't started him yet only because I am so darn tired and am not ready for the extra work.
I think he is teething again. No clue if teeth are imminent but he has been super grumpy the past few days and has started drooling everywhere again.
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| Looking terrified ;) |
I don't know what is going on but we have been having a ton of diaper leaks! These are the same diapers I used with Connor (Bumgenius 4.0) and I never ever had leaks with him. I striped and bleached them but it hasn't seemed to make a difference.
We have finally transitioned him to a more solid time of day routine. Instead of just waiting 2 hours from his last nap before putting him down I have started putting him down for naps at 8, 12, and 3/3:30. He is up at 6 and asleep around 6:30. I put him in bed pretty drowsy (practically asleep) and he falls asleep on his own there.
There have been a few nights that he has only woken up twice, but those are few and far between. More often he is up every 2 hours. Sometimes we can get him to go back to sleep in the middle of the night with loud sounds that we call the "brain scrambler" that I have set on a 15 minute timer.
