Evelyn - 7 months

Holy Cow. How is my baby 7 months old? And why is she crawling AND pulling up on things!? Yes, she is pulling up. The girl is determined and once she figures out how to do something she will do it again and again until she's got it down. 

She's also super smiley, easily laughs and has perfected her "stink face." She is a major mooch so if you happen to be eating while you're here, watch out! She eats what we eat most of the time including cheese quesadilla, cheese pizza, yogurt, muffins, eggs, black bean burgers - you name it, the girl will try it! Still no teeth but she's going on a week long snot nose "cold" so I'm hoping that's teething instead of allergies. 

She loves her sister and always smiles at her when Lily talks to her. She "smacks" everything and then sticks it in her mouth - Evie the explorer's way of investigating! 

She is so much fun to watch explore and smile and grow everyday. It's amazing!

Happy 7 months, little troublemaker :) 

Practicing pulling up - told her not to try it on that garage! The girl rolls with the punches at least!

Playing together - so much fun to watch :) 

Yep. That happened when she was supposed to be napping. 

And yes, she has perfected pulling up in her crib! (though she still takes a tumble every now and then!)

Evie the explorer

Unlike Baby LB, Evelyn is into EVERYTHING. I really need to go through and baby proof the house because I never really had to with Lily. I could leave her in a room and she'd still be sitting there playing with the same toy I left her with. Not so much with Evie. The girl is always looking around to see what she can grab next. She never sits still! 

Exploring grass for the first time

She's obsessed with strings and will find them on anything!

Hundreds of toys and she is fascinated by a water bottle!

Yep. Pulled all those down.

Trying to get in on the leappad action.

Found her sisters library bag. It was a great crinkly distraction while I started dinner (Don't worry, I watched her the entire time!)

And this morning, on little sleep, Evie pulled out all the diapers and wipes and mouthed on them all. Luckily, they were clean. ;) (She looks so proud of herself too, huh?) 

Evelyn - 6 months

When we had Lily, the first year went by so slow because we struggled with so much - physically, emotionally, mentally. People would say "it goes by so fast, doesn't it!" and I would just burst into tears! This time I want to burst into tears again but for the opposite reason. It IS going by so fast. Evelyn refuses to be a baby. She wants to GO and she is determined to do just that. She keeps me on my toes!! 

Right now baby girl is rolling, army crawling, very close to regular crawling, sitting and almost able to get into a sitting position on her own. She laughs, is ticklish, says "MAMA" and is starting on her Ba's. She has tried a ton of food: sweet potatoes, avocado, apple, peaches, watermelon, corn, carrots, and rice crackers. She is in cloth diapers full time. Nurses about every 3-4 hours. Wakes about 2-3 times a night. Goes to sleep between 6-7 and sleeps until 5-6am (really!) She is almost outgrown her 6mo clothes! She loves her sister and constantly watches her with a big smile on her face. She is LOUD - happy loud with lots of screeching and just regular hollering ;) 

She is a JOY and such a happy addition to our family. I look at her and thank the heavens above for her.

Updated with 6 month stats:

15lbs 15.5oz (45%)

25.5in (30%)

Always ready with a smile

Fascinated by Layla. She loves to watch her and screech at her :) 

Loves to stick out that adorable tongue!

Sitting. And SO CLOSE to being able to get into a sitting position on her own.

Into EVERYTHING

My sunshine

Evie Eats

Most of you probably remember the struggles I had with LB when she started solids. There was a lot of wasted food, gagging, throwing up, tons of laundry and lots of tears. Turns out poor baby had reflux pretty bad and she got better after getting that and her diabetes insipidus under control. 

This go-round I decided to be more laid back about eating. I wanted to enjoy it. I wanted Evie to enjoy it. She didn't need the extra calories like LB did, so it was more a matter of experimenting and discovering food than counting what is going in her mouth. And it helps that this girl likes to eat! She is constantly trying to grab food off my plate or out of my hand (like the watermelon she jacked from me at the farmers market yesterday!) She will not do purees. She tolerates steamed veggies and fruit, loves avocado but she really enjoys to eat what we eat. I struggle with that because, c'mon, she's 6 months old! But again, laid back. It's been pleasantly surprising so far! 

Eating steamed carrots. I made purees the week before and she gagged and spit most of it out. I steamed these up and she immediately grabbed them and put them in her mouth. Little stinker.

All the carrots!

Avocado is the front runner right now! 

Enjoying the corn cakes