Who Wants to Come Visit??

For all of the family and friends out there....Minnesota had it's coldest night last night in five years, and it's coldest morning in four (according to the news this morning). Yes, we woke up to -21 degrees with a windchill of -41. So who wants to start looking for tickets to fly up here? Any takers? :)

6 Month Stats

Well, I just got back from Miley's 6-month well-child visit. She was so cute the whole time...."talking" to the doctor, smiling at everyone, and being a happy girl overall until those dreaded shots! Unfortunately, the office was also out of one of her shots, so I have to go back again later this week to have her get that shot! Anyway, here are her 6 month stats:

Height: 25 inches (25th percentile)

Weight: 13 pounds 10 ounces (10th percentile)

Miley grew two inches, and gained two pounds in the last two months....her biggest growth spurt to date! She is still in the same percentile for weight as she was last time, but last time she was also in the 10th for height, so we are happy that she is now only slightly below average height-wise. :) The doctor also couldn't stop talking about how advanced Miley is for her age. She said she is developmentally above what most 6 months are, in regards to her eye-hand coordination, her "verbal" (babbling) and oral skills (all the things going into her mouth are good for something, I guess!), and her interaction. That is something that a mom always likes to hear. :) Other than that, the doctor also said I should start weaning her off of all of her night feedings except one (woo hoo!) and to start experimenting with food such as crackers, oatmeal, etc. since Miley isn't really taking to her rice cereal and the other baby food.

I am glad we survived another appointment, even though we have MORE shots coming up soon!

The appointment sure wore Miley out (these pictures are look pretty familiar...oh yeah! They are pretty much exactly the same as after her four-month check up!).

Day After Christmas

The day after Christmas, Miley decided she wanted to be a little more mobile to be able to reach all of her fun new things. So she officially did the "inchworm" (6 months and 4 days) to reach one of her new teething rings. Cameron was pretty excited and got it on our video camera, but didn't get any pictures on our normal camera. So if I can figure out how to post videos from our video camera, I will do so. :)

Miley and Bode had a fun time watching Miley's new Baby Einstein video that her Aunt Gelsey and Uncle Kipp gave her for Christmas. It amazes me how these simple videos can keep Miley entertained for so long! These pictures show how into it they were. Miley is also wearing her new outfit from her Aunt Lindsey....so cute! :)

Merry Christmas to All!

We had a WONDERFUL Christmas this year. It was so nice to be back home with my family, and to get to share Miley's first Christmas, and her cousin Bode's first Christmas with everyone (besides you, Lindsey...we missed you!). Miley was actually pretty into the present opening, starting with a new pair of Christmas pajamas from her Grammy and Poppa that she opened on Christmas Eve. She would grab a present and put it into her mouth (that's gotta be a sign of approval, right??) and then grab a little bit of paper and wither Cameron or I would help her out by turning the box so the paper she was holding onto would rip off. Unforunately, after opening the stocking, both our camera battery and our video camera battery died. Yup....we really dropped the ball on that one. So we only have a couple pictures, but hopefully, I can steal some off of my sister's blog soon....hint hint Gelsey! :) We already really miss everyone, and we are sad that our fun vacation is over!

Miley and Bode under the tree on Christmas morning.

After everything had been opened....Miley sitting in front of our stash. Too bad we missed the in-between part! The quilt you see behind Miley is a t-shirt quilt my mom made of a bunch of my old t-shirts from elementary school thru college....SOOO cool!

Mmmm....Food!

Miley turned 6 months old today, and her big celebration consisted of her getting to try rice cereal for the first time....how exciting (not so much for her!!). I know I say this every time I post about Miley, but I really cannot believe how fast the time is going and how big she is getting-or not big, whatever. Maybe "grown up" is the more appropriate term. Anyway, here are just a couple of pictures of Cameron giving her some rice cereal. She actually kind of liked it, but you can't tell in the pictures. Their faces are classic.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town...

...or at least to your local shopping mall!  I have been a serious slacker in blogging about my trip so far, so I thought I would post some pictures of Miley and her cousin Bode that we got today.  My sister, Gelsey, and I went to the mall in Fort Collins, CO and thought it would be fun to get the kiddos first pictures taken with Santa Claus.  We weren't sure how this would work out, as you always see the pictures of kids freaking out when they get placed on Santa's lap, but both Miley and Bode did pretty well.  Miley was really into the furry red costume, while Bode was trying to figure out just who's lap he was sitting on!  As you can see, he couldn't take his eyes off of Santa!  We will have to see how next year goes....and whip out these pictures to remember when our kids weren't afriad of jolly ol' Saint Nick.

Waking Up on the Right Side of the Crib!

One of my favorite things these days is going in to get Miley after she wakes up in the morning or from a nap. It is so cute....she just lies in her crib talking to herself, and then lights up when someone comes in to get her. She has even been having fun in unfamiliar surroundings, since we are at my mom and dad's house for Christmas. This video shows it all!