Avery: 6 Months Old...

Our little peanut is half a year old!  It just doesn't seem possible that time has gone by so quickly. 

Avery continues to be our happy girl.  Always giving us huge smiles and giggles.  She still loves her sister and will just stare at her for long periods of time.  She is also quite the talker...making lots of noises, grunts, happy screams, etc.

As much as we wish we could say differently, Avery is still not sleeping through the night.  She has made vast improvements lately and we are currently trying to ween her from her early morning feeding (around 3-4 am).  She usually only wakes twice a night, once wanting her paci and another time to eat.  She is napping pretty well and normally takes a 1.5 hour nap in the morning and afternoon and occasionally will take a short catnap in the early evening.  She is still typically in bed between 6:30 and 7 pm and up anytime between 6:30 - 7:30 am...this sometimes varies depending on the kind of night we've had.

Avery has mastered rolling from her tummy to back.  And by mastered, I mean she does it repeatedly in her crib.  She hasn't learned to roll back to her tummy yet so she gets mad when she is stuck on her back.

Aves is our little hands on girl.  When I feed her, she is constantly touching my hair, face, shirt, etc.  It's sweet as her little arm is straight out reaching around as she eats.  She also likes to give "kisses".  She will grab my face and pull herself in as she plants her wide open mouth on my face.

Avery typically eats about 4 times a day (not counting her early morning feeding).  She is a much better nurser than Kensley was and really only takes bottles when I am working or gone.  She usually eats about 4.5 - 5 ounces each feeding.  Avery is loving her cereal and is getting it once a day in the evenings.  She has had bananas, prunes and squash all mixed with her cereal.  She loved the bananas and squash!  We are guessing this little girl has a sensitive tummy as it seems to take her some time to adjust to new foods.  We started her on rice cereal and have now moved over to oatmeal which she seems to digest a little better.  She is also pretty gassy...you wouldn't believe the smells this girl can produce! 

Onto to size, Avery is wearing size 2 diapers now.  She is still in 3-6 month clothes and 6 month sleepers.  We've tried a few of her 6-12 month outfits on her, but those are quite huge on her.

Here are a few more pictures of our sweet girl over the past week or so.

Sisters!  Kens loves to hold Avery.

Avery loves her Exersaucer

Happy girl!

Hanging out with mom

Practicing sitting up

 Happy Half Birthday, Sweet Avery girl!