Half Birthday

I can't believe that our little girl is 6 months old already!

We went to the doctor for our check-up yesterday. Little Miss is 15 pounds, 14 ounces (49th %) and 25.5 inches long (42nd %). And her head circumference is 16.75 inches (54th %).

6 months old!

Who is this big kid just hanging out in the chair?!

Bella was curious and had to come see what was going on.

Cutest baby ever! :)

All those pictures can make a little girl tired. :)

Sydney and Bella

Bella and Sydney have a special relationship... Sydney LOVES to watch Bella and Bella loves to lick Sydney.

"Hi!"

"Come here. I need to pet you on the nose."

"You have a little something right here... I'll get it for you."

"What, mom? We're not doing anything wrong."

Yes, I know this one doesn't have Bella in it, so it really doesn't go with the post. But she's cute. And it's my blog. So I get to put it up here anyways. :)

The Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch this past weekend; Sydney loved it. She spent most of trip in the baby carrier just looking around, kicking her feet and 'talking'.

"Ohhhh look - a little baby pumpkin."

"Hey Mom, do you see this? Can I take it home?"

Little Cowgirl

Our Scarecrow

Of course, the best part of the pumpkin patch is coming home to carve the pumpkins. I love carving pumpkins; Dan has always participated in the pumpkin carving by coming over just in time to tell me that my finished product looks great. But this year, he got in on the fun. Sydney 'helped' by playing in her jumper in the hallway :)

The finished products.... Daddy pumpkin on the left, Mommy pumpkin on the right. And baby pumpkin next to Mommy's.

Daddy's pumpkin

Mommy's pumpkin

Corn Maze

We went with the kiddos in our youth group at church to the Corn Maze last night. Sydney had a great time and didn't lead us down the wrong path once!

Jump Jump

I've been trying to find a jumper for Sydney at all of the consignment sales I've visited and, of course, since it was the one thing I was looking for, wouldn't you know that it was the one thing I couldn't find.
But my friend Susan came through last week while she was at a consignment sale - one phone call and a promise to pay her back later, we now have this awesome jumper for Sydney.

She loves it.

5 months

Sydney turned 5 months old this past weekend. We had a big weekend with Uncle Matt and Aunt Natalie in town visiting and Cousin Joshua's dedication, so the birthday pictures had to wait!

"Yay, I'm 5 months old!"

Daddy was trying to tickle Sydney to evoke a smile. It was not successful.

"Why is Daddy trying to tickle me?"

Success! Love that sweet smile!

Our latest trick is trying to sit up... Trying being the key word here. She can "sit" like this very briefly. Sometimes. Most times we topple over :)

"Hey! I'm doing good! Look at this!"

"Oh no - I'm falling..."

Happy 5 month Birthday Baby Girl!

Visiting Susan and Carolyn

Susan called earlier this week with some news about her consignment sale finds (more on that to come in a future post), and as a result, we had to (aka had a good excuse) to go visit this week.

Carolyn at 12 weeks and Sydney at almost 5 months.

It was 'wear a pink onesie' day.

"Hi friend."