Getting so Big!!

Oh my goodness! Avery McKenna is getting so big. Dear me. In just a few days, I had to throw dozens of outfits into the too small box. And in one day both Melissa and Tim said that she is looking super cute baby chunky. Love it.

Sitting Up

McKenna is doing more and more sitting up! It is amazing. Just like with all new baby milestones, her sitting up changes her perspective on life and our perspective on her. It really is amazing. She seems to feel a lot more comfortable with a couch behind her, but she can manage to stay sitting in the middle of the floor for quite awhile. I have been pile blankets around her so the fall is soft.

And as I said, her sitting up gives us a whole new view of her. Tim said this week, "She is totally not a newborn anymore. Her cry is even different." And Quinn is suddenly in love with McKenna. She hugs her a lot and is starting to play with her. They sat together in their new play house and pretended with play food. Quinn made the meals, and McKenna tried as hard as she could to eat them.

Kenna's First Sledding Adventure

Kenna mostly sat and watched as the rest of us went Sledding on Christmas eve.

But then just before it was time to go, I puter her down in the snow so I could take a quick video of Tim and Quinn coming down the hill. One minute she was crying, and the next second she was passed out asleep her nose to her knees. She didn't stir for 3 hours after this.

We laid her on a sled to walk to the car. Sweetest thing ever.

gymnastics

Oops. McKenna flipped off the couch today. Ouch. Sorry, baby. I think she's fine. I hope she is. She has developed a new and screeching cry, but I don't think it is relating. She I wake up to help her at night, Tim says, half asleep, "Don't get too close. It might bite." It's that loud. :)

Wrapped in Swaddling Cloth

Just as we celebrate the most famous swaddled babe of all, it is time for McKenna to drop her wrap and sleep without it. She loves the swaddle, but she is starting to flip herself over on to her tummy when she fights sleep, and then she gets so mad because she is stuck!!

So, I just have to admit ... its over.

We put her to bed last night with no wrap, and she did OK until about 4:30 when I wrapped her and then 6:30 when I wrapped her again. But she also has a cold that came on yesterday, so it is hard to tell there this will go.

Tim and I remembered last night that at about 7 months we started playing music for Quinn to help her fall asleep. When she was 9 months, we brought a Mormon Tabernacle Choir CD with us on our Christmas road trip for the car and for naps on the go. I think music was our saving grace for a few months.

Maybe it is time to pull out the old burned MoTab tracks for our little babe.

I wonder when Mary weened Jesus from the Swaddle.

and how?

6 Months

My cutie is 6 months!

She still looks like a china doll. She's amazing.

Her sleep patterns are a mess. Especially at night, she goes down twice. The first time I put her down every night, she screams. Then I go get her, and she giggles and plays for an hour with me and Tim on the couch. I think she uses this time to work on her abs.

Her hair is also a mess. 'Nough said about that.

But still she is the best and cutest.

And tonight she sat up by herself for the first time. Looks like she is going from her back to her butt. No tummy for this girl. Oh and she spits raspberries all day. LOUDLY. Quinn used to do a load and crazy fake cough when a room got silent. McKenna starts to spit. It rocks.

Here is the shot of her very first time sitting up.

Chomp, Chomp

McKenna is all about sucking and biting right now. She must be teething. She's had a few rough nights, but it is no big deal.

She loves to eat Cherrios, but she also loves to eat cardboard so that is not saying much.

Her favorite is animal crackers. She really loves them, but they make her so dirty. She sucks on them right to the point where they become gooey, and then she drops them on herself or spreads them all over her face.

I made her teething cookies that so not disintegrate. She loves them more and more everyday, but she screams when she drops it so sometimes it is not worth it.

And the floor around the highchair is covered in Cherrios because she can't use her pincher grip yet. She just gets a fist full and tries to pour them into her mouth. It is adorable ... and messy.

McKenna loves music

She's not dancing in this video, but she loves to sway her head back and forth to music.

Mckenna is suddenly a way better sleep than she used to be. Long wondeful naps. It started while I was gone for 5 days without here. Maybe it's the food.

You sat with us at Thanksgiving Dinner, and I kept puttung pieces of Orange roll in your mouth. Also you laid on your tummy for fun for the first time.