Lovies

Ella loves her blankies! This is how I found her after her afternoon nap today - surrounded by all 4 blankets & wildly swinging one around. :-)

Best big bro

Andy sure loves his baby sister & the feeling is mutual!

Ella at 6 months

Ella's 6 month checkup was yesterday. She is now 27.75" and 18lb 6oz. She had all her shots (4 this time) and wasn't happy about that, but calmed down quickly when she got to eat right after. For the past 2 months, she's had a rash on her neck and chin that comes and goes; the pediatrician said it looks like eczema and should calm down once she stops drooling so much...so, maybe after all her teeth are in? She actually has been drooling less since her bottom two teeth broke through, but I'm sure the top two aren't too far behind and more drool is imminent. For the most part her neck looks better, but it does get splotchy off and on.

She's tried rice cereal a few times, but we're waiting until we get home from vacation in a few weeks to give her any "real" baby food.  It's okay, she doesn't know what she's missing!

Here are some photos from over the weekend - some by Picture People, some I took.

Little diapered cuties

Ella and Andy waiting for bath to fill.

Yellow Belt Kaylee

Kaylee tested for a new belt a couple weeks ago and is now a yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do! 



Showing how she sits at attention, then pretending to be sad that she didn't break her board...before showing off that she did - and on her first kick!



Going up and accepting her new belt.

Guess I never got around to posting these here!  Kaylee on her last day of Pre-K (Fri, May 24):


And one with Andy for good measure (Ella was still sleeping).

Another tooth, more rolling and food for Ella...and more

Ella's had a big week!  Last Tues her first tooth popped through and she started rolling over from her stomach to her back.  Today - 6 days later - her second tooth (bottom middle left) broke through and she started rolling over from her back to her stomach. She also had her first taste of rice cereal tonight.  Not sure she was too thrilled with it, but she ate a few bites.  I think.  There was quite a bit on her face and bib.



Ella also went to the pool for the first time on Thursday, then again on Sunday, when she actually got in the pool for a while. She was exhausted (skipping her final short nap for the day), but overall seemed to enjoy being in the water.


This is from June 10; taking photos for Father's Day cards!


As Ella is getting her first two baby teeth, Andy is getting his final two baby teeth! On Saturday night as I was brushing his teeth, I noticed his top two second year molars have finally come through. The right one probably was just a few days ahead of the left, which had probably just broken through that day. So now Andy and Kaylee both have 20 teeth! Of course when I told Kaylee, she said, "but mine will start falling out soon, so then we won't have the same anymore and he'll have to wait a while until he loses any teeth." Ahhh...always a step ahead, that girl.