6 Months!

Last week Holly officially turned 6 months old! We went to the doctor that day for her 6 month check up and shots. She weighs 14lbs, 9 oz (24th%), 26" in length (62%) and her head is 41.5cm (24%). She is just a little thing, especially compared to Elliott at the same age.

Holly's biggest accomplishment is her crawling!! On Friday, 12/30, Dan called me to say that she was crawling. I'll have him post a video, I'm not sure how to do it. She is a fast army crawler, especially if there is something naughty to get to.

We started to sleep train Holly last week. She was getting into a bad schedule where I was the only one who could put her to sleep and some nights it would take over an hour. She would scream for Dan if I wasn't home. We decided enough was enough one night when it took me 2 hours to finally get her to sleep and she then woke up again. Holly cried for about 45 minutes the first night (we went in a comforted her every 5 minutes or so). The next time we tried her cries only lasted 30 minutes. Dan tried her a third time the other night and it only took 3 minutes!! We have started to put her down for her naps while she is awake, but sleepy. I'm so happy it is working well and quickly.

Happy 6 Months, Holly!!

Dan set up our playroom to have a baby zone (something we saw from Elliott's daycare). This will allow Elliott to play with whatever he wants and keeps Holly away from all those tiny pieces. Elliott calls it "the baby trap". She isn't big enough to crawl out just yet.

Elliott playing with slime. Once again, green:

Posing with his completed puzzle - Elliott did the entire inside himself.

Hanging out:

Jenga for kids, he loves it:

This one is just too sweet, I love it.

Elliott had his very first swimming lesson today. It was so cute. I took some pictures, but I didn't want to be a creeper taking pictures of other peoples kids, so they aren't that great. Here is Elliott showing his teacher the rings he got from the bottom of the pool:

E was a little wild, we'll have to talk to him about staying a bit closer to the wall area. The pool is a foot deep, maybe 1 1/2 feet. So, he feels pretty comfortable wandering around. Still, I remember all too well what it was like to teach those 3 year olds. He put his ears in, I think his eyes and instead of blowing bubbles he took drinks of pool water. He did a great back float and had fun kicking on the wall. His teacher was great. This was Elliott's first organized class without me and I was really happy with how well Elliott listened and how excited he was to get in. Dan and I both cried (a lot) when we started swimming lessons. Elliott was excited to hear that we are going back again on Wednesday for another lesson.