6 month update

Obviously, this is late.  On Friday, Abigail turned 6 months old.  On one hand, it seems like time has flown and that just yesterday I was waddling around with my belly leading the way; on the other hand, we have enjoyed every moment along the way and already have so many wonderful memories. 

So, first, let me go over her 6 month check up.  Our little bird weighed in at 13 lbs 6 oz!  She is, not only back on the charts, she is up to the 10th %tile.  She's definitely getting bigger.  You can see it in her face and in her chubby little baby thighs.  Needless to say, Kyle and I are both pleased with her weight gain.  It's funny how the 10th %tile seems so big to us.

Abby's growth chart

Besides being weighed, Abs got her next round of shots.  She did pretty well with the first one, but she let the nurse have it on the second one.  The doc said she looks healthy all around and said all of our travel plans should be fine as long as we bring sunscreen. :)

As previously blogged, Abs had her first real food and it didn't go so well.  We actually haven't tried again yet just because we keep running out of time in our day (gotta figure out a better schedule).  

At 6 months old, Abigail is happy and engaging.  She smiles all the time and is super ticklish - which is fun.  She loves to be flown around in the air and really loves to hang upside down.  She's really just a lot of fun.  

She's getting much closer to sitting on her own.  We practice everyday.  She can sit for a few seconds at a time unassisted and is starting to understand the idea of tripod-ing. 


In other 6-month party celebrations, we spent some time this weekend at castle island with my parents.  It's not actually an island, but a nice park on the harbor.  I'll post more pictures from that trip later, but I had to include this one of my dear husband and his mini-me. 


After the park, we eventually made our way home and after a nice nap, we decided to take Abby swimming for the first time.  We're planning on being in Florida in a few weeks, so we thought we should introduce Abby to the wonder that is swimming.  Well, of course because we live in Boston, it's never hot.  Add to that the late time of day and the shade covered pool - and it suffices to say that the water was a little chilly. 
We let Abby dip her feet in with me a few times to test it out.  She was interested.  The cold didn't seem to bother her too much.  I dipped her in a little further up to her knees and she seemed to like it.  So, we decided to try out her new swim floaty.  Kyle, being the awesome dad that he is, was the brave one to get in the pool with her.  It was pretty chilly - and he let me know it.  :)  
Abby, however, took it like a man.  She was happy being pulled around and playing with the toys on the floaty.  All in all, it went well.  We didn't spend very long in the water, obviously, but I'm glad her first experience with it didn't end in tears or anything.  

looking at the water


woah


having fun

Sorry that this update is a few days late.  It seems like I have more to write about than time to do it in.  We're all looking forward to the months ahead - many new adventures await our little girl.