So she’s really almost 7.5 months, but shhh she’ll never know I posted this late. :) I hate that 7 months means we’re on the downhill slope to being 1. Not yet, not yet. It’s going too fast. No weight stats as we just did a quickie vaccine appointment and Owen was so grumpy that I didn’t have them weigh her. She’s definitely smaller than Owen who was already 20 lbs at this point! We had already transitioned him to his bigger car seat. But even though she’s heavy, the bucket seat is still working for a bit longer. I like being able to throw blankets over her instead of bundling her up when we go outside.
New Things She's Learning/Doing: We're starting to hear tons more consonant sounds in her talk. There are times I swear she is saying mama, mama. Her sweet little girly voice just melts my heart. Although she still has a very loud screech going on sometimes. She sits, can get down back onto her belly, and is a rolling machine. She can get exactly where she needs to go by rolling or scooting backwards and I don’t think it will be but a few more days before she’s crawling! She’s banging toys together and is clapping her hands so adorably. She is also starting to let Owen know that she is not happy with him when he takes away a toy from her.
Sleep: Well, I think I jinxed myself by thinking she was going to be a better sleeper. Well, during the day time she is. She takes 3 naps that are pretty predictable and just jabbers for awhile and puts herself to sleep. Night time has moved up quite a bit and usually she needs to be in bed by 6 or 6:30. She does a good stretch until 10 or 11, but then she thinks she’s a newborn and gets up every 2 hours wanting to “eat.” Uggh, gotta change this somehow!
Food: Well, we took a week or so off of food because the poor thing got sick. Runny noses and coughs from babies are so awful. So she didn’t have much of an appetite and I wanted to pump her full of breast milk, so just in this last week, she’s started eating “solids” again. Pretty much loves it all so far and is still the messiest eater I’ve ever seen.
Randoms: Still loves loves loves her brother. Opens her mouth to give “kisses.” And still keeps her headbands on. That’s my girl!
Love you so much Ellison Jakeh!!
My sweet little girl is 6 months old (well, a few weeks ago). A half a year. Whew that went fast. The first birthday party may already be in the planning stages. She is developing such a sweet little personality and for the most part is a happy little girl!
The Stats: This was a week ago or so, but she’s growing great. She’s 16lb 12.5 oz (75th percentile) and 26.5 in (75th percentile). Her head continues to be the perfect knitting head model at 42.5 cm and exactly the 50th percentile. 
Milestones: She’s been sitting up for about 3 weeks now completely by herself. She loves the freedom this is bringing her. I think Owen thinks she’s a big kid now because he’s been a little more rough with her lately. She also can scoot herself backwards while on her tummy. I have a feeling she’ll be full on moving much quicker than I want her to. She babbles all the time and is a shrieker!!
Loves/Hates: She loves to sit up and play with her basket of toys. Owen only allows her to play with certain trucks and cars, but she does love when she can get her hands on anything that’s not a “baby toy.” She loves her jumperoo and likes to be in on all the action. She loves bath time, especially now that she can sit up just like her brother without anything holding her.
She loves to kick her legs. Anytime you lay her on her back, this is what she does. She’ll do it for awhile before putting herself to sleep.Feeding: She is still a great nurser. She typically just nurses on one side unless it’s before bedtime. I love nursing at this stage. She gets so excited before diving into the boob. She is getting a little more distractable, so we usually have to go nurse in her room to be sure she eats everything. But onto the more fun things: “real” food! She’s doing a great job eating. I’m pretty lazy with this, so she only gets it about once a day. She is the messiest eater which drives me crazy. So far, she has had: 
Sleep: she’s a great napper. Usually 3 a day. One early morning, one right around lunch and the last one later in the afternoon. I nurse her and she’ll put herself to sleep. Nighttime sleep is awful right now though. I feel like she’s reverted back to newborn sleep and is up every 2 hours or so “needing” the boob. We’re about ready to do a little night weaning tough love. :) This momma’s tired.
Other stuff: She is going through some major stranger anxiety. I tried to leave her in the nursery for a Mom2Mom event and I got paged within about 10 minutes. But she finally recognizing William as her dad though and she gives him the biggest smiles!
Except for once or twice, she continues to leave things on her head! I’m one happy momma about this one.
And of course, she’s still madly in love with her brother. She lights up when he comes in the room and watches his every move. I pray they continue to be good friends!
Such an amazing little person. We love you Ellison Jakeh!
But in July, while I was up in Pentwater for our family vacation I started to bleed and later that day, I had a miscarriage. I remember coming down to the great room where my family surrounded me and prayed for me. I sat numb with a heating pad until William came up to get me. The doctor said it was just an early miscarriage for no real reason that they could detect. So while I was crushed, we started trying again immediately on my next cycle. I thought it would happen as quickly as it did the first time.
I was cautious, but very very excited! A couple weeks later I went for my first ultrasound. I knew immediately but the tech’s face that something might be wrong. The doctor told me that she could only see a gestational sac forming, but that it might be too early for her to see anything else. The following week I went back for another ultrasound. This time there was a bigger sac, but still nothing in it. The doctor told me that I likely had a blighted ovum, but that she needed to check the following week to make sure. If you don’t know, a blighted ovum is when there is something that causes the embryo to simply not form, however the placenta doesn’t know and keeps growing as normal, so the body thinks (and acts) like it is carrying a healthy pregnancy when in fact there is no baby. I was puking and gaining weight.
My two losses are a part of my life story. It’s a story that connects me with many women in a way that I never would have had a chance to connect with. I will patiently wait to meet my two other babies. I know that they are with Jesus. Happy and safe and perfect.
We took down the ceiling fan that was in there and added one of my favorite things. . .her light. And by we, I mean William and my dad. It's from 
Behind her crib is the one wall I did a paint treatment on. This is absolutely my favorite thing in her room and I almost wish I had done it on all the walls. I love is because it is so subtle. See, in this picture, the walls just look tan.
Here is a close up of her adorable pink sheets from 
Anywhoo, moving around she has another closet and then you see this wall. 
Here the view from the window seat area.
The little rolled flowers were used from leftover sheets that my mom used to make her little pad on top of her window seat. I added a little pearl to each one and done!
All hung up.
Not sure what I’m going to do after making all her bows for winter outfits. I’m going to have to make a second board! 
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