6 Months! Happy Half-Birthday Little Munchkin!

Our little Phoebes is 6 months old! How did that happen? Here are some highlights from her last month.

A Few Stats

Height: 27 inches = 88% 

Weight:17 lbs. 12 oz. = 77% 

Head Circumference: 44 cm = 90% 

Note: Dad is the happiest papa ever for having such a big girl! Future retirement plan! She'll either be an athlete with that height or a genius with that head. Maybe she'll pull a Shaq and be a ginormous PhD-carrying athlete.

Here is baby girl at her doctor's appointment. She has a lot of fun at the doctor until they poke her with needles. She was pretty tough today, but her little pouty lip came out when they gave her the flu shot. The yellow card is what we get from the doctor to track baby girl's growth 

Favourite Food: Sweet potatoes and bananas. She has tried peas, carrots, squash, mango, and applesauce. She basically loves it all. Peas still give her a bit of the shivers – which is the cutest thing ever.

Favourite Toy: Exersaucer – she loves that thing!

Biggest Accomplishment: We have a sitting girl! She has been tipping over for a while now and then all of a sudden she realized that she could do the balancing. I don’t quite trust her completely on her own yet, but it has changed her world that she can sit up and control own life a little bit more.

Other exciting happenings: We have two bottom teeth in – and they are sharp! – and it looks like the top two aren’t too far away. Lots of drool and chewing on everything has been her life for the past month or so.

I really am not sure if it can get any cuter than this girl! Happy half-birthday baby girl! 

Two teeth! Her top gums are swollen, so I am sure the top two are on their way. The best news is, the doctor let Afton know that she can start eating meat thanks to those chompers. Bring on the steak! 

Even though this girl likes to have 2 AM parties more often than mama may like, she is such a cute sleeper. She usually has some kind of superhero pose (see above) and loves her little bunny that snuggles with her every night (see below). These pictures are captured from our Nest that lets us snoop our little sleeping lady from our phones. We love our Nest! 

Grandpa O

Uncle Pat

Aunt Maureen

We went up to Park City a couple weeks ago for a lovely dinner with Uncle Pat and Aunt Maureen that came to visit from the other side of the country. Baby girl loved all of the adoring fans. Plus, the food and company were both fantastic! 

This girl loves her dad. They know the true meaning of playtime and this girl giggles the whole time. 

Afton is fascinated by Bear these days. Before now, it seemed like she didn't really process that he was there - unless he was trying to get every single booger from her nose. Now, she giggles every time he shakes or rolls around with his ball. It is so fun to see her already loving him. I can't wait until they can actually play together. I am sure Bear is just fine that she can't chase him quite yet. ;) 

She is the happiest, goofiest girl already. I feel like her personality is really starting to show. She loves playing with her tongue and has it out more than half the time. And that belly!

 

We went to Denver in January to watch the Steeler's play the Bronco's at the Sports Authority Stadium. It was an absolute blast. We stayed over that night with a bunch of our favorite people - the Sandoval's! This is Ben with baby girl Afton. She fell asleep on him while they were snuggling and he helped with bath time. Ben loves Afton so much - but not as much as he loves Bear! :) We love you Benny! 

Baby girl with Grandpa Joe-Joe and Grandma Chris while we ate delicious fajitas! She loved them immediately and made herself right at home. 

The kiddos playing. I love that Afton is leaning on Emma to see the "blue t.v." while they watch. 

This girl LOVES bath time! We even went swimming a while ago - no pictures - and she had a blast. We have a fish on our hands. 

To celebrate Afton's half-birthday, Dad decided to give her some yummy peas. I have a feeling she enjoyed them (see below). Plus, it looks like she understands the concept of saving some for later. 

Love you little Afton Phoebe. Cheers to you and all of your next adventures! 

5 months and loving life!

Afton had her 5-month celebration on January 9^th! Our little lady is seriously the cutest thing ever these days. She is such a happy little soul and has completely changed our lives in such a good way.

Our little Afton Phoebe has changed so much in the last month. We have had lots of fun happenings too. Here is a little glimpse of what happened last month.

Quick Stats:
Weight: ~16 pounds with the leg rolls and double chin to prove it (so cute!)
Biggest Accomplishment: We have a rolling over baby!! I put Afton down on her blanket on her belly, looked away for two seconds, and when I turned back our baby girl was on her back and smiling like crazy. Since then, she has figured out the belly-to-back roll and a back-to-belly roll. This girl is growing up so fast!
Favorite Food: Sweet Potatoes
Favorite Toy: Her little critter that jiggles when you pull a string and her bath bug toys

5 months is gonna be awesome! 

She is starting to pay attention to Bear. 

Such a big and beautiful girl with her pup! 

First time trying rice cereal! She loved it! It was pretty messy the first time and Afton seemed to love that too. Every time she eats she gets better at it. It is so fun to be able to see her learn new things and get so excited about them. 

Her first present was the cutest outfit and elephant from her second family - the Shepherd's watch her while we are at work. As you can see, the little lady was pretty excited about it. 

Finally, Christmas arrived! It was a really quiet Christmas for us. Christmas Eve we went sledding, watched Elf, and ate lots of treats. Then, before baby girl went to bed, we read the Christmas story as a family. In the morning, we opened some presents from Santa and had a really relaxing day together. It was a little weird to not have a lot of family around, but it was actually really nice to have our little family celebrate Christmas for the first time with just us. 

Our Christmas card 

Our little reindeer

On Christmas Eve we went sledding for the first time with baby girl! She loved it. She went down the hill several times and then fell asleep in my arms and slept on a sled while we kept playing. Basically, she loved it! 

Christmas Day P.J.'s! Thanks Papa George and Grandma Karen! 

Christmas presents! 

Bear needs presents too. He loved his little doughnut and devoured it in about 2 minutes. 

The best part of Christmas was SO MUCH SNOW! Our little lady did her first snow angel. She was thrilled, obviously. 

6 months is coming soon - Afton's half birthday! Our little lady is growing up way too fast! 

3 & 4 Months! Ya'll Having a Good Time?

Afton's 3 and 4 month celebrations have come and gone! Better late than never, as they say. Here is a little update on our little lady's life over the past few months. She has had all sorts of adventures and we are loving every minute. 

3 Month Stats: 

(We didn't have a doctor's visit this month, so we did our best to get some at-home measurements.)

Weight: ~ 11 lbs. 

Length: ~ 23 inches 

Greatest achievement: A second leg roll - basically the cutest thing you ever did see! 

For some reason we didn't get the greatest picture of Afton for month 3, but her smirk in this one is pretty adorable! 

The typical photobomb by Bear! This picture makes her look so tiny! 

4 Month Stats: 

Weight: 14 lbs 1 oz! - 46th percentile

Length: 25 inches - 71st percentile! 

Head Circumference: 42 - 85th percentile - our child must be a genius with such a big head! 

Greatest achievement: She is strong! She can do all sorts of tricks with dad now! Her favourite is sitting in his hand and balancing then rolling her head back to have him catch her - she thinks it is pretty funny. 

Eek! Month 4 is December -That means Christmas is coming! Here is a picture of our four-month old little reindeer! 

Since I am combining two posts - and pretending it was on purpose and not because I am typically terrible at this sort of thing - there is so much to share! I thought it would be more fun to share it with pictures!  

Adventure: Dad's tricks! 

Just chatting it up on her cell phone! 

Tough girl! 

No coat? No problem! 

Dad trying to steal her to go to work with him. 

Uh... Bathtime? 

Look Ma! No hands! 

Adventure: Halloween! 

Little Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, and Grandma 

Adventure: Las Vegas/ Los Angeles! 

The first weekend in November we went on Afton's biggest adventure yet: a ROADTRIP! Our travels took us to Vegas where we got to meet Violet her new cousin and bestie (Devin and Brit Burnett's baby). She also played with Noelle, her other bestie. 

The boys with their new baby girls

Noelle and Afton 

After our (very) short stop in Las Vegas, we headed down to Primm, Nevada to stay at the Whiskey Pete hotel and casino. It was this little stop in the middle of nowhere, but it ended up being a fun little stop. We had IHOP in the morning and Afton was a big fan of the maple syrup and flap jacks. 

On our way we found an Afton Road in Nevada

On Afton Road there is a path to Afton canyon. Basically our child is famous. Here she is "posing" next to her sign. 

From Primm we headed down to Azusa, California where John ran his BOSTON QUALIFYING marathon! Afton was his best cheerleader! 

Blowing bubbles while we wait for Daddy to cross the finish line. 

2:59:34! 

Finally! 

26.2 strong! 

The victory medal bite!

Afton with her first bling - a.k.a. John's medal for second place in his age division. If you didn't notice, we think he is pretty awesome! Boston 2017 will be a whole new adventure for baby girl too! 

After John's race, we had one more adventure to the ocean! It was baby girl's first time touching the ocean. It was a bit chilly (which is expected for November), so only mom and dad actually took a dip. Afton was very happy to get her toes wet and play in the sand. The weather was about 80-85 degrees. It was wonderful

Adventure: Hillyer family visits! 

Our favourite Hillyer family came to visit! The girls were so cute with her. They even made up a song: "Afton you are cute, you are adoooorable." They would repeat it to her (harmonized, of course) and Afton would just giggle. We went to the Tracy Aviary and saw the condor go on a walk - it was huge - and all sorts of other amazing birds. It was a blast. 

Cousin Madi and Afton 

Cousin Georgia and Afton

Cousin Elezebeth and Afton

Cousin Emma and Afton

Aunt Nicole and Afton

Uncle Dan and Afton 

Adventure: Baby Blessing! 

One of the best things to happen in the last couple of months was Afton's baby blessing on 29 November 2015. It was such a special day! We had a ton of family there to support our new little family and we definitely felt loved. John gave her a beautiful blessing and didn't even change her name last minute or anything! She is still our little Afton Phoebe. 

Such a special day for baby girl and her daddy! 

She was a little sleepy by the end of all of it - can you tell? 

A huge thanks to Grandma O for making her beautiful dress. 

The parents! 

Big uncle Mike! 

John's side

Kate's side

The Kunzler's 

Such a beautiful little lady! 

Our little family! 

Papa George brought her a blanket all the way from Bethlehem! It was so special to have her wrapped in a blanket from such a special place. 

The grandma's

Afton is such a great little kiddo and we sure do love her! We have so many more adventures to come! As a sneak peak, here is what Afton girl is most excited for: 

It's almost Christmas!! More details to come on her 5-month post. Love ya baby girl!