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4 months old
6 months old

6 Month Photo Shoot

For those of you who don't know, "Auntie Kristen" is getting married!!! She and Erik came down to visit and Courtlynn got to meet her new uncle for the first time. Courtlynn got lots of attention!Erik was only in town for a couploe of days, but kristenwas able to stay with us for almost 2 weeks. They had so much fun reading books and playing together.

6 Months and Growing

Over the last six months a lot has happened. I won't go back and tell you everything, but if you would like, you can go back through the blog and read about it yourself. Recently, Courtlynn has started on her veggies and will hopefully start on fruit soon. We started with the ever famous sweet potatoes. She loved them. We then continued on to carrots, peas, green beans, yams, and butternut squash. I think that we are still going to need to work on the green veggies, but the starches she absolutely loved. Yams are by far the favorite. She has gone from us feeding her to her grabing the spoon from us and trying to get it in her mouth. As you can see, she doesn't have very good aim. Everything goes in the mouth except the food ( hands, spoon, bib, etc... ).




Today, for her six month birthday , we took her to her pediatrician to get her 6 month shots. She weighed in at 16 lbs. 11 oz., putting her in the 70%. She has grown to 26 3/4 inches, 75%, and her head is 40 cm, 25%. The veggies must be doing the trick, along with the never-ending supply of milk.


Also, Courtlynn has been trying to crawl. Right now she is in the lerching phase. She will get up on two arms and one leg and then usually ends up going backwards. Our prediction is that before Uncle Matt's birthday (Sept. 12) we will have a crawler on our hands.

Courtlynn has recently impressed us with her balance as well. She is sitting up on her own, but needs to be put in the sitting position. She usually stays there for about 20-30 secs before crashing to the floor. Don't worry these are usually assisted to the floor crashes. I think our little overachiever (sitting, crawling, eating) baby is just a big love.


Till next time.

Cousins

Sorry it's been so long since we posted pics. These pictures are from about 3 weeks ago on Balboa Island. My cousin Jon and his wife Ashley had a little girl too. Emma was born a few weeks after Courtlynn. The girls didn't really interact much, probably due to the fact that we chose the hottest day to go for a walk. Anyway, we had a great time catching up on life after a baby and hope our little girls can see lots more of each other in the years to come.

Courtlynn's Laugh

We recently found Courtlynn's ticklish spot. As you can see, she loves to laugh.

Making New Friends

Courtlynn has been meeting and making friends everywhere she goes. This is a picture of Courtlynn with one of her friends Dakota Chandler. Dakota is the daughter of Brett and Lisa who we met through a child birthing class and have since become good friends.
Courtlynn has also become highly entertained with Cooper. She loves to pet him and tries to pull his tongue as he licks her hands. She also cries whenever Cooper doesn't pay attention to her or if he is done with the her pulling his hair.




Courtlynn has also begun to enjoy eating. I was recently talking to a colleague of mine at work discussing how Courtlynn hated rice cereal. She was telling me that her son was the same way, but that he loved oatmeal. So since making the change to oatmeal and barley, Courtlynn has become a little huzzer.
This is Courtlynn's "Mona Lisa" picture.