The other day I read a post on DPS blog about taking pictures of your kids all the time. Not just the posed pictures. So this past week I've tried to take a few pictures of Abbi just doing the things that she does. One of those things she does is smile at Jenn and put her hands towards her. In this picture she's reaching out to Jenn as Jenn bent down near her to talk to her.

As for Abbi's cold, she seems to be draining out pretty well, but she's got a pretty bad runny nose at this point. She seems to take it well, she's just a bit more mellow than usual.

Interactions

Sunday Abbi was dressed up for church (of course) and Jenn tried to take a few pictures. Max was very intent on being involved in this effort, and you can see the results. Abbi seemed to enjoy his involvement quite a bit.

An update on Abbi's sickness: she's apparently got an upper respiratory infection, or a cold. We were given some nasal drops to help clear out the phlegm and told to elevate her mattress a bit so that the fluids would drain at night and not just pool up. She's in a very good mood even though she's feeling a bit ill. Its mostly just this nasty little cough.

Max and Abbi

Last night I took some pictures of a quilt that Granmom Cocolin made for Abbi. Jenn's been on me about taking some pictures of it for a while now, and we finally got around to it. After I took the picture of the quilt, there was of course time to photograph Abbi with her quilt!

As for Abbi, she's got a bit of chest congestion going on today and yesterday, so Jenn's taking her to the doctor this afternoon to get her checked out and hopefully she can start feeling better soon.

Quilt

On Saturday we headed out to the Queenstown outlets so that Jenn could visit the Coach store. While out there, we obviously hit up a few other stores (like Carters) and then Old Navy. Sitting up by the register were they glasses, so of course Abbi had to be photographed wearing them!

"Love"ly Shades

Two days ago Abbi turned 6 months. Crazy! I feel that its a remarkable feat for both Jenn and I that we've managed to keep another human being alive for 6 months without any prior training or assistance. Its certainly had some rough patches, but things seemed to have smoothed out somewhat.

Abbi has grown a considerable ammount in the last month. There are new things that she's doing, and new foods that she's eating. As for foods, she's up to her full amount of cereal a day (6 tablespoons) and two weeks ago we started giving her other foods. We started with carrots which we're unsure if she liked, and now this week we've started giving her sweet potatoes. I think she's still on the fence about all these news foods, but I know exciting for me to be able to feed her and have her try new things.

She now has two teeth on the bottom of her mouth that have come in real good. The doctor said on Wednesday that she didn't have any more working their way in at the moment, so for now she's stuck with 2!

With those teeth she bites. And it hurts. At first I thought it was cute she wanted to grab my hand and chew on a finger or two, until she had those little chompers and bit down nice and hard on me. Jenn learned a lot quicker than I did about putting hands in her mouth.

Last month I commented that she's gotten stronger, and thats only continued. She's finally big enough these days to be tossed into the air, and flipped upside down. She loves getting piggy back rides. I think she likes being up high and able to see everything.

The coolest thing that I think she's doing now, she just started this week. We were playing peek-a-boo with her and she got the hang of it so that she would pull the blanket over her face and back. It was very very cute to see her do it.

From my perspective, Abbi and I have been growing together. It hasn't been easy caring for her over the past 6 months sometimes, but thats how it goes I suppose. When she's upset, she seems to only want Jenn sometimes, and that sucks. But we're working with Abbi to help teach her that we can both help her and soothe her.

I can't believe how quickly 6 months has gone by. It literally seems like she was just born the other day, and now BAM! She sits up. She eats real(ish) food. She makes talking noises. She notices the dog and wants to pet him. Its just incredible! I can't wait to see what the next 6 months and beyond have for us!

6 Months

Check out these eyes! We didn't have the time last night to take Abbi's picture for six months, so hopefully that will happen tonight. After a ton of shots at the doctor she was a little worn down and went to bed early. Enjoy this cute picture until tomorrow!

Baby Blues

Holy Crap! My little girl is six months old today. SIX MONTHS! It doesn't really seem like that long of a period of time, until you've just completed the first six month of a little kids life and being one of the two people responsible for taking care of them.

Tomorrow I'll post my thoughts about her over the last month as well a picture that we'll take tonight. For now, you get this picture of her from the other night after her bath. Doesn't she look cute in the little bath robe!?

Also, on the right over there you can see updated stats on her, but here they are again: weight: 17 lbs 9 oz.; length: 27.25 inches.

Half Birthday