Pyper's 6 months

Pyper’s Stats:
Weight: 16 lbs 7.2 oz
Height: 2"2.25 inches
Clothing Size: 6 months



Pyper’s 6 month milestones:
-Imitates sounds
-Begins eating solid foods
-Sits without support
-Pics up dropped objects
-Sits in a highchair

-May start teething (this can occur from 4-7 months)

-Enjoys hearing own voice
-Vocalizes to mirrors and toys
-Begains to make sounds resemble one-syllable words
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Special outings:
Trip to Ames, IA
Trip to Sauk for Cookie baking day
Uncle Jamie's House
Uncle Curtis' house
Uncle Charlie's house
Sophia & Calvin's piano recital
Meeting Santa
Trip to Sauk for Christmas
MANY MANY trips to target
Mall of America
St. Richard's church in Richfield, MN

Pyper's routine:
We have started to work on sleep training Pyper because she really doesn't like to sleep on her own.

Highlights of the month: 

First Christmas
 Meeting Great-Grandma Pinky


Starting to rock and getting ready to crawl
Growing some teeth

Getting baptized
Meeting baby Wes
Meeting her godparents and their families

Participating in her first Theis' cookie baking day

Any big changes that occurred:
Pyper uses rolling to get to things, and has started scooting backwards which occasionally gets her into trouble.  She 

Pyper's favorites:
·         Toys: Sophia the giraffe, 
·         Food: Breast milk, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, pears, carrots
·         Books: anything her sister reads to her
·         Song: Songs that have a beet
·         People: Bo, Mom, Dad, "auntie" Laurie, her cousin Sophia (she makes her smile every time she sees her), anyone that will snuggle with her
·         Misc.: soft things, being close to mommy, her thumb, Pistol, and Wrigley

Pyper’s Dislikes:
Trying to crawl and not being successful (going backwards instead of forwards)

Our thoughts about the past month:
Pyper you continue to grow and become more aware of your surroundings.  We love everything about you and how much you love your sister.  You are rolling over both ways, but it still really scares you when it happens because you just really don't know what is going on.  You have really started to notice your pets and have been wanting them to come hang out with you.  You make our family complete and we love everything that you have given us as a family.

Pyper's 6m Dr. Appointment

The Dr. B said that Pyper's ear infection was all clear and she looked healthy and happy.

Waiting for doctor B
Pyper got all of her 6 month vaccines DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis), HIB (Haemophilus influenzae type B), Polio, PCV13 (pneumococcal) and her flu shot.  Poor thing

Pyper's 6 Month Doctor Appointment Stats:
Length
4 Month: 24.76 in
Today: 26.25 in
Going from the 55% to the 67.37%

Weight
4 Month: 14 lbs 8 oz
 Today: 16 lbs 7.2 oz
Going from the 64% to the 57.79%

Head Circumference
4 Month: 40 cm
Today: 42 cm
Going from the 13% to the  44.58%

BMI
4 Month: 16.11kg kg/m2
Today: 16.77 kg/m2

Bo's 6 month appointment (a little late 7 month)
Length
7 month: 27 in
77.90%

Weight
7 month: 16 lbs 13.8 oz
 52.65%

Head diameter
7 month: 43.5 cm
68.55%

Looking back on 2013

 There have been so many memories this year, it's hard to put it into words, so I will show it in through the eyes of my camera lens. P.S. I couldn't narrow it down very well so be prepared to be photo bombed.

January

Hi my name is Mr. Egg

Watching Jared play ball

Hanging out with Ada and Grady

Here Levi

Happy 2nd Birthday Bo

February

Checking out my new desk Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Cleveland
Who wants to watch the Superbowl, not us we want to play ball
Loving cooking with mommy and her crazy hair
Our sick baby girl
Playing Ponies with Avery
A little Tea Party with Grandma Cleveland

I'm going to have a baby sister
Celebrating Bo's birthday with the Theis'
MN cousins
Sledding 

March

My "sisters" cousins Becky and Lisa
Theis' aunt and uncles
My amazing aunt and I
Bo gets a new bed
My boss and I at our gala
We lost my amazing aunt Kathy, we miss you everyday
My girl cousins that were able to make it to my aunts funeral
Going to the zoo with friends

April

Learning to use the camera
Easter with the Theis'
Candy Land

April

Birth of Crosbi King

Snow in April

May

Learning to swing
Minihaha Falls with Zack
Max and Sawyer's First Communion
Hanging out with my dog
Celebrating Avery's 4th birthday

June

Hanging out in the Harp box

Who can resist Grandpa Fred's popcorn, not these kids

Exploring Grandma and Grandpa's campsite, on Erica's visit

Hanging in Erica's hotel room

Zoo time before we are a family of 4
Playing at the park
Time with brothers
Spending quality time with Mom at the Library before sister comes

July

Hanging out with Emma 
One of the last days of just the 3 of us playing in the park
Dinner with Emma just hours before Pyper entered our world
Meeting our beautiful baby girl
Bo meeting her sister for the very first time

Such a proud big sister
Enjoying our backyard as a family
Our first family outing
Wrigley loves her already (took her 2 months to even be in the same room as Bo)
In her grandpa's big hands
Can't get enough of my baby sister
so precious
So comfy
First Bath
Personality shining through

August

Painted deck
Hello
Story time with daddy
Adding a new patio
Posing for pictures
Kids playing at the lake
Adults playing at the table
First swimsuit
First fish
Time with cousins
Running on mom's college track
The Cleveland's fishing as a family
Always trying to get a good picture with Grandma and Grandpa

September

Walks with our family
Swimming with cousins
Fight Fight Fight for Iowa
Teaching my sister to be a fashionista 
Family walks around the neighborhood
Spending time with grandma for her birthday
Tearing up our waterlogged carpet
Enjoying our new carpet

October 

Mommy goes back to work full time
We decide to paint our stairwell black
Hanging out with cousin Avery
Working on our inverted helmet
Jon and Leah's wedding
Sitting up by herself in the Bumbo
Helping daddy with the lights

Picking out my pumpkin
Our little unicorn

Pumpkin Pyper

Novemeber

Presents from New York Thanks Bridget
Fun times at the Library
Piano time with Rachel
Floor time with the family
Meeting Dora

Matching PJ's
Pics with Ada
Love mys sister
New Do
Posing for pictures
Our Christmas tree

December

Christmas with the Porth's
Christmas present early

BiG PrErSoNaLiTy
Theis Cookie Baking Day
More sisterly Love
Hanging with Daddy
Meeting Santa
Christmas Eve
Christmas Morning
Great Grandma Mary
Christmas family game night
Pyper's Baptism
Sitting up on her own
good times with good friends
We had a great year and can't wait to see what 2014 brings. 
I'll end with some fun videos to recap our year.
Flipgram 2013