(September 1)

I think time goes faster with each child you have. Ella has already hit 6 months. Today she weighed in at 17.5 pounds. She hasn’t had her appointment yet, so I don’t know all her stats, but I did step on the scale with her. At this point she loves to blow raspberries. This doesn’t help when I am constantly getting after Jameson for spitting and then Ella turns around and spits. So now they spit at each other and laugh. She rolls all over, can roll both ways, and even turns herself around. She is starting to scoot to things, but not quite an army crawl yet. Ella demands attention. When she’s done playing or tired of something she starts “talking.” It’s more of a yell to tell us she’s done. She is eating more solids and even some rice cakes.

At the current moment, we are dealing with our first round of sickness, thrush. That’s why her mouth is purple in the pictures, it’s the medicine she’s taking for it. She is still waking up once during the night, but that’s getting later and later, or earlier depending how you look at it. Hopefully soon, we can make it completely through the night. I have a hard time letting her cry it out, though, because of everything she went through the first few weeks of life. I guess I feel guilty for what she had to go through, and don’t want to cause her to suffer any more. I know crying it out for a few nights will only benefit both of us in the end, but I can’t bring myself to do it yet.

Anyway. She is a healthy and happy girl now, with cheeks I can’t get enough of. She loves her brother and laughs at him all day. He on the other hand only likes her sometimes. He’s getting better, though, wanting to play with her more and hold her once in a while. He loves her treats, too. I can’t get enough of these two.