Happy half birthday!

Today Eleanor is 6 months old! I can't believe how fast the time has gone. She's not a little newborn anymore. We moved up to size 3 diapers last week and they are no longer "swaddlers"- that made me kind of sad to think she is now a "cruiser". (Sorry, that probably makes no sense if you don't speak Pampers)

She sleeps through the night regularly now which also means newborn days are long gone. She is such a great sleeper. I owe all my sleep training credit to Dr. Weissbluth. I refer to him like I know him or something, but really I only read his book, Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. Her routine goes something like this: she wakes up around 7:30-8:00, 1-2 hour nap around 9:30, 2-3 hour nap around 1:00 or 2:00, then bedtime between 6:30-7:00. It is so nice to have her on a schedule.

We started using a sippy cup this week. She is getting the hang of it and goes crazy for watered down pear juice!



Today we celebrated her half birthday by going to Chick-fil-A. We were also celebrating Andrew's last day of class. Next week he has reading days and then it is time for finals. One year down, three to go! Gooooo Andrew!

Eleanor just loves Andrew. I think they have really bonded because of the two hours they spend together every Sunday at church while I'm in nursery. I think she knows about the time he gets home everyday because she starts looking at the door. She also gets really excited when she hears his keys unlocking the door. It is so fun to watch the two of them together.

Today we also went to the park for Eleanor to swing. She really likes swinging. but today she was especially observant of the swing. She would not look up for me to take a picture. All she wanted to do was investigate.



We finally got her laughing on video. It is pretty cute if I do say so myself. Too bad Andrew was holding the camera the wrong way. Oh well, you can still hear cute little laugh!

She is such a sweet little happy baby. We really love her and feel so blessed that she is ours!

I gave my baby a dum-dum

I know, I know, that probably isn't the best thing for my baby, but it was so cute to watch her enjoy it. She LOVED it. So did I :)

APRIL STUFF

Sorry for the uncreative title, but that's exactly what this post will be...April stuff!

1. Eleanor is learning to sit up.


2. Eleanor jumps so hard in her Jumperoo that her socks come off.



3. Eleanor has discovered her feet.




She even likes to chew on them :)


4. Eleanor likes to play XBox.


5. Andrew's parents came in town for Easter.


We took them to the John Johnson Farm in Hiram, Ohio. Andrew and I went right before Eleanor was born. And there was something even more special this time around actually having her there with us. It is just a neat place and the spirit is so strong.


It was nice to have someone around to take some family pictures of the three of us. We also were able to take some on Easter Sunday. Andrew had to give a talk, which he was a little nervous about because it was just going to be him, a youth speaker and a couple of musical numbers. He did a great job and we had a lovely Easter Sunday.

6. Eleanor and I went down to Cincinnati to visit my sister Jessica. My mom, little sister and little brother also drove up from Louisiana for their spring break. So Eleanor got to see lots of family. Sadly, the only picture I took was this one of my nephew Ethan. random, right?

I think Jessica got some pictures while we were all out huddling in my mom's van when we got locked out. I'll have to get those from her. **she just updated her blog, click here and scroll down for a picture and story. **

7. Spring has sprung! Both yesterday and today the weather has been awesome!! I was able to dig out some summery clothes for Eleanor.

"no pictures please"

"ok, maybe one or two"


We went to the park and had a BBQ with some friends from the ward. Here is Eleanor swinging on the swings, she was loving it!





And that's about all we've been up to. Next week is Eleanor's half birthday so stay tuned for her 6 month stats and pictures.