6 Months Old

We have been really slack updating the blog. We hope to be better at updating because so much is happening right now. We have been so busy the past month I will do my best to catch you up.
Matti turned six months old on June 17th and has really started to show her little personality and has learned how to do many things.
We will start off with Matti's six month doctors appointment. Matti weighed in at 16 pounds and 12 ounces and 26 inches long. She got a clean bill of health, has a tooth that is about to erupt, and of course had her immunizations, which she cried so hard she got the "snubs" as nana Hawks would call them. I felt so sorry for her. It took a few minutes before we could even leave the exam room. When I would put her back on the table to dress her she would scream so I ended up putting her outfit on the best I could. It was not even buttoned. She finally calmed down once we left the office and we ended up having a great night. No pain or problems.
Since we returned from the beach a couple of weeks ago we really needed to start Matti on a bed time routine, which we sort of had a bedtime routine (bath, massage, bottle downstairs, sleep in bouncy seat until 10:30pm, bottle, then crib), but things have changed as far as her feedings since she started eating veggies and cereal. Cereal and Veggies seem to really fill her up so we lost the 10:30pm bottle feeding which has been wonderful. Now Matti's routine consists of cereal and veggie, bath, massage with lotion, bottle, then bed by 8:15pm. Matti has slept from 8:15pm until 6:00am every night since this routine was started. WOW!!! What a difference.
As far as eating is concerned we started her on cereal about a month ago and kept her on just cereal until she got the hang of eating then we incorporated veggies one at a time, and then fruit. She was eating one meal a day until we went to the beach. We started her on two meals one cereal and fruit in morning and then cereal and veggie at night for dinner. This seemed to fill her up. She had started staring people down as they would eat so I knew it was time to feed her more. We have not found any food that she does not like. We have fed her peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, squash, bananas, apple sauce, and peaches. Matti is also up from 5 ounces of formula a feeding to 6 ounces.
Aunt Pam, also advised us to start using a sippy cup with her. I thought she was way too young, but she took to that as well. (Thanks Aunt Pam) She now gets water with dinner (just a few practice sips) and on very hot days when she seems thirsty. We allow her to play around with it from time to time to practice or to gum on the rubber spout.
As far as milestones are concerned Matti has mastered rolling all over the place to get to where she needs to be. She started that the first few days home from the beach. She often will get stuck under the coffee table and she has figured out how to get out from under it by rolling and rolling. Also a big milestone that caused me to have "tears" is my little girly is starting to not only scoot, but she is up on her hands and knees rocking back and forth squealing and laughing now. I will do my best to get this on video ASAP! It is the cutest thing ever. She looks as if she is so proud of herself so we clap for her and the more we clap and cheer the more excited she gets and the faster she rocks!
On our family vacation to the beach was wonderful. We had such a great time visiting with family members, Matti meeting her new cousins, and getting reacquainted with family members she already knows. I was so excited about this years trip because of not only seeing the whole family, but Matti was able to get in the pool. I think she loved it. She kicked and splashed. She must have had deja vu of being in the womb because she actually looked like she was swimming. We had wonderful weather! I believe this was the best beach trip ever for me so far. All the little ones reminded me of when Jenn, Donna, and I were all little at the beach. I will have to dig up an old photo. Now our kids are all around the same age and get to experience the great times we had. Next year will even be better. Only 338 more day and counting. HA.
In other news, Matti's Aunt Erika (Matthew's sister) got engaged while we were at the beach and also celebrated her 40th Birthday. Congrats Erika and Kent. Matti is looking forward to having a Uncle and more cousins. We love you both!
I will post some beach pictures and I have a couple of pic's of Erika that I will post.
Hopefully I will have a video of Matti on all fours in a couple of days.