Food

Leah's first real food she tried was squash...

She wasn't so sure about it...

 But it ended up being okay...

Now she's tried carrots, peas, green beans and sweet potoatoes. She's not loving any of them yet, I think she is ready to bring on the fruit :-)





Aunties and Paige's School Shopping Day

Last year the Dschaak and Wixo girls started annual school shopping trips. This summer got pretty busy so it ended up only being an afternoon with Chas, Tiff and Paige, but we had a blast picking out school clothes for this soon-to-be 1st grader.  

It was such a change from last year, when she could have cared less about clothes. This year she picked out her own dresses and wanted to try them all on. She is turning into such a young lady.

I'm not going to spoil what she picked out (on her own) for her first day of school outfit -- (it's super cute by the way).. but here are a few other outfits we tried on.

6 Month Pictures

Here are my favorites...

6 Month Stats

Our 6 month doctor's appointment went great (besides those fun shots that made her a little crabby the next day).

She's still a big girl, but it's proportional :-)... here are her stats!

                        Wt - 18 lbs 11oz (Wt for age - 86th percentile)

                        Ht - 2 feet 4 inches (100th percentile)

                        Head - 43.5cm (81st percentile)

Love Her!

Parade and Surprise Birthday Party

Last Saturday we thought we were just going to enjoy a parade with the family...

It was a beautiful, sunny morning..

 The kids were all excited...

 And ready to get lots of candy..

 

That alone would have been a great day.

But, then the day got even better because we were surprised with a super fun 'Hawaian themed' 6 Month Birthday party for a special little girl.

In her very own hula skirt

Yummy beach cupcakes

The birthday girl got a little crabby (it was nap time), but luckily she had some helpers for opening gifts

Which was good because she was very spoiled.

And then there was even a volunteer to try them out for her :-) I'm sure he was testing it for her safety.

Thanks Wixo's and Dschaak's for a very special day!!!



Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to the BEST man, husband and daddy that two girls and a dog could ask for. We are so lucky to have you and we love you SO much!!

Watch Leah Grow

6 Months Old!!

I can hardly believe that a half a year has past with you in our lives. Your smiles light up a room and we couldn't love you any more!

 Here's some of things you've learned in the last 6 months:

• You are eating about 6-7oz bottles at a time of breastmilk. You started cereal a few weeks ago and LOVE it. You have it once per day at about 7pm. The only real food we've done so far is squash.. you weren't so sure about that one.
• You came back from Grandma and Grandpa's and learned how to blow and spit food out, you think it is hilarious... thanks for that one guys :-)
• On July 4th, we realized you could sit by yourself, you were still a little wobbly. Now, you sit like a champ. It's daily that mom walks away and you will just sit on the floor and play with your toys
• You love your toys... it's so fun to watch you throw them, drop them and try to figure out what each of them can do
• You reach for your toys now after you throw them and are good at getting them back. This also means you reach for most everything and usually get it before mom catches you.
• You still love outside.
• You love water and swimming. We've gone swimming a couple of times this month and I think it might be your favorite thing to do.
• I thought you were done with your screaming last month, but.. I was wrong!! I think that you are done with it now though as...
• You can say words. I've heard "ma ma", "mu mu", "da da", "na na", etc. I don't really call any of them your first words and you are just babbling. But it SO much nicer than the screaming!!
• Laying in the tub is no more. You like to sit up and watch your toys float around.
• You are doing better at sleeping. You are always really easy to put to sleep and most nights you only get up one time now.
• Most nights you roll over and sleep on your belly.
• Occasionally you reach out your arms for someone to lift you up.
• You are still wearing 3-6 month clothes (but probably not for long) and in size 2 diapers
• I think you might be going ot have blonde hair it's still getting lighter. Plus, it's 6 months and you still have your pretty blue eyes! I will stop commenting on them now.
• You still love to smile.
• You're the best thing that ever happened to us (you and Ziggy of course :-)

Last month - 5 Months:

And now 6 months old: