6 months!

Technically, she's now 6 1/2 months old...but, who's counting?  (PS - I started writing this post, like, a week ago.  How awful is that?!  I need to work on this, I know.)

I cannot believe my baby girl is already half a year old!!  Honestly, I can't take how quickly babies grow.  Time just needs to S-L-O-W down...please.  Mama's going to have a nervous breakdown just thinking about it. 

Seriously though, the difference between 5-6 months has been amazing!  Isabella is learning and changing SO quickly all of a sudden!  It was literally like, the day she hit 6 months - BAM, everything changed.  I've been told that the difference in changes from 0-6 months to 6-12 months in crazy.  She's just to be hitting milestones all over the place now!  Well, at least I hope she is.  ;-)  But, if not, I'm ok with that.  That means she'll stay my little baby just a little bit longer. 

Things going on with Bella this month:

~  Officially in size 3 dipes now

~  Wears mostly 6 month, or 3-6 month clothing now.  Some 3 month stuff still fits, but, it's on it's last wear.  

~  Weighs just 14lbs 2 oz, as of her 6 month appointment last week.  My little peanut.  But, she's growing...slowly, but surely, and that's all that matters to me (and her Dr.)

~  I *think* she's about 26 inches in length (I'm a horrible mom!  I can't remember.)

~  Finally started eating some solids!  Yay!  So far, she loves pears (I actually have the cutest video that I'll post of her all excited about her pears), and is mostly a fan of sweet potatoes...but, we'll see how long that one lasts.  She loved bananas for the first two days or so, and then she started gagging on them.  lol  And avocado?  She would barely even open her mouth for them!  And, she gagged on those, too.  So, we're 2/2 so far!

 ~  She also finally sitting up all by herself!  It's so cute!  She's still a little wobbly, and I definitely wouldn't leave her alone sitting up, but she's getting there.  

 ~  She has so many new babble words now, including DADA!  Well, it's more like 'dadadada', but it's still so adorable.  We're still working on Mama, but, it's not looking so good.  ;-)  Hey moms, what did you count your baby's first word as?  Does babbling 'dadadada' count?  Or is it when they actually say a word intentionally??

~  She's SO close to rolling over from her back to her belly.  She gets pretty much all the way over, but, her arms gets stuck under her belly and she can't seem to pull it out.  We're getting there, though!

~  She's STILL swaddled.  Yep.  Ridic, I know.  But hey, that's they only way she sleeps so well right now, so I don't mind.  Well-rested baby = well-rested Mama!  ;-)

(I added a few 5 month pics, as well, since I didn't post those yet.)

Silly girl

Somebody loves her bink!

Ahhh, sweet relief  :)

*Wordless Wednesday*

You know, because I'm usually out of exciting things to say lately, I'll just post pictures of my cute lil peanut.  ;-)

Seriously, who's cooler than her??

PS - Is it Friday yet???  I'm so over this week already!



Always remember - 9.11.01

I can remember exactly what I was doing and where I was on September 11, 2001.

10 years later and it still brings me to tears just thinking about it. 

Say a prayer for all those who lost their lives on that day...the day that changed the world. 

Always remembered, never forgotten.

Helloooo, long weekend! (random-ish)

SO, so glad it's the weekend and that we have Monday off!  I don't know why, but, I feel like this week has draaaaaaged on forever!

Unfortunately I'm pretty boring lately, so, here's some random crap...in bullet form, of course, because I'm type-A like that. 

• So, my baby girl is 6 months old.  6 months!!  Like I always say....where does the time go???  Before I know it I'll be planning her first birthday party!  :::deep breaths:::

•  I'm so happy to say that Isabella LOVES her new stroller!!  We go for a walk at least 3-4 times a week now, and she's so content and happy the whole time.  I'm so glad.  :-)

I swear she loves it, even though her face tells a different story.  lol

• We survived Hurricane Irene, thankfully!  We were so lucky and didn't lose power at all, and all of our trees stayed put!  I still can't believe how lucky we got, seeing how close we are to the water, and how bad the flooding/winds were.  

• My SIL is due with her 2nd baby boy next month!  I'm so excited to have another little tiny baby to snuggle/love on.

• I've been eyeing SO much cute fall stuff at Carter's for Bella!  I cannot wait to go online shopping this weekend.  Hello 50% off everything + 20% off coupon!

• My sister is coming to visit at the end of the month!  I'm so excited!  She lives out in San Francisco and hasn't been here or seen Isabella since she was just 2 weeks old!  I can't wait for her to see how much she's grown/changed since then.  It's going to be so much fun.  :-)

• I've been thinking about Disney World non-stop lately.  If you don't know yet, I'm a H-U-G-E Disney fan.  Like, I love it so much I've even worked there.   Yep, I'm a Disney Cast Member alum.  :-)  I am counting down the days until we can go on vacation there and bring Bella!  She's going to be the cutest/prettiest princess they're ever seen, of course!  Ahhh, I'm getting all giddy just thinking about it!

These guys are calling my name!  

•  Bella has decided to go through this weird phase where she wakes up screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night, and the only thing that will get her to go back to sleep is either eating or me rocking her for 20-30 minutes.  I don't know what's going on, but, now I know how lucky I've been to have such a great sleeper for so long.  Screaming babies at 2am are no fun.  Wait, are screaming babies ever fun?? 

• Hubs just surprised me with Chipotle for dinner tonight.  Yessss!

Ok, I think that's all the random I have for tonight.  Here's a little picture dump to make up for my rambling.  ;-)

I'm feeling lazy and don't want to tag all these.  Please don't steal them, thanks.

I love this one.  She's like 'What's goin on, Ma?'

She's so cool.

Pretty girl

Sitting up like a big girl!

 

I hope everyone's having a great weekend!  :-)

Welp, she's almost here.

Not much left to do other than freak the eff out relax, hope for the best, and drink wine...lots of wine. 

So, here's what I got:

• Non-perishable food - Check
• Bottled water - Check
• Flashlights/batteries/candles - Check
• Phone/laptop/cameras charged - Check
• Beer/wine - HELL YES!
• Car filled with gas (Good thing, too...gas stations in the area are SOLD OUT of gas!  I've never heard of this happening.  Craziness.) - Check
• 2 gallons of paint for the living room/kitchen (Hey, it needs to be done...why not during a hurricane??) - Check

And, I think that's it.  If you don't hear from me for a few days, then my house/laptop is probably under water.  (Kidding.  Sort of.)  Seriously though...I've heard we probably won't have power for a few DAYS.  Kill me now.  Hopefully it won't be as bad as they're predicting!  *fingers crossed*

Stay safe, East Coast-ers!! 

Dear Irene,

I will make this short and sweet...

Please don't be a complete b**** and cause us to lose power for days on end.  Of course, I am worried for my family's safety, first and foremost...but, that aside, I have a very large freezer stash of breastmilk, and I would be absolutely devastated if my time/energy spent pumping these past 6 months went down the drain, literally.  I would really, really appreciate it. 

Kthanxbye.

Signed,
One Scared Mama

Do you Tweet?

Yes, I've taken the plunge.  I finally decided to see what the hype was all about and signed up for Twitter.  And, the verdict....I kinda like it.  ;-) 

I'm still pretty new to it, though, and trying to figure it all out.  Like, I still don't completely understand what the point of a hashtag is. (even though I use them.  lol)  I mean, if I tweet and say #baby and #blogging and #wine, what does that actually do?  Brings me to other Twitter-ers (Tweeps?  I forget.) talking about babies, blogging, and wine??  So, I can find new people with similar interests??  Does that sound right, or am I making this up?

Anywaaaays...so, yeah.  I'm on Twitter.  I'm not very exciting, unfortunately.  :P  But, sometimes I post (Tweet?  ugh, so much lingo to learn) cute pictures of my baby.  That's always fun, right?!  :::crickets::: 

Well, if you're interested, I'm MamaBruneau.  Come find me!  :-)

And, here's a cute pic...just because. 

Pretty girly