Puppy love, appointment and elmo.

i took this picture yesterday...now that avery is on the floor so much, marley thinks her job is to inspect her and sniff her intermittently. avery LOVES it and giggles when she gets approached.

avery had her 6 month appointment yesterday and did wonderfully! she loved seeing everyone in the dr's office and even reached out for the nurse while we were waiting to get weighed. our dr. made a comment that she hasn't reached the stranger anxiety stage yet...i mentioned that she seemed to already go through that stage and she thought it was possible. we'll see what the next few months hold :)

current weight: 20lbs. 11 oz.

current height: 27 in.

still in the 95-97% for both, but she's been that way since birth, so she's still following her growth curve.

for some reason, she did NOT want to lay down on the table in the drs office--even to play with her toys. she was already crying before she got her shots, but calmed down once i picked her up and started to feed her.

she did so well throughout the evening that we didn't even think to give her more tylenol before she went to bed. she woke up around 10. totally normal- she gets one more bottle before she goes back to sleep. but she was screaming. nothing we were doing would calm her down. she has never cried for more than a few minutes at a time but this time she was inconsolable. we gave her more tylenol and sat down with her elmo book and suddenly, she smiled! elmo is our savior!!! we will never go anywhere without elmo now :)

we put her in bed with us and all fell asleep watching caillou. she slept wonderfully all night- with NO swaddling at all!!) and is now napping peacefully -again, NO swaddle, no arms in her sleep sack, NOTHING. i'm so happy i could BURST :) :)

the dr. said we could start trying some finger foods...cut up banana, baby biscuits, and the gerber fruit puffs. we picked some puffs up on the way home and let avery have at it last night. she loved them--even if she didn't quite manage to get any in her mouth herself :) i have a video that isn't uploaded yet, but i'll try and get to it today.

we move in 2 days.

oy.

i SO wish this picture didn't come out so blurry.