ADVENTURES OF BABY Q: MONTH 6 and 7.

I'm finally getting a chance to give an update on Q. I know people are busy ALL the time, but seriously, we've been busy ALL the time lately. I have been making a TON of cakes, which is pretty awesome, but also means I don't have much down time, but that's ok, I like contributing to the family income, even if it's just a little tiny bit compared to my hubby!

But enough about me, let's get to Q! Since my last post, we were lucky enough to go to Sulpur Springs Camp with Grams, Aunt Lisa, Mary Anne, Cathy and Uncle Mike! Everyone had a blast! I miss it already! Q even swam in 68 degree spring water (with a lot LESS fussing than her dear Uncle Mike, I might add too!). The camping/vacation trip was too short!! I love spending time with my in-laws, they're pretty cool. :)

Grams and Q at the river!

Just a few weeks ago, I took Q to her 6 month appointment. She weighed 17 lbs and was 24" (I think...) tall! Her pediatrician printed out some growth charts for us to see where she compared with the average height/weight of kids her age. She's a little chubbier (no surprise there!) than average, BUT also a little taller than average so she balances out! Her noggin' was in a good range too! Her ped. also gave us advice about helping Q learn to crawl, no more walker, a LOT more tummy time. And seriously, she has made SO much progress since her appointment, it's crazy! Actually, I am proud to say that today, she literally took her first "step" crawling wise!! She moved her entire left side, knee forward followed by arm. I was so excited I started yelling and clapping and jumping up and down. I think I actually scared her and she stopped doing it! But I'm so glad that Marty and I both got to see her do that together! Usually he, or both, of us miss her firsts!! (Like when I walked back into the room and she had rolled over without me!!). She is literally on the brink of crawling around like crazy!!! It's SOOOOO exciting! She already rolls from one side of the room to the other. Particularly, to the TV to pull ALL the wires out from under the entertainment center. We're going to have to do something about that soon!! Here's a video!!

Q also has two bottom teeth! I wouldn't of even known she was teething unless I was keeping an eye, or finger, out for it! She is still just as happy and sweet and usual. I told Marty that she had two teeth and was still happy and he said, "Geez, is ANYTHING going to effect this kid?!" But I mean seriously, will ANYTHING effect this kid? I'm pretty laid back, but she is like on an entirely different level of chill! I LOVE it!!

Her ped. also suggested that we start giving her teething biscuits and she LOVES them! She actually feeds herself! I cannot believe how big she is getting already! We also have some little star shaped teething biscuits, but she hasn't really gotten the index finger, thumb grip down yet. The teething biscuits are long and a lot easier for her to grab. We are still feeding her baby food at least once a day, and I think I've FINALLY figured out her constipation problem!! She just needs some extra water throughout the day. If she drinks a few ounces a day, she's totally fine. I'm really glad we got that figured out, it was rough hearing her cry every time she had to make a doodle!

We also let Quinn stay with NeeNee and Papaw in Dublin for an ENTIRE week. Needless to say, it was a VERY spur of the moment decision. We of course had NO idea what to do with ourselves all week, but Q did just fine. Cousin L also spent an entire week with us. At the end of the week M said, "I think we should just have one kid." Haha. We had a lot of fun, though! L just wanted to carry Q around ALL the time...let's just say that Q had more face plants that week than she had EVER had. Haha. In L's defense though, she made her laugh a whole lot too! At the weirdest things, it's like if you're trying to make her laugh she knows what you're doing and will NOT laugh for you. But just yesterday I was looking on the computer and look over the screen to meet Q's eyes and she started laughing!! SO CRAZY! You can just tell that L loves her more than anything else in the entire world, except maybe lamby. We took L and Q swimming at the Pleasanton pool, which of course was really fun, and I also took both of them to the movies. Quinn basically squealed throughout the ENTIRE movie, I guess she was really into it.

Anyway, Quinn is so happy and perfectly healthy. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think how blessed M and I are that we have a beautiful, healthy baby. We have seriously been SO BLESSED during this major change in our lives. Here are some pics, ENJOY!