football sunday at our house!

lucky Carys gets to watch football with dad ALLLL day on saturday and sunday. she also gets to hear him yell at the tv when he watches the Redskins play... fun fun fun!

yeah so i went a little picture crazy... i couldn't help myself, they just looked so cute :)

play time!

someone got a new toy from grandma :)

i turned my head for a few seconds to check my email and Carys was silent... i knew something was up b/c if no one is paying attention to her she lets you know. and guess what i found her doing...

chewing on the tag on her boppy! i have to cut the tags off everything i guess... i'm actually tempted to keep it on there b/c it keeps her quiet, lol

my first attempt at baby proofing

anyone that knows me knows that i am not a very organized person. and having a baby has not helped my organizational skills, in fact i think they may be worse. i wish that i could be more organized and have everything in it's place at all times but it's just not in my nature. plus it seems like when they made this house they forgot to add storage space. there is crap all over the place that just kinda lies around b/c we have NO storage, i mean there isn't even a large closet to put things in. we are saving money to get a big bookshelf so all of the STUFF can have a home. anyway with Carys rolling around and being more mobile it's important for me to keep her contained so she doesn't get hurt... so this is my solution :)

baby jail, lol! of course she HATES being in there by herself so mom has to get in there with her... ugh, nothing can be as simple as it looks. hopefully when she can sit up and actually play with her toys she will like it better.

here is the view from inside... she loves watching Sage (our cat) and i love it when Sage is around b/c it makes Carys' tears dry right up when she can look at the kitty cat.

frozen treat

i have to mix it up from time to time b/c Carys gets bored of the same ol' toys, so recently i've been giving her frozen bagels to gnaw on and play with and she really loves them!

Happy 6 Months Carys!

I thought these picture were fitting for her 6 month photo, lol. It pretty much describes Carys at 6 months. Obviously she has outgrown her play mat and it has basically become a safety hazard b/c she kicks on the bars so hard that it collapses on top of her. She definitely needs some new age appropriate toys!

She is 14lbs and 1oz and around 25 inches (its basically impossible to measure her so this is a guesstimate)...still teeny tiny but she is growing

So... this past month has probably been the hardest for me so far. As you can see from the pictures above and below Carys is truly on the move; she is all over the place...and she is not even crawling yet. Her mode of transportation is rolling, she rolls EVERYWHERE. It is fun watching her explore but at the same time it's frustrating for me b/c I can't get anything done. Yes she's a good baby (everyone feels the need to remind me of this) but she is a baby who needs constant attention... she does not like entertaining herself, or being alone for more than a few minutes. People have told me to just let her cry but that is not my parenting style... plus Chris and I tried letting her cry it out at bed time and it was a disaster. She works herself up so much that she practically starts hyperventilating... it was MUCH harder to get her to sleep at that point (that is a whole other blog post in itself)

Another reason things have become more difficult is because Carys has basically weened herself from breastfeeding from the breast (even at night). So I have been pumping every few hours so she can still have breast milk, however I can't pump enough milk (despite pumping often and taking supplements to increase my milk supply) so I have to supplement her feedings with formula. Now I know that most people will think that this is no big deal, but I HATE the fact that I have to feed her formula. I had it all planned out that I would exclusively breastfeed her until she was a year old... and well, Carys has changed those plans for me. It makes me really sad and I can't help but feel like a failure when I pump and get a whopping 2oz... even though I know it is not my fault at all... it's still hard. 

Anyway I have a million and one other things to complain about but I want to celebrate Carys turning 6 months... and I can blog about my gripes at another time.

Carys had her first veggie the other day... mmm squash! This squash came from a jar but I try to be as organic and natural as possible so I bought a kit that helps you to easily make your own baby food at home. I picked up some organic squash that I plan on making her for her next baby food feeding. *Side note: disregard her bib, it was a hand-me-down from her cousin.

of course she loves to chew on everything... which means she is a normal baby ;)

 stinky feet... seriously, sometimes her feet stink!

smile for the camera!

Chris calls this her "break dancing pose"

She is still very vocal... we hear a lot of gaga's and dada's all day long

I can't believe that in another 6 months my little girl will be 1 year old! Happy 6 months my love!

morning face

good morning! i wake my mama up so early it's not even light out yet!

new favorite toy

Carys has lots of fun toys and she has a new favorite.... want to know what it is??

if you look closely next to her left arm you will see what it is

it's these nasty tags on the side of the play mat! yuck! but she loooooves them. whenever i put her on her mat this is the first thing she goes for and she will chew and suck on them for as long as i let her. just goes to show you that you can buy a baby a million toys but they will probably like something boring and simple (and kinda gross) like these tags. oh well.