I posted LOTS of pics at the bottom......but started writing and got on a roll. :)
So I have lots more pics to show. Like I said in the post before……we’ve had a lot going on lately and Meritt has been keeping us busy. She’s not quite on the move yet, but she definitely wants to be. I’ve decided that she is a busy body and has to constantly be entertained. I try to let her just play in the floor by herself, but it doesn’t last long. She wants someone to be in there with her. It’s cute & sweet, except for when I have other things I need to do…..which is always. :) Anyway, Meritt is sitting up completely on her own and will fall over every once in a while, but will just roll over and be fine. She now will usually roll to her stomach every time you put her on her back. It blows my mind because she hated being on her tummy for so long and now that's how she wants to be most of the time…..especially when sleeping. When we put her down for a nap or bed…..within 2 seconds she flips to her belly. She definitely sleeps much better on her belly…..as I’ve heard about a lot of babies. When she first started doing it a few weeks ago I was constantly waking up in the middle of the night to check on her. I’m so afraid of SIDS and it just freaked me out that she might roll on her belly and get stuck. At first she would fuss when she would roll to her tummy because she couldn’t get back……so we had several nights of her waking up all through the night. But she finally got more comfortable and that’s the way she prefers, now. Meritt is getting to be so big and changing so much. All of a sudden the other day Chris & I both said to each other that she looked different. We both noticed at the same time that something about her looked different. Mind you, we DID get her hair cut a little, but that’s not what it was. She looked a little different after her hair cut, but this was something about her face that has changed. We can’t pin-point exactly what it is, but she’s just a changin’. Chris & I have this thing about flash-backs. It’s more Chris than me, but we will just get random flash-backs about things in the past. Sometimes it could be from when we went on vacation a couple years ago, or something from our wedding, being in a certain place or just a memory of a special time. The other night I was reading the weekly email about Meritt’s development at this time and it mentioned something that reminded us of a cute thing that she did when she was a newborn. We both said “Aaaaawwwwhhhh” and got that feeling of nostalgia. We miss the time when she was tiny and all of the time that has already passed, but we wouldn’t trade it for what we have now. I have trouble with time going by so quickly and feeling like I haven’t captured every second so that I will remember all of the time that has become SO IMPORTANT to me. I try so hard to cherish every moment with Meritt and Chris, but we get caught up in every day life and work…..that it just slips away. This is the only chance I get with my first child as a baby…..so I want to take it all in. She is the most precious thing in my life & I love her more than I ever thought possible.
So….sorry for getting all mushy, but this blog will end up being a collection of all of the memories and events in my life since I became pregnant. I hope to have it printed into a book, so that Meritt (and I) will have it to look back on. And of course, it wouldn’t be the same without all of the great pictures that capture our lives as well. Here are lots more pictures that I’ve been wanting to post. I was waiting to post our family pictures & Meritt’s 6 month pics until I sent our Christmas cards.
Get ready for LOTS of pictures!
The ones below are her 6 month pics.
Now for some random pics from home.
Just woke up....
Cute little outfit
FABULOUS!
Ok....pics below are of Meritt's FIRST HAIR CUT! We took her to Kids Hair Safari because she just had all these wild, long hairs that never fell out with the other baby hair and it's been driving me crazy. She has a lot of new hair that's been growing in, so I wanted to get it all the same length.
This is when she first got in the seat.
She loved sitting in the Barbie jeep.
Here we go.
The clippers didn't bother her at all and she was such a good girl.
Here she is with her new hair cut!! So freakin' cute.....she kind of looks like a boy, but I think all girls go through that when their hair is growing out. :) We'll just be sure to put bows or clips on.
First time in her new bath seat.
Sitting in the laundry basket and I would push her around. She loved it!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!
