Capri Monthly-6 months

10/20/14

Sweet Girl, I can’t believe you are half a year old! Crazy how time flies. We are all so in love with you. You grew up a lot this last month. You are very active, alert, and playful now. You are a little wiggle worm! You used to always want to be held, but now you often want down. You somehow always manage to wiggle your way to the floor. You are sitting on your own now, except not for long periods of time, and I can’t walk away from you yet, but you are so close! You got your first two teeth this month! Your bottom front teeth. It’s pretty darn cute. Unfortunately you were pretty miserable for a couple of days/nights while they were popping through. You had your first fever of 103.3, and I had to snuggle and nurse you all night long. You are not a snuggly baby, so I definitely knew you weren’t feeling well. But you are all better now, and you look adorable. I hope your top teeth come in more gently. You are still just eating pureed fruits and veggies, usually twice a day (and nursing every three hours). So far you have loved everything I’ve given you besides plain carrots (you ate them, but you definitely had a look on your face like you thought they were disgusting). You have had diaper rash a bit this month, but you never complain when I change you. Except you do still always want to flip over. You only like being on your tummy, which I think is adorable and funny. Probably because Ellery NEVER rolled at your age, and you are never NOT rolling. You sleep through the night now, no problem, and we don’t even have to put the pacifier back in your mouth, usually. You know how to grab and put the pacifier back in your mouth now. You don’t nap as much as we think you should. haha. Which is probably our fault because we don’t go by your schedule (you don’t really have one). And you aren’t napping on the go very well anymore. You love swinging on the swings and going for stroller rides. You still hate your carseat, but you don’t scream at every red light anymore (thankfully!). You aren’t content 24/7 like you often used to be, but you are still patient and pleasant, and you’re just letting us know when you want something : ) You got your first haircut (from Grandma Stevens), just to trim up some of the long pieces on the sides and top. Your bald patches are growing in nicely. ha. Blonde, but not as blonde as Ellery. You can now get up in the crawling position and push yourself backwards a few feet. We think it’s hilarious how you grab toys when we put them in front of you (big open arms and wide eyes!). You particularly like a yellow rubber duck bath toy. You could stay in the bath and suck on that thing all day long. You also seem to really like dolls, and anything with a face. This is such a fun age. Oh and you weighed 17 lb 10 oz (75th percentile) and 26.5 in (75th percentile) at your six month check up. You’ve only gained 1.5 lbs since your four month check up, but you gained 2.5 inches in height!

P.S. I didn't realize when I started doing these monthly photos that Capri would soon get too tall for my font placing. Oops! I'm so not a graphic designer!

E Lately

Ellery, you are three years old now! You were so insanely excited about your birthday (especially for your strawberry cake). I don’t think you were disappointed, either! You had a blast and loved your cake and ice cream. Grandma and Grandpa Stevens came for your birthday, and we had a fun week together. You recognize the letter E and the number 3, and always point them out “I start with letter that one! I’m that one! THREE!!” You are still always asking what letter words start with, and you are also very interested in numbers. You love to learn and to read. You love older kids. We now always sit next to a little girl (eight years old) in church (Tiffany Tan), and you LOVE her. She is really cute with you, and colors and plays with you during Sacrament meeting. When she had to go to the stand for the Primary program the other week, you got so sad, “I want my best friend! I want my best friend!” Your other best friend is Kaitlyn. She is almost a year older than you, and does Play School with you. She came to your birthday party (if you can call it that. It was just you two at the trampoline park). You are getting so good on your balance bike! You ride up and down the hills and glide all over. You have scrapped your knee several times recently, and then you refuse to walk or straighten your leg. You love bandaids. You are actually quite pleasant in the mornings now (you’ve NEVER been a morning person before!), when it’s ME that you get up with. If it’s anyone else, you are a mess, but you are happy with me. The only problem is that you sometimes get up way too early. So we just got you an “Okay to wake” light, that glows when it’s okay to get up. The first morning it went well. This morning it did not go well (you woke up at 5:15am hungry because you didn’t eat your dinner). Hopefully you figure it out. Anyway, you always say that morning time is your favorite. You love to tell us that things are your favorite (pronounced like “Fayette”), and what things our our favorites. You told Grandpa and Grandma that “big bite is my fayette” when they gave you a big bite of ice cream. When we say something exciting like, "I have a surprise for you!" you say, "oh/huh?!" in a really cute way with the cutest excited surprised face. The other night in your prayer, you said, “Thank thee for Mom has brown hair. Grandpa has grey hair with black in it.” haha. Sometimes you just tell Heavenly Father things. Your prayers are the sweetest. The other day you told me, “I’m a kid, I’m supposed to have a dog.” and I overheard you say, “I’m a crazy, funny kid!” after pretending there was a frog in your bathtub. I also overheard a funny conversation you had with yourself: “Go up! Him doesn't want to go up! I want him go up! Him doesn't want go up. Oh maaaan! You need to be nice. I want to be bad. You need to be nice OKAAAAY?! Ugh” I love your little play conversations. You are the best. Thanks for always being so insanely sweet to Capri, and for being a good listener, and for being the best all around : ) I love you. P.S. at your 3 year check up you passed with flying colors on all the questions like “When you ask her what gender she is, does she answer correctly?” and “Can she kick a ball?” and “When you say ‘six eight ten nine,’ can she repeat all of the numbers back in that order?” etc. You also did pretty well with your flu shot. You weren’t scared to get it, and you didn’t really cry. You did make a face like, “What did you just do to me?!” though. ha. You are brave. And you weighed 33.5 lbs (75th percentile) and 36.25 in (25th percentile). You are healthy and perfect. (You weighed 29lbs at your TWO year check up last year and 34.6 in tall)