6 months

Mya hit the 6 month mark this week. I haven't taken her in for her checkup yet so I don't know her stats, but here are a few other things about her:
*Solids--we have been going very slowly with the solids. She's done really well with rice cereal, but not so much with some of the other things we've given her. She likes to eat but her little body doesn't digest it very well yet.
*Bath--she's sitting up on her own now so I put her in the big tub this week. She loved it until Jacob came in and started splashing her.
*Mobile--yep, she's mobile. Not full on crawling yet, but she scoots backwards and turns in circles. I've had to put away the bumbo chair because she was climbing out of it. Bouncy chair is going next.
*Others-she loves to be outside. Loves toys. LOVES her dad. Loves Jacob too as long as he keeps his distance. Very giving of her smiles.

Spring Soccer

I love that Jacob is old enough to start playing sports. He had his first game last weekend which was pretty entertaining to say the least. I'm not sure if he ever kicked the ball--maybe once. BUT he ran up and down the field following the ball and his teammates and never cried like half his teammates did.

One tree down....

A bazillion to go. Ok not really a bazillion but we still have a lot of trees. Our city cleanup was last week so we spent a few days making this pile. These pictures do not do it justice.

Who Knew?

That the hardest thing for me to get done with two kids would be grocery shopping. I've been trying to get it done since Monday. I finally got my list written yesterday, but then I ran out of time to go to the store. Now that the weather is finally nice it is even harder. I would rather play at the park or out back with the kids than go grocery shopping with them. So I'm trying to figure out how I can get by with two trips a month. Do I plan my menu based off the ads for two weeks or do I just buy what's on sale that I know I will use and plan our menu based on what we have at home? How do you do it?

And when my local grocery stores have the option to shop online and just pick up or even have groceries delivered, you can bet I will be all over it.

Easter

Not feeling up to blogging lately. So you will just get pictures for now. Better yet, just go on facebook to see my Easter weekend pictures. If you're not on facebook or if you are and aren't my friend. Well, then, we'd better fix that.

Going Natural

I was chatting with a girlfriend a couple weeks ago who has a baby a month older than Mya and a boy a few weeks younger than Jacob. We were talking about baby-proofing and our babies crawling in a couple months. She said she's trying to not use any harsh cleaners anymore so she doesn't have to worry about Lily getting into them. That got me thinking and after a little research, I have decided to do the same. Mya will be crawling soon and getting into everything, and Jacob likes to help me clean. He also likes to give his sister things to play with. So getting rid of all my poisonous cleaners will be one less thing to worry about with either of them. Plus I'll be saving money. I am going to do one thing at a time as each type of cleaner runs out. The first thing I ran out of this week was dishwashing detergent. So last night I made my first batch of homemade dishwashing detergent and used it for the first time this morning. My dishes came out just as clean if not a little cleaner. Yea!!!!

5 Months

This video isn't the best since it was taken on Jarom's phone, but gives you a good idea of how Mya lets us know she's here and doesn't want us to forget about her. When she's excited she flaps her arms like wings. It's so funny! And she's gotten so loud. I guess that's what happens when you have to compete with Jacob. She's now rolling over all directions and is getting mobile. I won't be surprised if she's an early crawler like Jacob was. It was getting painful to eat in front of her so I finally broke out the rice cereal last week. She was doing well with it so I thought I would give her some bananas on Sunday. BAD IDEA! Mya is not a crier and is easy to soothe when fussy so you know something is up when she's crying hysterically for two hours and nothing will calm her down. She had huge tears streaming down her face. It was so heartbreaking. Well, her little tummy was hard as a rock and she had lots of gas and spit up almost everything she'd eaten that night. She was not her happy self most of yesterday. I think we will be holding off on more solids for a few more weeks. She's still super sweet, and we love her.