half a year...

my little sweetie will be 6 months old tomorrow... i figured it was time for a little update since i've been slack and haven't posted in like a month or more.

at her sick visit to the doc on december 9 she weighed a whopping 17 lbs! big girl! and she wasn't even 6 months old yet. big chunky girl. i take her back to the doc next week on december 22 for her 6 month well checkup. i'm curious to see how big she's gotten in 2 weeks!

i quit breastfeeding the day she turned 5 months old. my milk was diminishing again. i already had to go through this one time and it was very difficult to build it back up and she was constantly hungry. she was still wanting to eat every 2 hours and it was wearing both of us out. i cried and cried over the decision. but i ultimately decided it was time to switch to the bottle. it was the hardest decision i've made yet. but, now i know it was the best one. she's a lot fuller and happier now.

her appetite has become quite insatiable. it's insane. she's already eating 3 times a day on top of her bottles. she usually gets 6 ounces every 4 hours, but now she's hungry after 3 hours all the time. so, i figure this week i may start feeding her 8 ounces at feedings to see how she does. she now eats rice cereal, carrots, sweet potatoes, bananas, peas and squash. and i'm so proud of her! she seems to love everything she puts in her mouth. which is a great thing, because opie and i are not picky eaters and we hope not to raise one.

she had her first yucky cold a couple of weeks ago. i chose to keep her home and not rush her to the doctor (i don't want to be one of those moms, especially when they have a cold and there's nothing that a doc can do). after about 2 weeks she wasn't getting any better and i figured her cold must have developed into an infection. she was still sooooo tough. never pulled at her ears or cried too much. she just became a little fussy and ill. i took her in and she had double ear infections. poor baby. we're treating with antibiotics and she's doing much better!

if you remember back to a couple of months ago, annabelle had began to cut teeth. it had been a VERY LONG PROCESS!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY COW! last night she was pretty ill and fussy and chewing on everything again, so i put my finger in her mouth to soothe her gums and what do you know?!? there's a little toothy cutting my finger! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally. it's not all the way out, but it's poking through and you can definitely see it and feel it. i give it a couple of days before it's sitting there smiling back at me when she grins!

i'm so proud of her! she will be 6 months old tomorrow and i can't believe how fast it has happened. everything really does fly by! it's been half a year and my life is more amazing than i could have ever imagined. I JUST LOVE HER TO PIECES!!!