6 months old and Father's day!

As of last Friday Daisy is 6 months old! 6 MONTHS! How did this happen! It seems like just yesterday I was bringing her home from the hospital in an outfit that about swallowed her whole! Daisy and I spent the day at a local amusement park with my grandparents and my cousins and then we had burgers around the fire pit that evening. Saturday we introduced Daisy to rice cereal. All along I have planned on not giving her anything other than breastmilk until 6 months old, so this was quite the treat for her!

First BiteNot so sureAnd she likes it!Give me more!

Father's day we woke up, cuddled in bed, and all fell back asleep for a little while. Then Daniel and I made a big breakfast of sausage, eggs, belgian waffles, and COFFEE! Can't forget the coffee! We watched 2 church services that we missed while on vacation (I promise, post to come!). We spend the rest of the day lounging around.

Cuddling with daddyPulling daddy's beard :-)Flying!And last but not least, the faces I imagine Daisy will make one day when she's caught with her hand in the cookie jar!

Cookie? What Cookie?Who me? Then we had my parents over for a Chili dinner and No Bake Vanilla Cake Batter Chocolate Truffles. Warning! Eating too many will surely induce a sugar coma! We also Skyped a little with my brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew! Daniel and I spent the rest of the evening watching Friends and playing Uno Stackers and Boggle!

I must say it was a weekend well spent!

Motherhood has taught me...

Breastfeeding is not always as easy as it seems. Daisy has always been a phenomenal eater. Not much could get between her and the boob, literally I think she could have nursed through my shirt when I couldn't get things situated fast enough for her appetite. Daisy is now a very active 5 1/2 month old. Things have changed. I am very thankfully that she is still a very focused eater first thing in the morning and right before bed, I credit this to the fact that she is very sleepy both times. However all of the other feeding throughout the day have become a fight between my and a wiggle worm!

Nothing can be within reach of her feet or she might as well be in a horizontal Johnny Jumper bouncing all over the place.

Necklaces are not an option in fear that she will rip them from my neck.

My hair should be pulled back at all times unless I want to risk some very unusual looking bald patches.

Nursing in public is almost impossible, too much is going on and Daisy is a wallflower that wants to observe it all.

Heaven forbid the t.v. be on.

Don't play Yahtzee while nursing, you might as well be holding a rattle instead of rolling dice.

And last but not least, when teething, your nipple suddenly becomes the next best thing to a teething ring. Not good news for you, and certainly not for your nipple.

I have been tempted lately to start bottle feeding her throughout the day some of the frozen breast milk I have in our deep freezer and pumping to replenish our supply but continue to nurse her first and last feeding of the day.

I am going to attempt to hold out as long as possible so we'll see!

As stated on facebook 2 WEEKS ago...

I misplaced my motivation, therefore I don't have it to look for it!

Whew! That is exactly how I have felt the last 2 weeks, and these last few cold and dreary days haven't helped one bit! But guess what?! THE SUN IS SHINING TODAY! And I won't need to wear a jacket to go outside! Wooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously should have gone and sat under my mom's "happy light" and gotten a good dose of vitamin D! Granted my motivation is still not back in full swing, it has picked up a little bit!

This past weekend Daisy and I took a quick road trip to Nashville to visit some old friends from my high school years. We got lunch with Cassie whose little boy just turned 4! (Wholly molely!) And then spent Friday and Saturday night with Jaden and her husband Travis who are expecting a little boy the beginning of October! We had a blast and got to give the future little one a hat I made!We've had a short week here at home and we're preparing for another road trip this weekend because Daisy's cousins Hannah and Eli are turning THREE! Where has the time gone? My brother has 3 years old twins, that's just plain crazy!

Here are some snapshots of what the last month and a half have looked like:

Road trip to Alabama to see Uncle Bruce, Aunt Marlina, and ZackHanging out with ZachPlaying with my toysReading with DaddyUgh! What a rough life!I love the excersaucer because all I want to do is stand up and/or look around!Daddy making me funny hats!Unloading the dishwasher with daddyDaddy teaching me how to wash the dishesAlways holding/chewing on my feet now!Rocky Balboa, you ain't got nothin' on me!I am starting to learn how to hold my teething ring!

Mash up

Motherhood has taught me (Tuesdays) and Things we love (Thursdays) is being combined this week. Why you ask? Because motherhood has taught me I no longer can remember what day of the week it is! The only thing we do every week that is the same is go to church on Sundays. So as long as I can remember how many days ago Sunday was I can usually figure out what day of the week it is. But this week for instance we went to church on Saturday night because we were already in town. Therefore my whole week has been thrown off! No matter how many times I look at the calendar, ok lets be honest here, the calendar on my phone, some days I still can't get engrained in my head. *On a side note, I'd just love to see one day that all cellphones, computers, anything with a date, just randomly decide to skip a day, like a Monday, nobody likes them anyways! I can't imagine how much our world would be up in a tizzy! Sometimes I hate technology, just as I say this I'm looking around thinking "Crap! Where'd I leave my cell phone?"

On to things we LOVE...
Baby slippers! We have two pair and we adore them! The pink ones I believe are from Uncle Bruce, Aunt Marlina, and Zack! And the Pooh slippers are from our neighbors, her honorary grandparents, Ed and Sandy! One of my favorite conversations I have between Daniel and Daisy is when she was wearing the Pooh slippers and Daniel said "Daisy you have Pooh on your slippers! Not like poop, but Pooh bear!" I silently chuckled from the other room not wanting to disturb this beautiful bonding moment.

Rollin' rollin' rollin'

Betcha can take a wild guess at what Daisy did today? She rolled over!!! Yay! Another milestone reached! It all started last night when she was laying on her back on her mat and started rocking side to side. She'd try and try but could quite figure out what to do with the arm on the bottom but today she figured it out and over she went! Baby proofing is officially in progress!