My little lady is 6 months old....and some other stuff!

As of last Sunday officially!

Today was her 6 month check up and she did fabulous.  She is currently a whopping 17 pounds and 27 inches long!  Everything checked out great and she is reaching all her milestones.  She is starting to sit on her own, she can now roll BOTH ways (even though she chooses not to roll belly to back very often).  She has also become obsessed with playing with her feet - which is super cute!

She got a few shots today including her flu shot.  She did awesome!  She gave out one whiny cry and then I distracted her with some rings and she was good to go!  I put her upstairs to nap when I got home and she proceeded to just play and sing in her crib for about a half an hour.  I had to go back up and re-situate her and now she is finally asleep.  Silly girl.

I just can't believe how time has flown and how at the beginning I thought we would never get here.   She has turned into such a happy baby and is just so much fun!  I am looking forward to sharing the upcoming holidays with her and starting some new family traditions.

We love you Emily!!

 A couple from last month

 That goofy grin

 She's almost got it!

Minnie Mouse!

 Sitting all by herself

 Relaxin'

 What a cutie (I'm a little biased)

Meltdown!!

In other news, Jim and I have FINALLY started working out again.  Granted it's only been two days now, but it's better than nothing.  We have both decided to run on the treadmill.  My legs are feeling it for sure.  I haven't exercised since right when I found out I was pregnant - so over a year....Yikes!  It felt good to get back into it, but it's definitely not easy.  I managed about 2.5 miles yesterday and 2 miles today.  Emily seemed content hanging out in her swing while I ran yesterday and today it was during nap time.  I just might be able to make this work.  Jim has been getting up early and doing it in the morning - what a trooper, there is no way in heck I could do that!

Tomorrow night we get a DATE NIGHT!  I am thrilled.  My mother in law gave me a call yesterday and asked if they could watch Emily for us Friday so we could have some time together.  That was soooo sweet and of course I took them up on the offer.  So we are heading to our favorite Japanese Steak House for a nice relaxing baby free dinner.  Tomorrow night can't come soon enough!  I'll let ya know how it goes!