Tolson at 6 months

At six months, Tolson continues to be a super sweet baby.  She is the most laid back and easy going baby I have ever been around.  We are still working on sleeping through the whole night on a regular basis.  She has been going down about 8:30 or 9 and sleeping until 5 or so, then waking up to eat and sleeping again until 7:15 when I wake her up for the day.  Maybe twice a week she sleeps until 7 without waking up.  I am going to start letting her cry for a bit when she wakes up at 5 so we can break the habit!

She is eating rice cereal and baby food and doing really well.  We are still cycling through Stage 1 foods.  So far, she doesn't really LOVE anything, but she doesn't seem to dislike anything, either.
No signs of any teeth yet.  Her skin is fair, her hair is light and her eyes are blue- in a nutshell, she looks more like me than Lee.

She rolls all over the place, reaches for anything left on the floor and has started sleeping on her belly.

I can't believe she is six months old!  Time is flying by.  She is the sweetest addition to our little family and I feel so blessed to call her mine.

Sweet Sisters

Tolson is 5 months old!

Oh Happy Day!

3 years and counting...

Steeplechase

Steeplechase fun with the Reynolds family!  Good friends, perfect weather, and 4 very well behaved little ones made for a really great day...even if Lee and Caroline didn't win every race this year!  

Loved meeting sweet Anna Bryce for the first time.

Tolson's first Steeplechase at 4 months old!

 After the races, we went home and had a nice family dinner.  We tried to get a picture of the girls with my grandmother Dodie...this was the best we could get!

Tolson at 4 months

Tolson's 4 month stats:

Height:  25 inches long- 76%
Weight:  13 lbs 9 oz- 48%
Head circumference:  41.9 cm- 75%

At four months, she:
*is sweet and HAPPY!
*rolled over for the first time at the Dr. for her check up from her stomach to her back.  She has done it since, but not often.  She still does not love tummy time.
*has blue eyes and blondish hair
*finally really likes bath time
*is reaching for her hanging toys on her play mat
*sitting up well in her Bumbo seat
*is a Mommy's girl
*loves to smile at her big sister
*was sick for the first time
*is doing great at daycare

Tolson v. Stomach bug

Tolson came home from school Friday with her first sickness, and I'm sorry to say it was the stomach bug.  Poor thing.  She could not keep anything down and was so pitiful, it broke my heart.   The only thing she has been able to stomach is Pedialyte.  She seems to be starving, but anytime I try to give her any milk, she gets sick again.  I do think she got at least a few ounces of milk today, so that is progress. I'm hoping by tomorrow she will be feeling much better.

She is so sweet and small, I feel terrible for her.  We have done a lot of snuggling...and a LOT of laundry and disinfecting!

Lee was out of town on his annual golf outing, so it made for an interesting two days.  The good news is that, so far, Caroline and I seem to have avoided it.  I don't do well with throw up, so I'm counting that as a small victory.

Go away, stomach bug, and leave my little ones in peace!

Update:  every member of our family got sick before it was all over.  It was furious, but at least it was fast!