Lucky

Today I left Tyson home alone with Susie for a little over an hour.  After three phone calls from him I came home to find him waiting in the driveway, ready to hand her over to me.  It made me laugh a little inside.  I've gotten used to the fact that our little baby needs a lot of attention.  Apparently Tyson hasn't.  If she isn't held 24/7, she's crying and complaining.  She has this "demon voice" she uses that is almost humorous.  I really don't know when our little easy going baby became so needy for attention.  Anyhow, it just seems like recently I have been more focused on how lucky/blessed I am.  Maybe it was the ten year anniversary of 9/11 or how busy and stressed I have been with my church calling, but I feel so blessed for all I have here at my house.  I love these little kiddos more than I ever knew I could and I am so lucky to have them, no matter how whiny and needy they can be (Tyson included).

I love this picture because of Susie's cute little pose.

 Although they may not fully realize it yet, these little girlies are so lucky to have each other.

 Nina is so lucky to have Grandma Beth to spoil the crud out of her.  Here she is with all her Toy Story dolls from Grandma.

 Seriously Tyson, all she needs is constant attention and she's happy as a clam.  Is that too much to ask?

 Tyson feels lucky to have football season back in his life.  Susie is sporting her Hawkeye black and gold.

 It's hard to get Nina to smile for pictures these days.  This is about as good as it gets.

 Lucky...

Six Months!

I really can't believe that my baby is six months old already.  To say that these past few months have flown by would be an understatement.  I feel like this age and stage is my absolute favorite, but I kind of feel that way about every stage.  So the little Susie Q has made it through half a year.  She still has the same sweet, easy going personality and I just love her more and more every day.

Her six month stats:

height: 25 1/4 inches (25th percentile)

weight: 13 pounds 13 ounces (10th percentile)

head: 42.5 cm (25th percentile)

 Here's little Suze in her high chair.  She is loving the solid food stage of her life and will eat anything we give her.  Another sign of her easy going nature.  This picture cracks me up because this is always what she does with her legs.  Any time she's in this position those legs go straight up in the air.  People in the grocery store always laugh at those high kicking legs.  Maybe she'll be a dancer some day.

 Nina has begun to acknowledge Susie's existence more.  Susie has become a regular during dress-up time and is a true little princess in the making.

 This girl is seriously almost always happy and has the biggest smiles to share with anyone who gives her attention.  

This is a shot under her bouncer chair.  She's not quite heavy enough or tall enough to reach the floor.  Good thing we have some big ol' pharmacology books lying around.

 She has a love/hate relationship with this toy.  If she's feeling tired or needy she wants nothing to do with it, otherwise it's where she wants to be.  A side note on the needy thing: this girl is a total momma's girl.  If mom is in the room she does not want to be held by anyone else and will whine and cry until she gets her way.  She also wants to be held...A LOT.  If not, she's not a happy camper.  This limits my ability to get things done, but I'm trying to enjoy it as much as I can as well.

Here Susie is with her best friend of all, Nina.  Her little face lights up with a huge smile whenever she sees Nina.  These girls spend a lot of the day entertaining each other and laughing at each other.  

This little girl loves to talk and babble to herself.  So far the first words were "dada".  Hmm..we need to work on that one.