Dylan Claire is 6 months old!

Well there are a few days still. She has started eating solid food such as rice cereal and carrots. She has also learned to wave and hold her bottle up by herself. Dylan is really in to pulling hair, reading, and playing in her excersaucer right now. She still hasn't figured out how to sleep through the night yet which is making Mom and Dad a little delirious. As we speak I am too tired to write anymore so enjoy the pictures.

Dylan's first presidential debate

Dylan, Kelley and I just wanted to point out that Obama was the only one to even mention early childhood education. Yeah I know using my 5 month old's blog to champion my profession is questionable but we feel it is important.
Dylan is a little under the weather presently but is still in good spirits. Kelley is back to work full time next week which should prove to be our biggest challenge yet as far as sleep goes. I am now on alert at night as well as Kelley and I are taking turns putting Dylan back to sleep. I apologize in advance to those I work with as I do not function well on little sleep and I have an aversion to that nasty and expensive habit, coffee.
It is crazy to think that Dylan will be eating food in less than a month but we were saying the same thing about her rolling over which seems so routine now. Enjoy the SNL Palin skits.

Update

Well we have had a busy last month! We went to Yachats for a week with friends. Dylan took her first trip to the aquarium and also tasted sand! Dylan loved playing with Mia, Jon and Jenny's 4 year old daughter. We also took a trip to Arcata to meet Dylan's other grandpa and Justin. It was a very short trip and we hope to make a longer trip in the next year.

Dylan now enjoys playing with toys, which mostly means that she will hold them and look at them and shake them. She is a lot more aware of her surroundings as well. She is growing rapidly and weighed 15 lbs at her 4 month check up! She was in the 77% for weight but only in the 33% for height! She likes to eat her toes at any given chance, mostly when you are trying to change her diaper. Dylan is still a wonderfully easy baby although she likes to eat all night long which mommy does not appreciate! We are planning to start her on solids at 6 months, which is next month!

We went last week and got professional pictures taken. Dylan didn't want to cooperate but we did get a few smiles out of her! Dylan has started to talk a lot, cooing and smiling! She also discovered her hands and likes to clasp them together and put them in her mouth. She even sucked her thumb for the first time last night. Dylan has had a clogged tear duct for about 2 weeks now, so we are washing it with warm water and massaging it, which she doesn't like! Hopefully it will go away soon!

Home again

Well we are home from a busy week in Colorado. We went on a very steep hike with Dylan strapped into her baby biorn, played disc golf in Vale, attended a Rockies game, swam in a pool, and relaxed in general. None of us ever want to drive again! Dylan's binkie was my best friend on the trip, along with a hand held breast pump. Our baby was a trooper and barely fussed at all! In other news, Dylan rolled over for her first time. It was very exciting and we have been giving her more tummy time to practice her mad skills.

We made it!

We got into Edwards, CO last night at 11:00 and Dylan was awesome. She slept a lot of the way and when she was awake she was fine for the most part. The Dalles through most of Utah was awful as there is very little to see but once we got close to Colorado I felt a little more at home. We are very excited to get out and see the area over the week. I will try to write another update at some point this week.

Getting ready for a road trip.

We are a couple of days away from heading to Colorado with little Dylan. So far her longest trip is 3 hours to g and g's house so 17 hours might be pushing it. We are going to visit our friend Codi for the week and plan on doing some hiking and maybe some light camping. We will be sure to take plenty of pictures to put up on the blog. Wish us luck!