Ashtyn Kade's SIX MONTH photoshoot!

 

 We got Ashtyn Kade's SIX MONTH pictures done last week, by our wonderful photog: Jason Loudermilk with Collective Image Photography! HIGHLY RECCOMENDED! We have went through him for Maternity, newborn, and now her six months, & we're always happy with the outcome. Can't wait to go through him for her one year, engagement, and wedding!! (WHENEVER that happens!)

 

HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITES!!

 

 

It's crazy she has only been in this world for 6 months, and I can't remember what the past 22 years were like without my little princess!

My little FIVE MONTH old love

My little love is FIVE MONTHS!

(Calvin Klein PJ's & bow from Burlington)

Ahhh! SHE IS GETTING SO BIG! It's insane. She is starting to eat baby food (home-made, check out my post earlier for recipes!) & she's still rolling all over the place. The second you go to change her, there she goes.. the second I put her on my bed, there she goes.. Now she can't be left alone, on the bed, or couch (not that we'd leave her ALONE but we can't even go into the other room now!), and she has pretty much stopped using her swing because she was pushing her feet up against it & lifting her whole body up! Crazy girl! I have a feeling she is going to be a pistol & we will have our hands full. She is deff getting a little personality - constantly 'smiles mcgee' (as her daddy would say), & she knows exactly what she wants.. it seems like it's been like that since day one to be honest! When it comes to food, nursing, nap-time, and the shows on TV.. she knows whats going on & I am picking up more and more on her ques as too what she wants before she starts freaking out. She starts to get excited if you hold a bottle in front of her, SUPER EXCITED, kicks her feet in and out, starts screaming! It's so cute. Same goes with TV shows, DC MCSTUFFINS she goes crazy over, and she loves Mickey Mouse, Jake & the Neverland Pirates, Bubble Guppies, Dora, Baby Einstein, and Paw Patrol! I REALLY want to start her on baby yoga & baby sign language! 

Monthly Update: 

Sleep Schedule: Same as normal! From about 8-9 at night, then during the day she may take two naps. They are getting longer, since I've been feeding her brown rice cereal & baby food! She has been taking 2 hour naps! It's much easier for her to stay asleep now.

Food Schedule: She gets 8 ounces when she wakes up of formula, sometimes she nurses (I don't know where that came from, but she started nursing again :D MAKES ME SUPER HAPPY!). Then around 10:30-11am I feed her some brown rice cereal mixed with food (right now she's had sweet peas, peas, and sweet potatoes). She will have another bottle inbetween then and when she eats again around 6:00-7:00pm. Then she gets her bath, sometimes a wittle baby massage, bedtime story, and naaa night!

Favorite Toy: Her activity gym & she's IN LOVE with sophie the giraffe.

Favorite Time of the Day: BATH TIME!

Big Milestone Passed: EATING BABY FOOD! YAY! She loves it. Most of it at least, she hasn't been very found of the sweet peas, but sometimes she'll eat them. She LOVES sweet potatoes tho. Next week I would like to make her a few more veggies & some more fruit! I need to start her on apples, bananas, and i'd like to try to make pears, although she has already ate them. I also bought avocado! SO fun!

Clothes Size: Wahh :( She completely fits into 6 month clothing.

Best Memory: The day her daddy and I found out our first house accepted his offer! Couldn't of been more emotional for both of us! We FINALLY got our baby a home. She has a place to grow up in, and I have so many ideas in my head for decorations ESP your new nursery!!!

Weight: She hasn't been to the doctors in two months & doesn't have another appointment til November, but i'd guess 16-17 pounds!

Height: Couldn't tell ya, super long though! SUPER MODEL tall :)

Any Movement: GAHHH like I said earlier, super rollie pollie ollie constantly! SHE WILL NOT STAY PUT! It's adorable to see her roll around though. 

Any Teeth: My poor babe has been teething for the last almost three months & still nothing to show for it :( I hope these dang teeeth pull through soon. Seeing my baby in this much pain is horrible!!!

Favorite Words: Still nothing.. IT BETTER BE MAMA, or else!! :)

 HIII MY WITTLE LOVE BUG!! I LOVE YOU!!

Homemade baby food!

Hello Loves!

I've been wanting to make baby food for awhile now, and although I don't have a food processor, my lovely mother let me borrow hers (FOOD NINJA)! It worked perfectly! It's pretty simple, but I thought I'd give you my beginners recipes & tips (this is my first time so bare with me, I'll let you know more tips when I try again in a few weeks).

Ash is almost 5.5 months old, she has been showing all the signs of needing more food. She had been waking up in the middle of the night (she's been sleeping through the night since about one month, so that was a BIG SIGN), she was drinking a ridiculous amount, I fed her almost 12 ounces at one time!! & she was refusing to take naps!! I started her off on brown rice cereal (Organic - HAPPY BABY is the brand) when she was around 4.5 months old, so she has been on that for about a month now. Usually I feed it to her once or twice a day, at night & sometimes mid-day. Now she is getting cereal more frequent & we are starting to introduce her some YUMMYS!

^^ This was the sweet potato ^^

Recipes

Sweet Potato

3 sweet potatoes - 1.5 cups water
After I poured some into plastic sandwich bags plain, I added a dash of brown sugar to a few bags for taste!
Of course, after her stomach gets used to the taste of it plain. That can be a dessert for her :)

Sweet peas
One bag organic frozen sweet peas - 3/4th cup of water

Butternut Squash

Small organic bag - half cup of water
I also added a pinch of brown sugar to a few bags for added taste!

Oh, & I bought avocados that I will be feeding her straight out of the shell thing :)

 Directions

All I did was wash all the veggies. Then I boiled the peas, squash, and potatoes for about an hour - hour and a half. Threw them in the food processor with water and waited til they were the frequency I wanted. I kind of just winged it!

 I made them pretty runny this time since her little tummy is just getting used to the taste, and hardly added anything to them. I made enough for AT LEAST two and a half weeks, cost around $30 dollars.

OH, and my plan was to pour the finished product into ice cube trays (let them freeze over night) then put two ice cubes of baby food in a plastic bag, label them, and throw them in the freezer. But we didn't have as many ice cube trays as I thought, so I poured two batches into the trays as planned, then with the other batches, I just labeled bags, and poured a little bit into each bag. I'm sure there are easier ways to store, but this was my first time & that's what I came up with!
Next time, I will be doing some fruits! & HOPEFULLY, i'll have bought empty baby food jars/mason jars/SOMETHING for a better storage process, if not, i'll let you know how the plastic bags are working out :P

My little Ashtyn Kade eating her sweet peas! She LOVED them & went crazy over the sweet potatoes!