Almost 6 months

Next week Georgia will be 6 months old. It is hard to believe that she is already that old! We took her to the doctor last week for her 6 month appointment and she was 17 pounds 4 ounces and 26 inches long, both 75th percentile. She had been eating pretty much any baby food we would put in her mouth and then right before she went to the doctor she learned to assert herself. Peas and green beans now get her to clamp her mouth shut and start ahhhing at us. On the off chance that you do get food into her that she doesn't like she has also gagged herself to the point of vomiting, a lot. This is very unpleasant! Sometimes she refuses to eat bananas, but that comes and goes. She also dislikes peaches. But, when you give her food she really likes she can get very impatient and want you to feed her faster.

Since the last time I wrote I have had a birthday and we attended a birthday party for a lady that turned 100. The lady is named Mrs. Roberson and she was the preacher's wife at my dad's church when he was a kid. I have known her my whole life. The church actually had a celebration for her during the Sunday service and then had a meal afterward. This is when we found out that while she is ok at our church's nursery, she didn't like their nursery. I guess it was a new place with new people and she didn't like that. About 15 or 20 minutes before the end of the service they came and got me. She had been crying almost the entire time! So, while I thought she was doing pretty well around strangers, I suppose I was wrong.

This was Georgia's birthday wish for me.



This was Georgia after we bought her new shoes and new shades. She looks so Hollywood!



After three days of not really taking much of a nap, she fell asleep while eating. She subsequently slept for almost two hours.



This is what happens she Shawn feeds her, food everywhere!



This was taken for her tribal membership id. We have officially joined the Beaver Creek Indians of Orangeburg.



Here is Georgia with Mrs. Roberson. Even 100-year-olds love babies.



This is my dad with the two of them.



Stay tuned for her 6 month picture!

5 Months

Since February doesn't have a 29th this year, I decided to say that Georgia was 5 months on March 1st. At 5 months Georgia can roll from her tummy to her back and from her back to her tummy. She can move around in a circle on her elbows and tummy. She sits up with a little assistance and loves to stand up while holding someone's fingers. She is becoming quite the splasher during baths and really loves taking baths. She has mastered the art of making funny faces and loves to bounce up and down while standing. She is eating rice cereal, many different fruits and veggies.

Now, I said in my last post that the Amoxil that Georgia was taking had started making her throw up. So this week I called the doctor back because she sounded very congested. Turns out that her ear infection turned into bronchitis. This time we got Zithromax to give her and this time at least she doesn't throw up as soon as it hits her mouth. She still sounds congested, but not quite as bad. We've also been giving her breathing treatments with Shawn's nubulizer. She surprisingly doesn't mind that all to much. Fortunately, she is acting as though she is her normal healthy self.

Here are Shawn and Georgia after she had some tummy time.



It got really hot last week and we still didn't have the air conditioning on. Georgia got very fussy so I put her in a onesie and turned the air and the ceiling fans on.



Georgia was watching Angry Birds on Kort's phone. It seems we have a future techie on our hands.



This is after Georgia had thrown up and before we got more clothes on her. She was poking her toes through the blanket.



This was after yet another bout of vomiting brought on by medicine.



Here she is during breakfast one day. She was very smiley on this particular morning.



She has also found her foot and is trying to get it to her mouth (which Shawn really doesn't like).



This was after a trip to the grocery store and the gas station. She fell asleep while holding the links on her car seat.



This is the new face Georgia has been making, wrinkling up her nose.



And finally, this is her 5 month picture. She would either look at the camera or smile, but not both at the same time.