Riley is such a big girl already..........

So my baby girl had her 6 month check up today and we all know what that means- immunizations. Two sticks to the thighs that make her cry to the point she holds her breath. But like the title says- she's a big girl and she immediately stopped when I picked her up and acted like nothing happened! She did have some acetaminophen before the shots just to keep the pain down, but I doubt Tylenol is suddenly a super drug that takes effect in 2 minutes. I can't help but brag about her accomplishments!

As for the rest of the appointment, she is awesome and doing great. Her weight is up to 17lbs 13.4oz and she is 26.5 inches long! She grew 1.5 inches in only 2 months! I wish I could do that! As a comparison, Dylan was 19lbs 5.4oz and 27.25 inches long at his 6 mos appointment. They both ride the 75th percentile strong! But alas, Dylan just got over a sinus infection, so it's Riley's turn to get sick- double ear infection. But she's a trooper because she didn't get a fever or extra fussy or anything... just a runny nose and I thought that was allergies (turns out allergies don't appear until around 2 years old!). So she is going back on amoxicillin.

Right now Riley sits up all by herself as well! She is a pro at it and hates to lay down unless she is sleepy. She will lean over too to look around you or something to see something else! How cute is that?! She loves to chew on things now too- paper! board books! her bib!  her spoon! Anything besides a teether really. I am uber excited though that she never got into a pacifier (same as Dylan) that way I don't have to break her of that habit.

On another note, Mikel started back on 1st shift yesterday. It was so awesome to have him back at night to help get kids ready for bed and eat dinner with us and everything. Hopefully I will now become more of a morning person too.............It's amazing how having your husband work 2nd shift can change your routine around... definitely not for the better! I am up at 5:20am to take on Olivia (little girl I babysit) and then I check my email and Facebook and Reddit and then, THEN I start BREAKFAST! Yesterday was oatmeal and not he instant crap and today we had omelets! Yes! Ham and cheese omelets with toasty toast! Mikel, Blaze, and I all ate together! Dylan and Riley and Olivia were still asleep and that's probably for the best! My only wish was that I was a coffee drinking fool. I despise coffee and need some sort of caffeine to jump start me in the morning.... and it's probably not good to be drinking Dr Pepper with my ham and cheese omelet.............yeah. Right now would also make an awesome nap time.... as I am losing my umph... but my 2nd wind comes when Mikel gets home. :-)

Oh, and my cute little momma's boy, Dylan, went to sleep in his bed last night. He is the product of co-sleeping and I am too soft to break him of it... but now that everyone is changing routines, so must he! I got his Spongebob bedding all cleaned and made and nice and he only cried for like a minute... granted he woke up at like 4:30am and climbed into our bed. Baby steps. Baby steps.

Going on noon now.... time to make lunch and lay the kids down for a nap... Keeping Olivia today until 4p....so she will have a nap. She is quite the handful...and I hope she doesn't rub off on Dylan.