We have a tooth! (and solid food)

Yesterday while nursing, I felt in Marissa's mouth, and could feel and see the reason for all the drool, mouthing of things, and bit of fussiness lately.  Her first tooth, bottom right center incisor has officially poked through!  I think the one next to it is not too far behind either. 

So last night we officially started solids for Marissa.  I have given her a taste a couple of times over the last couple of weeks off my finger of sweet potato or avocado, but this was the first time I mashed up some avocado and gave it to her on a spoon.  She had mixed reactions, some surprise at what was this new texture and taste in her mouth, some of it came out, and then she had fun grabbing the spoon and getting some in her mouth herself.  She only took in a few bites, but that is fine as I figure now is all about introducing new tastes and textures, and 99.9% of her calories will still come from breastmilk for awhile.  Her little rolly thighs prove she is getting enough of that. ;) 

4 months!

Marissa is now 4 months old!  At her checkup, she was 12 lb 6 oz and 23.75 inches (about 25-30%).  She is growing so fast!  And then 2 days ago, she decided to roll over both ways in the same day!  She "talks" a lot now "Aaaaaaah!" "Oooooooh!" and is sleeping from 10ish to 6ish, then again till 9ish!  She is a very happy baby, and loves her play gym with the toys hanging down.  She can grab them and talk at them now too.  I think her favorite one is the ladybug toy that hangs down.  She is very aware of her surroundings and the people in her life.  She really lights up when her big brother or sister get close and talk to her.  We love her so much!

6 months old!

I have been so lazy and bad about updating this lately!  I will try and post some more to play catch up.

First, some baby cuteness! 

Marissa turned 6 months last week!  She had her doctor's appointment last week and is now 14 lb 5 oz and 25 inches.  25% for height and weight.  She has the most adorable little chunky thighs and sweet little expressive smiles!  I call her Scooter Bug because she has this way of scooting backwards on her back where she arches her back and then scoots around.  Between that and rolling both ways, she can get around a fair distance on the floor now.  She is grabbing at her toys a lot more, getting really close to sitting (sits propping herself up with her hands for a few seconds) and I just adore the smiles and baby giggles.  She really adores her big brother and sister and smiles when one of them comes near her.  She is still a very "easy" laid back kid, just goes with the flow, rarely fusses (unless poopy, tired or hungry) and is still sleeping awesome at night, going from like 9ish to 5ish, eat, sleep again another couple of hours.  I have not started solids with her yet (not in a huge hurry, and she has not shown much interest yet), but probably will offer some banana or avocado soon.  No teeth yet, but drooling like crazy and mouthing things a lot.