Quinn is 6 months old

Happy 6 months Birthday sweetheart!

Wow, I just can't get over it. Our little girl is half a year already. This is unbelievable. And what a changes we have gone through so far. She is getting so big and all the things she can do already. It's so much fun to watch her grow and explore.
Her 6 months stats are:
weight: 13 pounds, 11 ounces (6208 grams)
height: 24.75 inches (63 cm)
head circumference: 43 cm
With her 13.11 lbs she is still only on the 10% line with her weight, but she has defenitely started to gain pounds faster in the last few weeks. Probably the solids she is getting now are putting on the pounds.....she loves to eat :-)
What is going on in Quinn's life at 6 months:
* she sleeps 9 to 10 hours at night (yeahhhh!!!)
* on a good day, she takes two long naps (1,5 to 2 hours) and one little cat nap. Not every day is the same though, especially when we have errands to run, her naps are divided a bit different.
* her schedule looks approximately like this
6.00/6.30am: wake up time, milk
8.00/8.30am: nap
10.00am: milk
12.00am: sometimes a little cat nap
1.00pm: milk and cereal
2.30pm: nap
4.30pm: milk and vegetables
7.00pm: milk and cereal
8.30pm: bedtime (normally I nurse her too sleep. I know it's not recommended, but I love it when she falls asleep in my arms and she sleeps so good on it.....I'm not ready to change that yet) * we started introducing solids about 2 weeks ago. We started with cereal and just added vegetables. So far, she loves them.
* she figured out that with rolling over, you can get to different places.....
* she drools and chews like crazy, but no sign of teeth yet.
* her hair is getting blonder and blonder and is starting to fill in little by little.
* she smiles at everyone and is still pretty good with other people holding her. When she's tired though she prefers mommy or daddy.
* she is very nosy and wants to keep track of everyone and everything around her.
* she smiles at the computer when her opa and oma or aunt Aafke, uncle Arjan and her cousins are talking to her or playing 'peekaboo'.
* she laughs out loud when you tickle her or give her kisses on her belly.
* she is such a little sweetheart and we're so proud of her.
We're excited to find out what the next month will bring us :-)

We got her a cell phone for her 6-months Birthday. Now she can call daddy any time she wants!!

Yammie, these carrots are delicious!

Quinn loves to watch me folding laundry. Can't wait for her to be my little helper when she's a bit older (hopefully....haha)

@ The Little Gym

Quinn and I have been going to the Little Gym for a few weeks now and she absolutely loves it. Seeing other kids her size puts a big smile on her face to begin with. And she loves to do the different excersises together, sing songs, play with bells, balls and bubbles.

We go every Monday at 8am, where she is a little 'bug' for 45 minutes (the program for 4-10 months old's is called the Bug program). I'm positive that everything we do at the Little Gym helps strengthening her muscels and physical skills, but maybe even more it also develops her social skills. Especially when she gets a little big older and starts to interact with other kids more.

Miss Amy (the instructor) is so much fun. She just had her second baby 4 weeks ago and is already back to teach and play with our little bugs. Here she is helping Quinn with her sit-ups.

Quinn thinks that 2 reps is enough for now.....

Doing head tumbles is so much fun. I'm surprised (and glad) she kept her breakfast in :-)

Eating rice cereal

With less than 2 weeks until her 6-month Birthday I thought is was okay for her to try her first solids: rice cereal. Even though she probably didn't know what she was getting herself into, she couldn't wait to get to it!

A new taste (although I made it with breastmilk, so it wasn't too different) and eating of a spoon resulted in funny faces and quite a mess. But she loved "eating" like a big girl and looked very proud of herself. I don't blame her, because I was very proud of her too of course.

Practice Made Perfect.

Only a few days into it and things are going a lot smoother already. Although she still enjoys blowing bubbles with the spoon in her mouth once in a while.

The part she loves most is playing with her spoon after she finished eating!

Hot Summer day

What is more fun than to play outside on a nice hot summer day!

We got this little kiddie pool from one of our neighbors whose kids are too big from it now. Quinn is still a little bit too small to play around, but she enjoyed lounging in it like this. I'm sure next year we can't get her out of it anymore.....

We left her daiper on underneath her swimmsuit. Oh my god was that thing heavy when we took it off.

Another jungle

Going from her playmat jungle into the next jungle: her excersaucer. She is a little bit overwhelmed sometimes by everything around her, but she is starting to get the hang of it and is moving around more and more. It's so much fun to watch her go back and forward. There is so much to check out and noises are coming from every direction. What a cool toy!