Baby Stats

Last Thursday was Corbin's six month check-up and she got FOUR SHOTS.

FOUR.

It was awful.

This time we were prepared and already had a bottle ready to go, since that soothes her very quickly. One of her shots was a flu shot. She has to go back and get the second in the series in a month, which is sad, but at least she'll be taken care of for flu season! That's one less thing that I'll have to worry about thankfully!

Corbin was also weighed and measured, and this month she was 27 inches long, which is in the 97th percentile for her age (which means she's measuring what is average for a nine month old...very long baby girl!) and she's weighing in at 15 pounds 14 ounces, which is average for a six month old. Very healthy! Dr. Baker cracks me up, though, because he kept telling us that she was perfect and that we did a great job with her and stuff. I think he probably tells that to all of his patients!

Anywho, here is the picture that I promised!



Heehee, her little tongue cracks me up.

And okay, I have two pictures. :P



I love this one! She can manipulate her own paci very well, and instead of sticking it in her mouth, I usually just hand it to her and let her practice doing it herself. She likes to stick her thumb down inside of it while it's in her mouth. She's pretty good at sucking her thumb. She also will suck on clothes and shoes if I'm not watching her! One day I was sitting on the floor with her after I had changed her and I was looking up at the television and then I look at her and she just had a mouthful of my pajamas. She's so silly.

And SPEAKING OF SILLY!

She's started doing the WEIRDEST thing this week!

She GROWLS!

Seriously, she goes GRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRR! When she's being fed or held or when is getting a little angry, she starts growling! We just crack up every time! I'm still trying to figure out where she picked that up from!

Well, tomorrow is Halloween, so expect lots of pictures over the weekend! Big day planned, hopefully! :D

Half a Year

Corbin is six months old and I can hardly believe it, yet I can see her growing and developing right before my eyes every single day. I have been very busy with work and so I really don't spend as much time blogging about her as I'd like, but I definitely have to showcase a few events from the past month.

First of all, Corbin met Aaron. Aaron is my best friend from high school's baby boy, who was born in June and is a little less than two months younger than Corbin. It was fun to be able to see him (and Anna, of course!), because I know I wont see him much as he's growing up. He looks just like Ben to me! He was definitely a chunk. I wish I could have spent more time with them!

Here are the babies looking at me like I'm crazy:



The funniest thing to me was that Corbin is an obsessive roller-overer (totally not a word, lol), and so towards the end of our little photoshoot, she decided it was a good idea to do just that...right on top of poor little Aaron. I think he was getting a little frustrated!



He seems a little confused, but he quickly shows his disdain!



And Corbin seems to back off, but not without a little bit of her shrill yelling she does all the time. Especially in public, lol.



HOWEVER.

In my opinion, the BIGGEST accomplishment of the month, is this:



This is a huge deal! She can hold her own bottle now! Holy moley. Now we she decides that she's hungry right as soon as I'm about to eat, I can still feed her and feed myself, too! How convenient. :) Now everyone is happy.

And, like I said earlier, she's an obsessive roller-overer. She just does it constantly. And I've started giving her baths in the regular tub lately and I always sit RIGHT OVER HER the whole time, and sometimes I even just get in the tub with her. Last night, however, I leaned over to get the towel ready (seriously took me less than a second, as it was already sitting right there), and she ROLLED OVER IN THE TUB.

GIVE MAMA A HEART ATTACK, 'KAY?!

She was fine, obviously, but it still scared me, and I think it scared her a little bit, too. But she quickly forgot, because then we had fun putting on our pajamas (while singing "It's fun to put on your pajamas"...it's a Yo Gabba Gabba thing). I have been having a lot of fun bathing her lately because she gets really REALLY excited about splashing. She kicks her little legs so hard and just propels herself from one end of the tub to the other. She is just laughing and giggling and it is more than contagious. She's such a sweetie.

Tomorrow we have our six month check-up and second doctor's visit with Dr. Baker. I'm thinking all will be well, but I'm not looking forward to the shots, obviously! I guess we are also lucky that Corbin hasn't been sick yet *knock on wood*, but I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing! She has to build up immunity eventually!

Anywho, it's time for me to go to bed (finally got Corbin down just a few minutes ago), but look forward to a Halloween photoshoot, because you can bet it's coming soon!

OH YES AND I ALMOST FORGOT...I entered Corbin in a BabyGap casting call...not sure if that will ever lead to anything, but I thought it was worth a shot...I mean, she is the most beautiful baby in the whole entire world. :P No, I'm not biased, not one bit!

Mama's New House

I am so behind on my blogging. I guess that's what happens when you work about 50 hours a week and you just come home and crash every night, barely making it until 10pm...seriously, I go to sleep most nights before 10. Unless there is a presidential debate on, because I am definitely up for those. I'm kind of sad there's only one more, but then again, it's almost election day! I'm so excited!

But I digress. I have some pictures to post!

A few weekends ago we went to my mama's new house (they are still moving in), and we had dinner there. I got to take some cute pictures (of Corbin, 'cause she's the best thing EVER) and have some amazing chicken and dumplings and see how the renovations were progressing. So here's what I have.

Firstly, here's Corbin and Nanna, and both are ALL SMILES:



Nextly, I have Corbin and the love of my life, and Corbin is the spitting image of her father:



Thirdly, I have a picture of Allison and Corbin eye-balling each other, like they just KNOW that their futures are filled with lots of mischief and merrymaking, as soon as Corbin decides she's ready to walk, lol:



And lastly, here's a very beautiful picture of Corbin and her contagious smile:



Of course, that last picture is kind of misleading because it wasn't long after this that she decided to throw the BIGGEST FIT she has ever thrown, and I was very upset. After some Tylenol and a bottle and lots of rocking, she finally calmed down and went to sleep, but it was definitely a trying moment in motherhood.

Oh, and here's a video of Corbin with her Restless Leg Syndrome, lol.

[Okay, so the video wont upload because my internet is still messed up, so I will try to get it on here soon! BOOOO... :( ]

Corbi & Brobee

Okay, I really shouldn't be posting this, because I'm very busy cleaning my house and shampooing my carpet, but I just wanted to share!



Corbin is very attached to her new Brobee doll! Yesterday I went to Target on good word that they had Yo Gabba Gabba toys, and we found this singing and talking Brobee doll! He sings "There's a Party in my Tummy" and says fun stuff like "Hugs ARE fun!" I love him! And Corbin does, too! She has pretty much been attached to him from the moment I handed him over. I was going to save him for Christmas, but I just couldn't help myself!

Now back to cleaning! Anna, Ben, and Aaron will be here tonight and I have to get the house looking presentable and start cooking dinner! I'm TOO excited! Oh, the photographic opportunities! :D