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When Brayla was born, we said over and over again how we didn't think she looked much like Brynlee. But, as she gets older, we are hearing with more frequency from people how similar they think they are. I'm still not convinced, but that's because I know who I'm looking at in each picture. What do you think?!

Half Birthday Girl

Last Thursday, our sweet Brayla turned 6 months old. After seeing how fast time flew with Brynlee, I try to cherish these long days, but short months with our girls. An update on what you've been up to, Brayla, in your first 6 months:

- Sleeping about 9-10 hours a night. You go down at about 8:30 and wake up at 6:00. Within the last month, you've really settled in to a good night-sleeping routine and we are so thankful that you and your sister are great at letting your parents get a full night's sleep.
-Naps are getting better and better. You consistently nap for about 1.5-2 hours in the afternoon and sleep for about 3 hours in the morning.

- You wear a size 2 diaper and I don't foresee you growing out of those anytime soon.

- You have a doctor's appointment this Thursday, but I'm guessing you'll weigh about 14 pounds. (You were 12 pounds 9 ounces at your 4 month check-up). You are much shorter than your sister at this age. Brynlee outgrew clothes because of length and you just don't do that.

- You are wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes, but some of your 0-3 month clothes still fit. You are just one petite little princess!

- You are eating every 3.5-4 hours (5 feedings per day). You are still great at/enjoying nursing and this gives your mama so much joy! Just this past weekend, we started feeding you two servings of cereal a day and adding peas at dinner. You were not a huge fan, but did great with them tonight. Here's hoping you'll continue liking those green veggies!

- You are still bald as can be. You have little wisps of hair here and there, but not much. God just knows we can handle bald babies so he gave us two of them :)

-Things you love: rolling ALL over, watching your big sister and laughing at her (see video below), playing in the exersaucer, sucking on your feet

- You aren't sitting up yet and really don't show a whole lot of interest, but we're still trying. I know it will come with time.

- Changing your diaper is an extreme sport, since you roll and flip like crazy the entire time

- You are still toothless and it doesn't appear you've got any on the way. Looks like you'll be a little slower to grow those pearly whites than your big sister.

- You are definitely a belly sleeper. When I lay you down at night, you cry just long enough until you can flip yourself on to your belly. Then, it's a little burrowing of your head and you're sound asleep.

God celebrated Brayla's half birthday with our first snow

Brynlee just can't let her sister have all the spotlight :)

Brayla, you are the most perfect baby to complete our family. We are so thankful for your sweet, easygoing spirit and have loved these 6 months with you!Love those blue eyes!

Halloween-The Real Deal

After our "event" on Friday before Halloween, we were anxious to head out for real on Monday. We decided to hand out candy at home while waiting for Brandon to get off of work, then head out to the few houses we knew we wanted to visit.


Well, leave it to Brynlee to completely LOVE handing out candy from home and not want to leave! Brandon came home and we were all getting ready to head out and we had Halloween MeltDown Round 2. She kept saying "But there's more people out there. I don't wanna leave!" And true to form, she kept up this anti-trick-or-treating act for quite a while.

We went to Brandon's aunt and uncle's house first. Here's what we got there.

Ha! Maybe next year will be better. We then went to Brandon's parents' house. Things were a little better there, but Brynlee was all about the sugar by this point and wanted to take every last thing from their basket.
By the time we got back to our neighborhood, all of our friends had run out of candy and had their lights off. This also didn't make Little Red Riding Hood very happy since she was dead set on visiting our ex-neighbors (they moved down the street). I remedied the tantrum by turning our porch lights back on and handing out some more candy with my favorite little helper. Worked like a charm :) I know how much this girl can change in a year, so I'm sure that next year will be very different. Most notably, Brayla will probably be tagging alongside Brynlee. Can't believe how much I love these two little pumpkins!