The Gist Family: Ellesyn: 6 Month Update

Our little girl turned six months old January 7! We love this sweet girl and have enjoyed seeing her develop so much over the last month! Here is a brief look at our growing baby girl!

Stats: Height: 26 inches tall (birth: 20.5 inches)

Weight: 16 pounds, 14 ounces (birth: 7 pounds, 14 ounces)

Eating: Ellesyn is a champion eater! From day one, she would eat however we fed her! She has no problem switching from nursing, to bottles, to food! Currently, she is pretty much on food/cereal during the day and a bottle here and there. Overall she is right on track and in perfect health!

Sleeping: Ellesyn has finally figured out sleeping and we couldn't be more excited! She is sleeping through the night with an occasional wake up here or there, but nothing that requires attention. When she wakes up in the morning, she will play by herself with her elephant wub-nub and after a few minutes, she lets us know she is ready to get up!

Development: Ellesyn is doing great developmentally! She is army crawling everywhere and rolls around the room constantly. She doesn't like to be still, so she is still a little weak in regards to sitting up on her own, but she does well. She grabs for toys, "talks" constantly and laughs when momma and daddy make funny faces. She tracks people and animals all over a room, and will notice when we leave. She loves playing in her walker toy so she can move around and chews on just about anything!

Likes: Food! She really likes chicken, fruits and her oatmeal cereal. She loves mom, daddy, watching the dogs play, her toys that play music, bath time,watching basketball and football, the Gilmore Girls theme song (seriously, her favorite!) and reading books with mom and dad!

Dislikes: Veggies! She is getting some better but these are still a struggle. She doesn't like being alone or being away from mom and dad. She doesn't like her carseat or getting dressed.

What we are looking forward to: We are so ready for our little one to be mobile! She will be soon, and we aren't fully prepared but looking forward to keeping up with our energetic girl! We are ready for her to start talking and ready for her to wave and clap!

Here is also some fun events from six months:
We met our new friend, Andrew Camp for the first time!
We met Uncle Eric.
We celebrated our first Christmas and Christmas Eve!
We met Uncle Seth and Aunt Vika.
We went to the zoo for the first time!
We went to our first wedding!
We attended our first Cowboys game day party!

And finally, our six month photo dump!