Morgan 6 and 7 Months!

Weight & Height: She is 17.7lbs and 28inches

Eating: She loves porridge mixed with fruit in the mornings and then a vegetable and fruit in the afternoon and some sweet potatoes and yams with vegetables in the evening. She has about 4 bottles a day now but really loves her food :) I don't think there is anything she would not eat!

Sleeping (naps): She will take one really long nap in the morning about 2-3hours and then an afternoon nap that varies between 1-2 hours. 

Sleeping (at night): It has been a little rough the past couple weeks with sleeping because she has been sick, but for the two weeks over the past two month she was not sick she slept through the night!

Clothing: 9-12 month clothes. the 12 months are a little big but the 9 months are just about getting too small.

New this month: 

• Morgan wants to crawl and will scoot backwards but hasn't mastered the crawling forwards yet.
• Babbling to herself, she loves to say dadada over and over
• Still no teeth but she wants to chew on anything and everything so its only a matter of time. 
• Eating baby food consistently, she loves fruit and vegetables!
• Bath time! Morgan will stay in the bathtub forever if she could, she cries when I take her out. 
• Well this isn't really new but she loves to sleep with a blanket on her head, now that she is old enough and knows how to pull it off herself we let her sleep with her blanket over her head. It is so funny when she tired she will find any blanket and pull it up over her head and fall asleep, so cute!

Nicknames: MoMo is still standing strong :)

Morgan likes:

• Her jumper, she will jump in that thing for hours
• Her pink blankie that her aunt Theresa gave her
• My cell phone, or any electronics. That girl love the tv remote control
• The TV show the Doozers, Matt and I could sing the theme song to it in our sleep
• Her fish dream soother, she has figured out how to turn it on and off on her own. 

Morgan dislikes:

• The sound of packaging tape wrapping up a box, its so funny on two separate occasions when I was packaging a box up she starts to cry so historically from the noise the tape makes.
• Me using the nose sucker on her or nose drops which has made it difficult this past couple weeks since she has been so sick lately. 

I didn't get a 6 month post up because well life happens and we got so busy and before you we knew it she was 7 months! But here are some 6 month pictures :)

Morgan 5 Months

Weight & Height: No clue! She is quite a chubby thing but we have her 6 month appointment in a couple weeks and will find out then :)

Eating: Eating 6oz of formula with prune juice every 3 hours and started her on baby food this month! She started watching everything I ate and grabbing at my bowls so we decided she was probably ready :) We started with peas, sweet potatoes and prunes. She loves the peas and sweet potatoes but probably won't do the prunes again 

Sleeping (naps): Naps are still on and off throughout the day. She will usually take one longer nap in the afternoon around 4-5ish. 

Sleeping (at night): Sleeping through the night has gotten a little more difficult lately. Morgan will wake up usually about 4-5 times for us to put her pacifier back in her mouth and there were a couple nights when Matt was gone she would not sleep and I wanted to cry! I can't wait for the day when she learns to put that pacifier back in her mouth on her own!

Clothing: She is in all 6 month clothes and even some 6-9 month clothes! She's one chunky baby and I love it!

New this month: 

• Morgan loves to sit up and can sit up without any help! She still falls over occasionally but doing better every day!
• Morgan is rolling from front to back and back to front! She is rolling all over the place and its so fun to watch her. 
• She is starting to chew on everything. She loves to chew on her hands and feet. 
• She started grabbing at mine and Matt's food and we started her on baby food. 
• We tried her in the bathtub this month and she loved splashing and playing in the tub :)

Nicknames: MoMo

Morgan likes:

• Rolling around on her activity mat.
• Eating baby food. 
• Watching colorful shows on TV especially Rollie Pollie Olie
• Eating her toes, she is one flexible girl!
• Playing with Tanner and Paisley at Ashley's for day care. 
• Dancing around the living room
• She loves the toy lion from her activity mat, its her favorite toy right now
• Soft blankets, she loves to put them over her head and then toss around until we pull it off her! needless to say she will not be getting blankets in her crib anytime soon. 

Morgan dislikes:

• Still Pooping, poor baby is STILL having constipation issues and cries/screams every time she poops, breaks my heart. 
• Getting her face cleaned after she eats baby food. She screams and shakes her head every time I try to clean her face. 

Fall Time: Apple Picking, Pumpkin Patch and Hiking!

I know I am a little behind with this post but Fall isn't over yet and we have gone on some fun day trips over the past couple of months!

A month ago we went out to Sandringham Estate (the Queen's Estate) to do a little apple picking! The weather was a little chilly but it didn't rain and that is all you can ask for in England :) We got a bag of cooking apples, a bag of apples to eat and some apple cider to go with it! The orchards were beautiful and the apples tasted really good! Apple picking is by far one of my favorite fall activities.

We found a Morgan sized apple!

On our way home we stopped by the coast and got some lunch and took a walk on the beach. It was the first time all year I had gone to the beach. England is not really well known for their warm beaches you can sunbathe on. 

And of course I couldn't let the apples go to waste. We had to make some carmel apples and apple crisp to enjoy all week.

Last weekend Matt dad and stepmom were in town and we took a trip to a local pumpkin patch and corn maze with all our friends and their kids. Let me tell you it was a job to get all those kids coordinated in the pumpkin picture but I think it turned out pretty good considering all the different age groups! The pumpkin patch and some of the biggest pumpkins I have ever seen and the best warm cinnamon donuts ever. I want to go back there just to get another donut :)

We got the perfect pumpkin and took it home to carve...Morgan was not very impressed with the pumpkin though but she did enjoy drooling all over it. 

And lastly this past weekend we decided to take a day trip out of the area and go for a hike in the peak district. It was a little longer trip than we expected and took about 4 hours to get there (due to traffic) but once we got there it was worth the trip. The views were gorgeous!

The weather started out fine but eventually got worse and by the time we got to the top it was windy and very rainy! Needless to say we got very wet and cold, thank goodness for rain jackets. Morgan stayed very dry and warm in her dads coat and enjoy every minute of it. Well until the drive back, at that point she had had enough and did not want to be in her car sear anymore....that's when we found out she enjoys rollie pollie ollie on my iPhone :)

Next weekend is Halloween and I can't wait to share Morgans cute costume! We are taking her trick or treating with some other little ones. Not sure how long we will last but we are going to give it a try :)