Eleanor is 6 months old!

My little girl is growing up too fast!  She is now 6 months old.  On November 30th Eleanor had her 6 month checkup.  She weighs 16 lbs. and 1 oz. and is 26 inches long.  She is in the 55th percentile for both her height and weight.  Of course she had to get her horrible shots and to make matters worse we went ahead and let her get both of the flu shots.  Dr. Mays thought that this was the best idea since Daddy works in a hospital and Mommy works around kids all day. She said that when a baby gets the flu it could be deadly and we weren't willing to take any chances.  She has done well with the shots and has not had any problems or symptoms.  Dr. Mays was very impressed that she has begun to crawl and go from a crawling position to sitting on her bottom without having to balance herself with her hands.  This is her favorite thing to do and now that she has mastered this skill, she has begun to crawl less.  Instead she will crawl a little and then get a little lazy and sit on her bottom to play awhile. 

She also has not one but TWO teeth.  Her first tooth broke through a couple of days before her dedication and the other came in the day after.  Luckily she has taken it well, minus two nights that she was up quite a bit during the night.  She just layed on my shoulder and moaned that night.  Tylenol helped her a lot those nights.  Now she is doing great and has recently discovered her tongue.  She loves to stick her tongue out at people to make them laugh.  She is a funny little girl!

After her dedication, Mommy decided to take her 6 month pictures in her gorgeous outfit.

A Visit with SANTA!

Eleanor's first picture with Santa at 6 months old.

Eleanor's Dedication

On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, November 29th, Eleanor was dedicated in our church.  It could not have been more fitting for us to celebrate what we were thankful for- our precious baby girl.  We are so thankful for all that He has done for us by giving us this special gift.  He has blessed us in so many ways through this little girl.  She is such a blessing to everyone who meets her.  Our prayer is that God will have His hand on her throughout her life and that she will never turn from Him.

This was such a special time for us.  It is so important to us that Eleanor be raised in church.  Bro. Doug gave us a certificate and Eleanor a cute little pink bible.  We had been looking forward to this day, knowing that she would get her first bible.  She did so well on stage.  She was very attentive to Bro. Doug, taking in every word.  I couldn't help but just stare at her- I am just amazed that He is trusting me with this angel. I am so proud and thankful for my little family.  I couldn't be any happier!  We were also glad to have our families there: Nanny Wallace, Nanny Gilbert, Sybile, Jackie, Ron, and the boys, my mom and Billy, my dad and step sister, Cori, my brother and his girlfriend and my sister, her husband and daughter.  We missed you Uncle Andy!

I was so excited that Eleanor finally got to wear her dedication dress that I had picked out for her almost a year ago.  She looked adorable!  I was very happy that our DVD finally began working just before the service.  Hopefully I can download it to the blog if it isn't too big of a file.