Ivy's 6 months pictures

I had Ali take Ivy's pictures when we were in Plain City.  It was super low-key...I didn't buy her any new outfits and we just used my mom and dad's beautiful backyard as the backdrop.  I think they turned out just as good as they would have had I taken her to a professional.

Round one...out in the front yard in front of the flower beds with this cute yellow outfit she got for Easter.

Round two...in back, in front of the zinnias.  I put her in a cute onesie from Aunt Ali and a jean skirt that I got when Molly was born.

Round three...on the rocking chair, dressed in the dress Molly wore her first Easter.  It's one of my all-time favorite dresses ever.

  

Round 3.5...same outfit,  we just moved over in front of the fruit trees to have an orchard look.

 

She is a cute subject!  And my parent's yard is amazing.  I am so glad I have had all these pictures of the kids taken.  I love to go back and look at them.

**I have to give credit for the adorable quilt made by my SF neighbor, Michelle Weiss.  She is so talented with a sewing machine and made this quilt for Ivy when she was born (Brynn has one equally as cute).  It added just the right touch for the pictures.

**Ivy update, 11/3

-She has been full-on crawling for a couple of weeks and is now exploring other areas of the house.  I find her in the kitchen more often and also in the bedrooms and the bathroom.  She no longer just stays in the front room.

-I still feed her a lot a baby food, just because it's easy and convenient and I know how much she's getting.  That being said, she does eat a lot of table foods and likes to feed herself.  Those cute little pudgy hands are quite efficient at feeding herself. She doesn't seem to be picky at all.

-Had two bottom teeth pop through last week and I think I'm seeing a top one working it's way down that should pop through soon.  She is an excellent teether and has continued to sleep well and not fuss.

-She is for sure my slowest at getting her nap routine down.  Every third day or so she will take two good naps.  In between she will still nap for 30 minutes or so.  I'm not worried because one thing I've learned is that it will come.  She also goes longer between naps...about two hours after she wakes up in the morning and then about three hours between morning and afternoon, regardless of how long she actually naps.