Since we had SUCH a busy day yesterday and Kyra was sort of cranky and tired from the shots we didn't try getting her to eat any solids. This evening, she got some rice cereal for the first time! She got VERY excited but did a pretty good job! We gave her about 2 1/2 tablespoons and I'd bet that more than half of it actually made it into the baby and stayed there! She did end up with cereal in her nose, hair and ears though. :) The video is of her very first bite! We have more videos that I might put up on youtube though...
We had a BUSY day today! I took Kyra to her doctor's appointment first. It was a good appointment! The doctor said she had the all clear to start solids and that her head measurement has caught up with the rest of her growth. She weighed in at 14lbs 3 oz and measured 25 1/2 inches. Her weight is still just under the 50th percentile for breastfed girls so she's a pretty average kiddo in that group, but on the smaller side for babies her age in general although she's still well on the charts. :) Everything else looked good too and we even got an assistant we like AND she brought shorter needles because Kyra has such little legs. How sweet is that? I just wish they'd been using those shorter needles before! Then we came back for Kyra to take a nap and to pick up Phil. We went to the insurance office to pick up the slip for the car insurance and then the bank. Kyra's WIC appointment was after that (it was a short one) and then we went to the D.M.V. to get the trip permit for the Oldsmobile (I don't know if I mentioned this here but Phil's very sweet Grandma is giving us her older car! It's a '96 Olds with only 37,000 miles on it and lots more backseat room for Kyra and 2 dogs than the Subaru has.) Then we went to Phil's mom's house for a short visit to drop off dog harnesses and pick up the car. Our LAST stop of the day was a quick walk over to Wal-Mart to grab some stuff. WHEW!!! Kyra was tired after all that (as you can see) and so were we!
Today, Kyra stayed in the nursery for the whole service for the FOURTH Sunday in a row!!! I'm so proud of her. We also had our last regular season softball game today. We didn't win, but it was sure a lot of fun! Kyra especially thought it was exciting because one of the guys there who wasn't a regular but was filling in for someone else had his dog with him. His dog was an extremely mello, HUGE male bull mastiff named Jackson. There was also a 12 week old pit puppy there who was very cute and who Kyra almost totally ignored. :) She LOVED the big dog though. After the older kids were done harassing him for a while and he was laying under the shade behind us with his babysitter I put Kyra down so she was standing on the ground next to my chair about two feet in front of Jackson's face and she stuck out her hand and he leaned forward and licked it. His tongue was about three times as wide as her hand, but she thought it was about the funniest thing ever and BURST into giggles!
I just can't believe that Kyra is already 6 months old! Our little baby is growing up so fast! Today we went over and had lunch with Phil which Kyra always thinks is fun but especially enjoyed this time because I let her chew on my red straw. :) Poor kid really wants to eat! We'll find out at the doctor Monday if she's got the all clear to start solids. Then we went to Target and she got to pick out two toys off the baby clearance section and she picked some noisy keys that jingle, rev and beep and a yellow duck in a rainhat with a rattle in its head that has teether hands and feet. She also rode in the cart for the first time! She sat in the front part with me holding her hands to help her sit up straight and she thought was LOTS of fun until she got SO tired that I needed to hold her. Then she fell asleep on my shoulder. Such a sweet baby, even if she is growing up too fast!
Today Kyra and I went over to Costco to pick up the cake, sushi, salad and strawberries for our birthday celebration! We went out to Phil's mom's to share with them too. Kyra thought all those candles were pretty cool, but boy were they ever hard to light, especially when Phil ran out of fuel in the lighter!
Today was my birthday but Phil got asked to work at 4 tomorrow a.m. so we're not gonna be able to do anything tonight besides trying to get this baby girl to bed before ten. We are doing cake for me and Kyra (she'll be 6 months on Saturday) later this week though. The new harness for Kyra's Marathon got here today. Yay for quick shipping! I got the first (and most important) patch stitched on to her seat cover too so when it came I just had to thread it in . Since I did that just slightly wrong in several different ways the first few times, I think I could rethread that harness in my sleep now! After it was all set she tried it out in on the couch since I couldn't exactly go out and install it when we were home alone. :) What do you think, does she like it?
Amy did 6 month portraits for Kyra today. Kyra was NOT feeling the portrait stuff very much for the first 3 "outfits" but Amy still managed to get GREAT pictures of her because she's just that good. Then at the end we stripped her down and she all of a sudden was in a DRASTICALLY better mood! She rolled around on the fuzzy drop and grinned and giggled! Amy did notice that our daughter never closes her mouth unless there's something in it. :) After the photo shoot we had dinner over there and afterwards John and Tristan were playing soccer in the yard and Phil had Kyra in the grass playing while Amy and I were in the house. Phil came in and said that John had come over and set the soccer ball down right in front of Kyra, which she found interesting until Tristan came over and knelt directly across the ball from her and then she just wanted to watch him! John pointed out that Phil is gonna have his hands full, the girl is only six months old and she likes being naked and older men! 
Kyra spent the WHOLE service in the nursery at church today for the third Sunday in a row! Yay baby! Then we had the early softball game and since they were short a girl, they made the coach's wife play so Kyra, I and the coaches son and daughter kept score. That was interesting, especially since none of us had any more experience than the baby! Kyra decided that since it was so hot, she'd cool Mama off by dumping her cup of ice water (less than an inch, but still cold!) over on me twice as she was trying to grab it from my cup holder! Silly baby...
Not much to say today... but when we weren't just puttering around working on stuff in the house, Kyra helped me on the computer. She really likes typing on my keyboard, so I decided to let her type her own blog post today.
This evening we went to an Uppercase Living party at Amy's house. Kyra took a late nap in the car and wasn't quite done with it when we got to Amy's! Tristan had ALSO just woken up from a nap and was ALSO cranky, although, he got over it faster than Kyra. When we were leaving home, Phil had said to Kyra that she should behave for Mama, and if she had to be bad for someone, be bad for Auntie Amy! Boy was she ever! As soon as we got in the house, I handed her over to Amy and she took one look at her and started bawling. This was sort of the theme for the evening. She FINALLY let Amy hold her without fussing about it about five minutes before we left while I was packing up her diaper back. :)
Kyra was in the jumperoo today while I was working in the kitchen and about 2 minutes after I walked out of the room she got a little fussy so I was talking to her while I worked. She stopped fussing and got REALLY quiet so I assumed she was playing with her doll. Lo and behold, when I walked into the livingroom a couple minutes later to check on her, she was sound asleep in the jumperoo. Poor little thing wore herself out! I had to get some pictures before I woke her up and took her to bed. :)
Kyra's getting pretty good at "giving" kisses. :) They're pretty drooley, slimey kisses, but kisses all the same! Also, she tried out her seat some more today while I worked on taking the embroidered lettering off. The harnesses aren't in it so she's just sitting in the seat here (and yes, I was close enough to grab her) but she's in it! She sure likes her fuzzy seat. She rubs her hand up and down the side a lot. And doesn't she look good in it?
Today, we sort of took the morning off and then we went to Costco! Radar needed food and Kyra and I needed to order our birthday cake! It took us a long time to pick one (especially since there was a pokey man in the way who didn't know what to order because his wife had told him to order a marble cake with raspberry filling and Costco has neither marble cake nor raspberry filling). We picked a rainbow one... I think. :) I can't remember which one we decided on now, but I'll post pictures after we get it!
We went out to Grandma & Grandpas today and while we were there we walked out to see their garden! Kyra got to find out about the OTHER kind of raspberries, the non-spitty kind. She got to smell a few of the ripe ones and she was really WISHING she was old enough to taste one. Next year!
No, we're not teaching Kyra to play spin the bottle. :) We ARE working on teaching her to give kisses though! Her newest "trick" is to (when she feels like it) respond to Phil or I making a kissyface by leaning forward and giving us a "kiss" so we make the kissy noise for her! She's such a cutie. :)
