6 months! Really?!

Every time I turn around it seems like Austyn is doing something new and growing up just a little bit more. I am in complete shock that she is already 6 months old! Here's a little Austyn update.

She is laughing and smiling ALL the time and is developing quite the personality. She loves her Daddy and lights up whenever he enters the room. She loves to touch my face, play with my hair, and have face to face "conversations." She adores Lacey and reaches for her whenever she passes by. She spends loads of time in her "office" (the exersaucer) and has even picked out some favorite toys.

Austyn is still a little peanut. At 6 months she is still fitting comfortably in her 3 month clothes. I'm getting kind of bored with all of her 3 months outfits, so I might have to start dressing her in her 6 month clothes and roll up the sleeves and legs! I'm starting to wonder if she will fit into her 6 month Christmas dress! Let's hope so!

Austyn's reflux is getting better as she gets older. Soon her GI specialist, Dr. Yuwono, will be cutting back on her medication until we don't have to give it anymore! Hooray!!! Solid foods have really helped keep the reflux at bay...we're hoping to be totally off meds in the next few months!

Did I mention she STILL doesn't sleep?! Nope...not a sleeper! She wakes up multiple times during the night and cat naps during the day! I keep reminding myself that I won't have a teenager who doesn't like to sleep! Here's to hoping we survive until then!

Austyn is quite the blessing in our lives...I can't imagine what I would do without her! I miss her when I'm at work and I find myself speeding to daycare or home with anxious butterflies in my tummy because I'm so excited to see her. Being a mom is amazing...

At Ghost Bustin' Blowout on Halloween...with a fever...oops

Not quite sure about face paintloving all the lights at church

hanging out at Firgrove elementary
Lovin' the toes



Austyn's first mohawk
with her pumpkin

Austyn's first foods!

On Monday of last week, Austyn and I headed to Mary Bridge for a check up with Dr. Yuwono, Austyn's GI specialist. After checking her over, Dr. Yuwono said that she thought it was time for us to start baby juices and rice cereal. So on Tuesday the 12th, we went for it! Austyn was a little trooper and did really well. She was unsure about the apple juice at first, but then cried when her first 2 oz bottle was gone! She's gonna love food, just like her mom! Grandma Byrd happened to be at our house and got in on all the action too...it was pretty fun for everyone!

This stuff is sour

Here we go...

More please!

Cade and Colby are 3!!

Today we headed up to Buckley for some birthday fun at Maris Farms pumpkin patch. Cade and Colby were celebrating their 3rd birthday with some fall fun! Austyn can't exactly "enjoy" all that Maris Farms has to offer, so she spent her day in the front pack watching. I had a blast watching all the kiddos running around...they are all getting so big. It seems like not too long ago that we were going to the pumpkin patch without ANY kids and now we have a combined total of 9 kids and 1 on the way...5 girls and 4 boys with 1 more boy coming soon!! Next year we will have a little walker to chase after, so I enjoyed just watching and taking lot's of pictures this year!

On the hayride

Mommy and Austyn

Jen and the Blakester

The Bellerives

The Dyers

The Fosnicks

The Schakels

The kiddlets

We're tryin...if you could have heard the silly sounds or seen the adults jumping around trying to make this work...such a comedy show!

Brett and his cupcake

Birthday boy and girl!!

Cade and Colby

Smiley Ainsley

The husbands

Colby

Emme

Austyn and Daddy

Cameryn

Sleepin all the way home!

I'm titleing the next round of photos "The Muehlenbruch Family Photo Debacle 2010." Enjoy!

Almost!

The Little Nugget

I thought it was time for an Austyn update. She is getting bigger by the second, although still not too big. She is right around the 50th percentile for height and weight. She's laughing, "talking," and exploring the world as best she can. She recently found her feet, so changing her diaper can be a bit challenging, but we're getting the hang of it. She never sleeps through the night...boo, but her reflux is way better...yay! We just feel so blessed to have such a happy, healthy, loveable little girl. We never imagined we could love her so much!

Austyn's hair is a bit of a household joke...she looks like Conan Obrian's love child from the front, with a little bit of a bald spot, covered up by wildly tangled, directional challenged patches in the back. I'm praying it improves with time.

Those big eyes are gonna get her out of some trouble one of these days

We can never have enough headbands

Happy Girl in her office