Leah @ 6 Months & Thanksgiving Weekend

Can you believe our baby girl is half a year old already? On Thanksgiving day she turned 6 months old. Here's a quick run down on how she's doing...

• weighs 14 lbs 1.5 oz and is 25 1/4 inches tall
• rolls from her tummy to her back
• sits up by herself, but is still a little wobbly
• started eating rice cereal and is pretty good at it
• loves to hear her own voice and can be pretty loud sometimes (especially if she thinks we aren't paying enough attention to her)
• is much better about going to other people, especially her daddy
• her favorite "toys" include the remote control, the lap top, my cell phone and especially the scriptures, (When we read scriptures together she is fascinated by them and tries so hard to reach over and touch or grab them. We try giving her a baby book to look at while we read but she still prefers the book her daddy is holding.), she also likes the Hymns book at church
• Still only cat naps during the day but is getting a little better at sleeping in her own bed at night
  

During football season, she has usually been hanging out at the house with her cousin Makynlee while Ross and I and Jason and Lyndsee go to the games. Here they are in their game day gear!One recent weekend, Amy and Jackson stayed with us while Ross's brother, Kyle (Amy's husband), and his mom were in Louisiana. So they got to hang out with Leah on game day too.

Here is Leah and her cousin Jackson in their matching BYU outfits. The difference between these two babies is about 4 months and maybe a pound! She's so little and he's so big. It is always so cute to see them together.
We have taken Leah to a few BYU basketball games. Overall she does pretty well as long as the crowd around us isn't too fired up. She actually sleeps through most of the game, even with the loud buzzers and the crowd cheering. Go figure. We had a great Thanksgiving weekend! We went to Ross's mom's house on Wednesday afternoon and spent the night there. We had lots of fun playing games with Kyle and Amy. Thanksgiving morning was too cold for the traditional Leslie family football game. Ross and Kyle did go out and play catch, but that only lasted about 10 minutes.

We went to my parents' house for Thanksgiving dinner and stayed with them through Saturday evening. It was a crazy weekend with lots going on, but we had a lot of fun. One of my favorite parts was being able to leave Leah with my parents and go to the Jordan River Temple with Ross on Friday. If you ever want to go to the temple when it is not busy, go on Black Friday. There were only 12 people on our session!

Leah did so well with everyone this weekend. She let everyone hold her (even Grandma Leslie and Grandpa Tucker) without any meltdowns! This was such a nice break for me!!

It's hard to say which one put the other to sleep here, but either way what a tender moment...
My parents have this Exersaucer for the grandkids at their house. Leah played in it a lot over the weekend. She loved it and so did we. She kept herself entertained for so long in it. It gave us a wonderful reprieve from having to hold her so much. We liked it so much in fact that we decided to order her one for Christmas (shh! don't tell her).
One of the main reasons for staying at my parents for the weekend was for the annual Putnam family Christmas party. It was great to see and visit with so many of my cousins, aunts and uncles.

I had to include this picture. This is my way cute nephew, Cameron. He LOVES Santa! He was so excited to get to see him and waited so patiently for his turn to sit on his lap. But then he couldn't get enough of Santa. He kept going back to sit on his lap and even cried most the way home because he couldn't go home with Santa. How cute is that???
I was afraid Leah would cry with Santa, but she did just fine. She just looked at him and studied him a lot, but never got upset. The same can't be said for some of her other cousins though.
Here we all are with Santa (except for Clayton and Jason who managed to get tickets to the BYU vs Utah football game-unfortunately our Cougars lost by just one point).
Our first family picture with Santa...
Here's Leah opening her first present. She usually likes to play with paper, but she wasn't really into open the gift. For those who are curious, she got a little baby doll and a pair of pajamas.
So here's the real reason that we get together each year. These are my WONDERFUL grandparents (aka Grandma and Grandpa Putnam) whom we all love SOOOO much! They are in their 80's and 90's now, but are thankfully still doing great. We love you Grandma and Grandpa. Thanks for all you do and Merry Christmas!