Six Months

I feel like every time I blink these days she's changing. Here, see what I mean?

She's born. Blink. She's one month. Blink. She's two months. Blink. She's three months. Blink. She's four months. Blink. She's five months. Blink. And suddenly it's 2008 and my "brand new baby" is six months already.


Lots of milestones to weigh in on this month...


...she's sitting up pretty well. I timed her one morning on our bed and she went four minutes before teetering too far and plopping over. Fortunately, she doesn't seem to get too upset when she faceplants!

...she plays with her toys these days. Blocks and her ring of links are big time favorites, worthy of intense concentration....

...and showing off to the dogs!

...she's started eating solid foods. So far we've tried oatmeal and bananas. De-licious!


...she can roll from her back to her tummy, but once she's there she's stuck. (And angry about it!)


...she's a mini-Michael Jordan. That tongue is always out! (And she's 97th percentile for height, seriously, is this MY kid?)

...she lights up when she sees the dogs. And they are equally big fans of hers. Spike faithfully participates in her bedtime routine, following us from bathtub to changing table to the chair in her room. Most nights he falls asleep before she does!


...she's sleeping well and creeping closer to honest-to-goodness "through the night" sleep. She usually goes down around 7:30, wakes up once in the wee hours, and starts her day around 6:30. Recently that wee hour waking has been as late as 5 am, so we're almost there! (Right?!?!)


...still no teeth. Even though I swear that part of one was popping through in early December, there is nothing there now. So we continue to patiently wait for those mean old teeth to hurry up and get here!


...she's gotten very domestic. Loves playing in laundry and chewing on measuring spoons!