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What I love about you at 6 months...

Wow, I can't believe you're already 6 months old, and changed so much right before my eyes. Everyone told me how fast it would go by, and I knew that it would, I just didn't know it would go by THIS fast.

You have such a sweet, funny personality. You light up when you see us, yet you're so good with other people, even complete strangers.

You just recently started sitting up and rolling over even more, which probably means crawling is just around the corner. You love playing on your activity mat, and I just recently put it inside your pack-n-play and you love it! It was like your own baby-sized playroom. You love bouncing up and down in your Jenny Jumper too - I think a lot of it is because it puts you down on Rascal's level, and you really love petting, playing, and even just looking at him.

We take you lots of places like basketball games, parties, and the grocery store and you're always so good. You really only cry when you're hungry or tired, and that makes it so easy on dad and me to comfort you. You love daycare - you smile when I drop you off and you're still smiling when I pick you up. Your smiles give me reassurance that I can be a working mom, that we can do this. Don't get me wrong though... I miss you terribly during the day, and wonder what you're doing all the time. But I know you're in good hands, whether it be with Daddy, Nan, or the wonderful ladies at daycare.

You're eating about 4 times a day now and growing at a great pace - at your most recent doctor visit you weighed 15 lbs 1oz and were 25.75" long. We have just started introducing more solids during the day. You've been getting 4 tbsp of cereal every night, and now we're giving it to you in the morning too. You're also getting some veggies at lunch - but they are definitely an acquired taste!

I can't get over how you seem to do something new everyday - make a new face, babble a new babble, make me laugh in a whole new way. There are so many things to love about you, and here's just a few:  

  • Your legs are so strong and you can stand up for long periods of time with just holding on to our hands
  • You're sitting unassisted for short periods of time - but each day those periods of time get longer and longer
  • You are so content being passed around, even by complete strangers
  • That you fought RSV like a trooper and bounced back so fast!
  • You love watching your cousins play basketball - you follow them up and down the court
  • That you like to drag your fingernails across things to hear the sound it makes
  • That you are so intrigued by people's hair - although sometimes it hurts when you grab it!
  • You love playing with your feet without your socks on, and they usually go straight into your mouth
  • How aware you are of your surroundings - you are always looking around to see who's in the room
  • Your cute girly outfits
  • How you like grabbing people's noses and bottom lips
  • You love anything with a tag on it - and it usually goes straight into your mouth
  • How well you transitioned from nursing to getting 100% formula.
  • When the daycare ladies say you've had a "good day"
  • When you're in the same outfit when I pick you up from daycare as when I dropped you off (this means you didn't spit up a lot)
  • That you hold your sleep sac with one hand at night
  • Our lazy days at home when we don't even get out of our PJs
  • How I didn't think I'd buy you a lot of pink stuff, but when I open the dryer door pink is all I see :)
  • How you twist your neck around to look at the person who's holding you
  • That your hand-eye coordination is amazing
  • Listening to Mamaw talk to you and tell us about your "sweet face"
  • You love lady bug and when we flap her wings in your face
  • That Grami and Grandpa always have a little something for you after a trip - even though they don't have to
  • When we get you out of your crib in the morning, and you giggle a little because you're so happy to see us
  • That your wide awake for your morning bottle and so tired for your night bottle.
  • That instead of crying in the morning when you wake up, you talk, sometimes for an hour
  • Your laughs and giggles... they never get old.
  • When we get to have a lunch date, thanks to daddy
  • That sometimes we can make you laugh by simple making a funny noise - no tickling required
  • When you half way stick out your tongue and have a happy look on your face, all at the same time
  • That I'm almost positive you recognize your own name
  • That you sleep 11-12 hours straight EVERY night
  • Seeing how much you LOVE taking a bottle
  • Your stretching routine in the morning when we have to wake you up
  • The way you rub your eyes, face and head when you're tired, just waking up or drinking a bottle
  • How you stare into my eyes during your morning bottle
  • How you reach for my lips and want to put your hand in my mouth
  • Formulas burps (ok, so I don't LOVE these, but they make me laugh, which I DO love)
  • That your favorite toys are the soft crinkle books, ladybug, small rattles, giggles, and the softblocks
  • That one day you can't sit on your own and in the very same day you can
  • That you are so happy at daycare and smiley when I pick you up.
  • The look on your face when you see a prepared bottle
  • Playing with and petting Rascal
  • Finding your ticklish spots (your upper thighs, zerberting your stomach, and kissing your neck)
  • When you hold your bottle on your own
  • How each month this list keeps getting longer and longer