6 Months Old!

Dear Kate,

Well, here we are, 6 months old! What a beautiful baby you are! And sweet as can be, too. We went to the doc on your 6 months birthday and you were such a happy baby and loved looking at yourself in the mirror. You weighed in at 17 pounds, which is the 75%, and 27.25 inches, which is 97%!!! Hello tall girl! Just like your sister. Doc said you probably will be 5'8, if not taller. We shall see, we shall see.

So 6 months brought on a whole lot of new activities. For one, you started eating food. Mommy was a bit nervous about this for some reason, ever since you were born. It was the one thing I was not looking forward to. Thankfully Doc said not to start it until 5 1/2-6 months, so I took the 6 months route. I tried about a week before you officially turned 6 months old and you did not care for the cereal at all (but man alive, you sure look cute!!)

Even when your sister tried feeding you, you just shunned it....

So I was getting a little discouraged, but after the doctor visit, he said to start real food, like peas and carrots and such, so we did. What a world of difference!!! The first night, you ate the entire container!! And tonight for dinner, you ate the whole container of peas AND squash AND cereal!! What a difference a little food makes, huh. And this is only one week into it. Keep it up, we like good eaters in our family. And with a full belly comes another great 6 month milestone (sort of) - sleeping!

Now, I've said before you sleep good at night, and you do, but we're actually on a pretty decent schedule these days. I was just complaining about us not being on a schedule, then food came along and pretty much forced us to get on one! It's not set in stone (thank goodness because we go way too much for stone work) but for the most part I can predict what you are going to do, sleep wise. Sometimes you take a long morning nap and sometimes it's the afternoon, but most of the time I know I am getting a good 2+ hour nap out of you, which is excellent. We had a week there where naps were terrible and even night time was just weird. And you were waking up at 5:30. Now, it's 6:30 every morning with asleep by 8! I LOVE me some routine!

Another big move on your part is you are totally sitting up by yourself. You can't get to that position, but once I get you up, you stay there. That is, unless you grab for something far away. But it's nice because I can sit you down and walk away and you will play. Oh, and another awesome thing is you and your sister actually are playing together. That's right, I can take you both up to the playroom and leave you two together while I make dinner or iron clothes or whatever. Abs is a good big sister, so that's part of the reason. She lets me know if you are getting anywhere near the door, which has been never so far, and she loves playing with you, especially 'pretend rain', which I'm not a fan of because it involves her umbrella... But, point is, you two play!!!

Now that you sit up, you can also ride in the stroller facing front ways!! Hooray. Me, you, Daddy and Kate went on a walk after dinner the other night and you were happy as a clam and so was your sister because she got to push you! You smiled at all the neighbors and loved the fresh air on your face!

Here's another big girl sitting up trick - the shopping cart!!! That's right, you can now ride in the shopping cart. You LOVED this and loved grabbing everything that went into the cart.
And one last fancy trick is you now sit in a high chair at restaurants!! Woo-hoo!!! (well, sort of woo-hoo. Mommy and Daddy's world is shaking a little now that we have 2 in high chairs, but it's all cool!!).

What a fun month this was for us all. You are growing up so quickly that Mommy wants to freeze time, but at the same time it's so special seeing you do all your new 'tricks'. We love watching you grow and grow and think you are one beautiful baby girl!

LOVE LOVE LOVE all 27.25 inches of you!!!!!