6 months

Somebody just had her half-birthday!

Our little wiggle worm is now 6 months old, 16 lbs 2 oz, and 26 1/4 inches long!

She is sitting herself up, full-on crawling (no more scooting or Army crawl), and pulling herself up to a stand. It seemed like she was in a hurry to hit a new milestone every week! She had her check up at the pediatrician this morning while brothers were in school and was showing off all her tricks for the peds staff and waiting room. The other moms kept asking how old she was and couldn't believe she was already doing so much at only 6 months. I can't believe it myself! She's in a hurry to catch up with her brothers.

She's eaten several "real" foods. Started with the rice cereal and she's had sweet potatoes, carrots, avocado, pumpkin, and bananas. She still won't have anything to do with a bottle, so we're going to try a sippy cup and see if she'll take that. She won't even take anything out of a dropper! The nurse had to wrestle her to get the oral vaccine down this morning, and she won't even take Tylenol after her shots. I'm hoping tonight won't be too rough...

She's a fast mover and she likes to crawl over to wherever her brothers (the action) are.

She's more interested in toys now, especially her Sophie giraffe, squeaky crab, frog rattle, and her plastic links.

She sleeps in her pack n play for the most part, but she's so busy now that she'll eat like a bird some days and want to eat constantly all night.

She's very vocal, making some mmm sounds. I'm sure in the next month she'll be saying "mama". Or "dada" since she's her daddy's girl. No matter how long he's been in the field, she knows exactly who he is when he walks through the door. She always grins right at him. When she's napping and I go in and whisper "Wake up, your daddy's home!" she starts grinning in her sleep. Precious.

Feeding and changing her is a struggle. She wiggles and turns--its like wrestling a bear cub!

She's wearing 9 month size clothes, size 3 diapers.

She's too big to give baths in the sink, so we throw her in the tub with the boys or before we throw them in.

She covers herself in babyfood. I find it in her ears, her hair, her eyebrows, the stroller (when did we even feed her in the stroller?).

She scrunches her nose up and makes funny faces at the camera.

Her eyes are officially brown!

She's looking more like Riley did, when he was her age, but she's still pretty much a combination of both brothers.

No separation anxiety yet, but the ped already warned me that it's coming in the next couple months. Hopefully seeing the girls at the daycare so often will avoid any meltdowns there.

She's a little social butterfly and loves being the center of attention. And...let's face it, she always is.

Its hard to believe half a year has gone by since our little peach joined our family.

Happy half-birthday Poppy Jane!