Six months already...

We can not believe our little one is six months old already. Our goal was to get some "semi professional" pictures taken of Aliya and Joel...but that just didn't happen. Here are a few updates on our lady bug.

* Will be completely ours July 28th at 10:00am!

* Sleeping through the night and waking up completely soaked almost every morning! Last night we doubled up on the diapers, a size 2 under a size 3...it worked! She just looked like a sumo wrestler going to bed!

* Napping well at the sitter's and also at home. She is very routine with her naps and sleep schedule!!! Almost like clock work!

* Is saying "babababab" and "mamamamamam" and screaming/squealing at the top of her lungs in either delight or just to get our attention.

* Sitting up completely indpendent!

* Drooling like a fool. No teeth yet, but her lower gums are white and she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth.

* Loves tummy time and can do a complete 360 on her tummy. She is rolling over from tummy to back, but then gets made when she's on her back because she can't go anywhere.

* Loves to eat!! Still on formula and cereal everyday, but also is eating stage one carrots, green beans, squash, pears, peaches, sweet peas and sweet potatoes. Once we are done with our current stash of stage one foods, we're going to try stage two.

* Reaching for everything! If you have, she wants it!

* Sitting in the cart at stores and in the high chair at restaurants. As long as we have toys attached to her Floppy, she's fine. But the minute she sees something on the table, she's reaching for it! We ask for celery at restaurants for her. She enjoys gumming the cold veggie!

* LOVES her big brother! She is fascinated with him!!!

* Smiles all the time and is developing that deep belly laugh! It's so cute!!!

* Loves to be outside and pull the grass!

* Her jumperoo is still her favorite activity. We have finally been able to move her from the 0 height position to the 1 height position.

* Praise Baby is her favorite video/dvd. She watches it every morning while mommy gets ready for work. She can be doing her own thing and as soon as the opening song comes on she is glued to the TV (not sure if this is a good thing or not, but she's getting her morning church service!) We all find ourselves singing the songs now...Joel is even belting them out in the shower!

* She discovered her toes last week...they must taste good, because she has them in her mouth every chance she gets!

* Currently in size 3-6 month clothes. We are trying to get her in as many 6-9 months as we can (these are the seasonal clothes we have in this size). She swims in most of them!! Her feet are still very small. She is just outgrowing her size 1 sneakers, so we've gotten 2 pair of size 2 (thrift store finds!!), but her sandals are all still size 1. She really doesn't mind shoes, until she's on her back and realizes shoes don't fit into her mouth as easily as toes!

* Loves to take baths! We no longer use her blue baby tub, or that white seat. She sits in the tub like a big girl and is much more comfortable this way! She tries to eat the bubbles.

* Hates to have her hair combed! We are now using my conditioner in her hair, plus a detangler spray and a wide tooth comb. She screams when I comb her hair and put her moisturizer in it! She will tolerate bows and ribbons, I haven't tried pony or piggy tails yet. I don't think that will go over very well!

* Flirts with anyone who will look at her. She'll let anyone hold her and loves to be in the nursery at church.

* She weighted in at 14 3/4 lbs(5th percentile) and is 26" long (25th percentile) at her 6th month check up. She's a little one, but 100% healthy!! (She might be taking after her cousin Rayna in the weight department!) Nothing wrong with that!!

* When you talk to her, she studies your mouth and face. It's like she's looking into your soul...


I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton of stuff, but for now, this will have to do! I will post pictures soon!!!