Oh my baby girl... half a year?? How can this be! I remember sitting in your rocking chair when you were only a week old thinking... holy smokes what did I get myself into?? How are we going to handle two?? And now, 6 months later, I don't know how we'd do just one kid!
This past month was a HUGE month for you little girl! On Dec. 19th you decided that you would like to be mobile and learned how to crawl... and not just a slow army crawl like most kids do... a full on hands and knees, chase after the dog crawl. We ordered gates. On Dec. 20th you had your first taste of solids. We started you on sweet potatoes just like your brother... you made a face when you tried them for the first time, but quickly gobbled them right up! You have really taken to food and will yell and lean forward in your highchair if we aren't feeding you fast enough! We had Beth, Steve, and Katie over right before Christmas and Daddy was holding you and a cookie... you lunged toward that cookie faster than he could move it away from you and shoved it in your mouth. We let you suck on it for awhile and then took it away... you were not very happy when we removed it from your mouth :) We have found that you do have some issues with fruits though... I think they cause gas for you and it has made for a couple of sleep deprived nights for Mommy and you.
You met Santa for the first time and enjoyed staring at his beard while your big brother told him everything that he wanted for Christmas. He made sure to throw in that you wanted some sippy cups and toys also :) Surprisingly, you were interested in your Christmas presents and seemed to know that the packages contained things for you. You tore open a couple of presents, and enjoyed chewing on the wrapping paper. Your favorite present this year was the weeble ferris wheel that Nana and Grandad bought for you.
You have finally started sleeping for longer stretches during the day... you take 2-3 solid naps a day totaling about 4-5 hours. Your night sleep is still pretty good... you sleep from about 6:30-7:00 pm till about 2 am, eat 4 ounces, then go back to sleep till about 7 am. Sometimes you wake up in between, but you either find your pacifier or I put it back in your mouth and you go right back to sleep. You are still not a big fan of the car and will yell and yell when I put you in your car seat. As soon as it gets warmer outside I'm moving you out of your infant seat and into your big girl car seat. I'm hoping if you can watch out the window you will be a much happier child.
Towards the end of this month you started to get real adventurous and pulled yourself up onto your knees in your crib. I peeked over at you and your little head was above the railing looking at me! We promptly moved your crib down a level... but that hasn't stopped you from trying it again! We have a feeling you might walk before your big brother did if you keep going at this rate!
Daddy and I have been noticing that you are not responding as much to your name these days, but instead respond when we call "Moopers" (that's your nickname). We are thinking we should make a bigger effort to call you by your real name from now on :) It's adorable though, each time I call Moopers you turn around and give me this sweet little grin.
Well little missy, I think that's about it for this month... what a busy 4 weeks you have had my dear!
Mommy and Daddy love you very very much little one :)
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