My beautiful girl,
If I thought you changed a lot last month then consider my mind blown this month! You are really coming into your own and you are such a real little person now! Instead of this floppy noodle of a baby you are always reaching, always stretching, always looking and always wanting whatever anyone else has. You want to hold things, embrace them and snuggle them. You want to taste things and hold things to your face and look at them and wet them with your goopy baby drool.
When I change your diaper, you beat on your tummy with your fist because you like the drum-like sound it makes. You also have taken to undoing your diaper by grabbing the tabs that hold it on right as I'm trying to get you dressed. Speaking of diapers, you have moved from size 2 to size 3 diapers this month. We haven't yet begun cloth-diapering you yet--other than not wanting to add one more thing to my list, I can't give you a good reason why. I imagine this summer you'll be wearing a lot of cloth diapers though, so get ready for your fluffy butt!
You watch everything with your curious hazel eyes. (Yes, they seem to finally have a color!) You are not content to just sit in the chair anymore--you want to be in the middle of all the action, wherever that may be. Your social tendencies make you want someone to talk to you, to visit with you, or to play with you. You love to watch your brother and you love when he sits next to you on the floor. You sit in your Bumbo chair when I'm cooking and shake your toys or a set of measuring spoons around while I pitter around the kitchen making food, often squawking your newest noise at the top of your lungs while I cook.
The biggest and most exciting thing this month is that you are eating table food and loving it!! Now when I say eating, I mean more like "gumming" or "smooshing" or "gooping." I'm not entirely sure much of it is actually ending up in your belly, though some of it must be because your diapers have turned a bit stinkier than before. You are SERIOUS about potatoes! You LOVE sweet potatoes, french fries, and steak fries and "keep 'em coming or someone will get hurt!" You want whatever we are eating and take every opportunity to grab at my tea or my breakfast items whenever I am trying to nurse you while I'm eating. To date you have had garlic toast, avocado, homemade rice cereal, banana, raisin toast, asparagus, penne pasta, roasted sweet potatoes, steak fries, french fries, broccoli, French bread, mashed potatoes, hard-fried egg, bacon, vanilla ice cream, pancakes, pepperoni pizza, cheese quesadilla, chili, biscuits, scrambled eggs, toasted croissant, toasted English muffin with peanut butter, toast with peanut butter, cucumber, graham cracker, vanilla Greek yogurt, applesauce, roasted green beans, rice, cranberry bagel, flank steak, cheesestick, pigs-in-a-blanket and baked beans. I pray you continue to be my foodie girl! I need someone on my team!
You got to see snow this month. Twice we've had "snow days" (one was an ice day) but we had a great time watching brother and daddy run around and throw snow at each other! You weren't sure what to think about the snow. It would fall on your lashes and cheeks and you would squint and squish up your face. You have learned to scrunch your nose up (just like I did as an infant) and it is one of my favorite things to see you do. You rub your eyes when you are sleepy, you rub your face with your sleeve and blanket when you are about to fall asleep, and you (for the most part) are a really good sleeper (barring teething and growth spurts.)
You are ALMOST sitting all on your own regularly now. I like to put the Boppy pillow around you just in case you take a tumble, but you are able to sit unassisted for quite a while most of the time. You are getting annoyed with your carseat because you don't like laying down in the car anymore. You have far too much to see and you are constantly trying to sit up and look around, so we think it is time for us to look for a new carseat for you. You are NOT content with the world revolving around you. You desire to take the world on and see what all it has to offer!
It doesn't take much to get you to smile. You are so ticklish and bubbly and happy. I mean it whole-heartedly when I say you are the the best baby in the whole world. Your pleasant and happy disposition makes me love you even more. You love to see yourself in the mirror, or in the reflection of a glass window, or when I turn the camera around on my phone. It is easy to get a selfie with you because you smile as soon as you see yourself on the camera!
You have grown! A week after your 6 month checkup we got your new stats. You weighed 16lbs. 8 oz.'s, you are 24.5 inches long, and have a 44 in. head circumference! Across the board (except for your head--which is at 100th percentile) you are an average sized baby. 54th for weight, almost 70th for height. You are a peanut compared to your beefcake brother, but what you lack in size you make up for in smiles and cuddles and sweetness!!
Your hair is getting longer and so are your eyelashes. You are a pretty baby with a beautiful toothy smile and getting toothier by the minute! You cut your top two front teeth just before you turned 7 months (both on the same day--3/3/15) so now you have four little chompers to chew with. You get excited whenever you see me walk into a room, and you cry when I leave you or when I walk away from you. (Which breaks my heart!) You are beginning to get some stranger-danger and you are also beginning to be startled by loud noises (your brother shouting, people sneezing and the dog barking are the ones that come to mind) but you also recognize good things, like when I turn on your bath water (you smile and start kicking your legs in excitement.)
I have nicknamed you my "little starfish" because when we come into your room to get you out of your crib, you flail your arms and legs out in a star-shape (much like when a person goes zip-lining and they "starfish" to slow themselves down.) You really are a sweet little blessing and a delightful baby girl.
We are absolutely besotted by you and enchanted by you. You have your Daddy and I completely wrapped around your finger and I wouldn't have it any other way.
We love you baby girl!
Here are some of the things you've been up to since last month:
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| Tickles from Daddy's beard! |
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| Sitting like a big girl! |
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| Baby in a basket! |
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| Cranberry bagels! |
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| Hair bows! |
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| Curious baby... |
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| 7 Months and counting! |
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| Snuggles from my friend E1. |
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| Mmm. Cheese. |
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| Mmm. Yogurt. |
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| I'm so cute in Daddy's hat! |
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| Sleepy snuggles. |
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| Eating Mommy's face. |
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| Watching EVERYTHING brother does. |
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| Mmm. Steak fries. |
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| Giggles with Mommy! |
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| Pics with Mommy and Brother. |
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| Napped with brother. |
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| Showed off my dimples. |
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| Rocked the tutu pants! |
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| How cute are my leggings? |
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| Leggings. Smiling baby. Enough said. |
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| Watched brother and daddy play in the snow (from the window.) |
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| Cheese quesadilla! |
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| Chili! (I especially liked the beans.) |
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| New teefers! |
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| I like my doggy. |
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| Pizza and Movie Night! |
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| Croissant and fried egg. Yum! |
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| Playing with brother. |
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| Loving on my baby. |
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| Smiles for Mommy! |
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| Mmm. Cucumber. |
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| Graham crackers are tasty. |
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| I love green beans! |
