SIX months

June 29, 2011 

Happy Half-Birthday, Sweet Greichaly!

It's hard to believe you've been here six months already, yet on the other hand it's hard to remember life without you.  We never realized quite what we were missing until you came and added a little bit (or a lot) of sweetness to our lives.  You continue to be a dream baby for Daddy and I and a princess in the eyes of both of your big brothers.  Turner has even declared on several occasions he'd like to marry you someday!  ((I'm hoping he'll stick to this thinking for another 15 years or so!))  Watching you light up at the sight (or sound) of your brothers is one of my favorite things - EVER!

You are just beginning to get mobile and soon will be on the move all the time.  We are excited to see you continue to learn and explore new things and are trying to cherish these baby moments that are passing by oh so very quickly. 

At six months you:

• can roll all over the place and are beginning to make small forward movements on your belly!
• are beginning to sit up in short spurts.
• are eating 2-3 meals of baby food, including pears, peaches, bananas, prunes, green beans, carrots & sweet potatoes in addition to 4 bottles/ day (4-8 oz/ea) - sweet potatoes are your favorite food!
• usually sleep from 9pm to 6 or 7am
• are pretty consistent in taking a few short morning naps while we are out and about and then a longer afternoon nap (1.5-2 hours) and more often than not another short evening nap before bed.
• are starting to get a little more leery of unfamiliar faces!
• dislike lying flat on your back and even when "forced" to do so, will always raise at least your head and neck (Momma must figure out how to get a picture of this!).

We love our baby girl!!