Solid 6 (and a half) months old

Julia, back on April 11, 2013 you turned 6 months old. We were still in New York City on that day, and then I didn't get home until the 15th or so.

So your 6 month pictures are more like your 6.11 day pictures but, in the grand scheme of things, I think they still count!

You're a solid 6 month old little girl. You love to roll all over the place, you can sit up (when placed in that position) and stay there until you're done, or until your brother "helps" you lay back down. You reach for toys and stuffed animals, and really like to chew on your brother's water bottles. But, you don't really have a favorite toy or item yet. Unless that item is called 'Mommy.' You certainly do loves you some Mommy. But, even though we were forewarned about a Mommy-only stage, you still seem pretty in to me. Unless I'm wearing a baseball cap (which I do rarely)...in that case you just start crying...probably because you don't recognize me. This is odd, because when I accidentally shaved my beard off the other day, you still recognized me...but add a baseball cap atop my head, and I'm a stranger worthy of crying and big crocodile tears.

Aside from that (and one incident in the car in New York), you don't really cry much. You're pretty much a happy camper.

Your brother makes you smile and giggle an awful lot. It's hard to tell him "don't do that Aidan, you're going to hurt her" when all you do is giggle and laugh when he tickles you and holds your hand. He's pretty gentle though.

You've started sleeping on your tummy and side and seem very happy about it. Lately you've been taking some extra long naps, so perhaps your growing even more.

But, you already seem pretty big, especially compared to baby Asher who was just born! Yay Baby Asher! You guys will be fast friends, I'm sure. But for now, you didn't really seem to notice he existed.

You're chewing your 'cud' constantly, and trying to nibble on toys, books, fingers, arms, hair, spoons, pretty much everything that comes your way. Teething ain't fun.

Sometimes your teeth bother you so much that you lose your smile. But, don't worry, you've got clearance for 1/2 tsp of infant tylenol, so that eases the pain of teething. And, we haven't had to medicate you too often. You always seem to find that smile again.

You also got approved for up to 3 solid meals a day. So, you're enjoying a bevy of new foods, including plum banana rice (which I had the pleasure of feeding to you over the weekend).

You're just a solid, happy six month old little girl. And we swear, it looks like you're about ready to figure out crawling. From a seated position, you lean over very far to get something out of reach and those legs are twitching to start moving you.

For now though, you like to roll and sit and smile and all three humans and two dogs in the house like it too: you lighten up our days.

You're now 16 pounds, 13 ounces- which puts you at 50-75th percentile for weight; and 27 inches tall- which puts you at 90th percentile for height.

You talk a lot, too. You seem to be telling all of us what you think. Soon enough we'll understand your words, but for now, body language seems to tell the whole story.

Happy 6 months to our beautiful, baby girl.