It's Awesome to Be SIX MONTHS!

Today our punkin is 6 months old. Funny to think that 6 months ago the weather was nasty and I was laying in a hospital bed...by this hour recovering and loving my new wonderful daughter.

So, Little Miss, all the things that you can do after half a year...

• you've just learned to play peek-a-boo--you can pull the blanket up and down over your head and you act surprised everytime you do it!
• you can shake your head no-no, even though you don't know what it means.
• you can roll both ways.
• you can pick toys up, move them from hand to hand, and (most importantly) chew on them!
• you've moved up to 6 ounce bottles for most of your feedings & 5 ounce ones with your meals.
  
• you eat "food" for breakfast and suppertime.
• you can hold your own bottle.
• you love the bath and don't even cry when I rinse your hair by dumping water on it.
• you've started grunting, squealing, and all around making fun noises.
• you turn your head when we say your name.
• you follow us with your eyes & you know who mama and daddy are.
• you give open mouthed kisses (and sneak in a lick once in awhile).
• you love swimming lessons & even let us dunk you all the way under once in awhile.
• you are still toothless!
• mommy noticed for the first time the other day that you have a couple of hairs that are long enough to be blown by a strong breeze!
• you love to be outside--in the stroller, in the backpack, on a blanket...whatever.
• you've decided that you are big enough to put yourself to sleep for all your naps and bedtime...only once in awhile do you let mommy or daddy snuggle you.
• when you are truly ready to wake up you wake up happy--if you wake up crying that means you are still tired.
• your favorite song is when mommy sings, "Have I told you lately that I love you? And you're everything I dreamed you'd be (and so much more)?" You always calm down and giggle when I sing that to you.
  
• you like to grab faces with your hands.
• you've decided that you like to suck your thumb while you drink your bottle.
  
• you can sit up all by yourself.
• you give the best big goofy grins and have the sweetest laugh.

And oh...so many other things that I could tell about you! Most of all, I want you to know how much we love you and how much joy you've brought to our lives. We've said several times in the last months that we don't know what we did for entertainment before we had you! You are a sunny little sweetie and we love with with all that we have! You're everything we dreamed you'd be (and more!).


Peek-a-boo, Natalee!