6 Month Update

 

(my favorite photos from the past month)

Hard to believe our baby girl is 6 months old! Over the past month she has changed so much. She is SO close to crawling, wearing size 3 diapers, loves eating cereal, and we're having fun introducing her to new foods. 

 
Also, yesterday we realized she has cut her first tooth. We were wondering what was up with her because she wasn't sleeping well and had been extra cranky. Last night I let Marlene chew on my finger and that's when I felt a little tooth. 

In the last few weeks we noticed Marlene starting to "scoot" around but she wasn't strong enough to push up on her hands and knees. Now, we catch her rocking back and forth on her hands and knees and she has face-planted a few times. She will 
definitely be crawling before August is over. 

Another development this month is that she got her first bruise! I noticed a tiny little bruise on her forehead last week. We think it was either from one of her many face-plants, or from bonking her head on the crib. (She has become a WILD sleeper!!) 

Here's how other things are going:

Marlene Likes:

Playing on the floor

Rolling around on the floor

Scooting on the floor

Dropping her toys on the ground out of the stroller

Eating in the high chair
Noisy/Busy places

Babbling VERY loudly

Shopping with Mommy

Sitting in the walker...almost able to push off

Marlene Doesn't Like:
Getting overheated
Sitting in the swing very long
Face-planting while attempting to crawl
Getting pinned in a corner of the crib
Laying flat...all she wants to do is sit up

We sure love our crazy girl! She's starting to grow up so fast it makes me emotional sometimes. I keep thinking back to this time last year when she was still in my tummy and we didn't even know we were having a girl. Time sure flies!