6 months!

That's half a year!

Abby turned 6 months old on May 16th. She had her 6-month appointment on friday- Doc says she looks great, healthy, and very happy! Her stats: She weighs 15 lbs 4 oz, is 26 1/2 inches long, and her head is 16 1/4 inches in diameter. According to the growth charts, she is a little thing! Her weight is in the 25th percentile, her height is in the 50th, and her head is in the 10th! This has been pretty consistent since day one. I was a head shorter than everyone in my class until high school, and pretty scrawny until college, so I guess so far she is taking after me!

She loves:
Being outside- looking around at everything, feeling the wind in her face (it makes her laugh!)
Reading books- this is a new thing. She used to be uninterested, but lately she has LOVED looking at books. Especially the "touch and feel" or "peek-a-boo" ones.
Sitting up- This is new too! She has gotten pretty good a sitting up lately, but falls over after a few minutes. We prop her up with her Boppy pillow. She LOVES sitting up and playing with her toys.
Other babies and children. She LOVES looking at pictures of babies, and if there is another baby nearby she will just laugh and laugh at it!
BRUISER. Nothing makes her laugh as much as Bruiser. Nothing gets her more excited than when Bruiser comes to sniff her face. She loves grabbing his hair or his chops and trying to eat him. Yummy.
Music. It makes her squeal and dance!!
Dancing. She has her "signature move" (see video below), and she does it ALL THE TIME. Sitting OR standing.
Eating- especially mashed bananas, butternut squash, peas, and prunes. (Mommy is not so much loving the new consistency of her diapers. ugh.)
Her sippy cup. This is also new- we started giving her water in a sippy cup lately since she is eating solids and no longer just nursing, and she LOVES to drink out of her sippy cup! I am glad to have skipped right over the bottle phase.
Going grocery shopping with mommy. Now that she can sit up in the cart, she LOVES running errands with me because she can look at everything, and people are always stopping to say "hi" to her.
People! She is quite the social butterfly, and loves being held, talked to, tickled, or anything, with anyone.

She doesn't like so much:
Getting her clothes changed. Especially when mommy changes her mind 5 times before picking an outfit.
Having a messy diaper. She LETS US KNOW! I am thankful for this, as it will hopefully make potty training a little easier?
Green beans and Zucchini, and sometimes avocado. Give me the sweet stuff, please!
Going too long without a nap. Must have three naps a day!!!
When mommy or daddy take away a toy shes been playing with.


She is a delight and getting more fun every day!!