Six Months

I am still in disbelief that my little baby girl is already 6 months old. It seems like just yesterday that we were bundling her up in her carseat and heading home from the hospital. I have been amazed each and every month of her life so far. She is so interested in the world around her and it has been wonderful to watch her take everything in. I know that Art & I weren't sure what parenthood had in store for us, but we both agree that it has far exceeded any expectations that we had. We look forward to the next 6 months as Claire continues to grow, discover and learn! At 6 months old, Claire:

• is officially crawling. She does a couple of actual 'crawls' and then reverts to scooting.
• does not like to sit still. The monthly brown chair picture gets more and more difficult to take. I took about 100 shots this month, and still didn't get a great picture.
• sits up all by herself.
• has started solid foods. Right now she has only tried rice cereal, but we plan to start some new foods this upcoming week.
• loves to go swinging at the park. She squeals with delight every time we go.
• continues to sleep through the night (thank you, baby girl). While her wake up time could be a little later (she usually wakes around 5:45am), we will take what we can get.
• still has no teeth. We have debated for months (3 to be exact) on whether or not she is teething...nope, just a big drooler.
• is growing more and more hair.
• continues to explore her voice, making all sorts of strange noises. She is also getting quite good at giving us big, belly laughs!!
• weighs 15 lbs even and is 25.25 inches long.



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