Noelle-
Half of a year has gone by and in some ways it feels like longer than that and in others, it seems like the blink of an eye. We are so blessed to have a baby like you. All the time we are told how happy you are, how active you are, and how lucky we must feel. And we do.
Compared to April, May was a much calmer month. You are totally settled in at daycare, I am totally settled in at work, and your dad and I have our routines down pat at home. Teamwork is key and we are all pretty good at it! Lucky even takes his turn watching you - and he is by far your favorite "person" in the house. Here is, carefully watching in the background.
Our time together now is spent playing together and it is actual playing. I feel like we are interacting more than ever before with the way you observe, react, and communicate. I look forward to waking up in the morning and getting out your toys and watching what you will do next. It's so entertaining to watch you think through things (how to get an out of reach object, how to play with two toys at once, which toy you want). You love anything that makes noise and your stack of ring, which you don't like in a stack...you knock them off asap.
This month you have been moving around a lot more! You aren't crawling, but you can get up on your hands and move sideways. I didn't think you could get all that far until I watched you move all the way across a room. Crawling isn't too far off and that means I need to get to childproofing! And let's discuss your posing. It is beyond hysterical. You get up on your side, flip you arm over your let, and just stay there. Everybody comments on it and say that have never seen a baby do this, especially since you do it all the time! Here you are, hamming it up:
We took our first big road trip this month but made the very wise decision to leave at your bedtime and deal with arriving at 2 AM as opposed to having you stuck in a carseat for 5 hours when wide awake. We headed up to Traverse City and you got to spend time with your Great Grandma, Grandma & Tata Ortega, Aunt Donna, Aunt Mykayla, and many, many others. Everyone commented on how perfect you are and we have to agree. You were at a graduation party and played, laughed, smiled the entire time. Stealing hearts already, my dear.
Our last bit of exciting news is that you are sleeping through the night! You are also moving to taking 2 naps a day and are sleeping longer amounts of time. With all your playing and moving around, you have also been known to fall asleep mid-play. Yes, I often give you a calculator as a toy, is that wrong? You have CPA genes coming from both sides of the family so we may as well encourage it.
Well my sweet girl, another month has gone by, and it is my favorite month so far. I love you so much and continue to count my blessings for having you in my (our) lives. You are such a sweet angel and I love you so much.
-Mama
6 Month Stats:
15 1/2 pounds, 27 inches long.
Loves:
Playing peek-a-boo, magazines (you seem to love the sound of pages...and the taste), sitting up (with some help), new people, being able to move a bit, grabbing everything in sight, banging things together, the cats.
Dislikes:
"solid" foods, seeing mom or dad leave the room, having to wait more than 10 seconds for your bottle (notice, napping is NOT in this list!)
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