She is six months today!!!!
As you can see this baby girl is growing up fast!
One of the biggest things that happens for my babies at six months is that they get to start eating some real food. I always forget what a mess they are at first when they are just trying to figure out how to swallow and use their tongue. You almost wonder if they are getting anything into their mouths. We have been doing cereal for about a week and she seems to be figuring it all out.
A couple of days ago I was so excited because it was almost baby food making time. I know this sounds strange, but I LOVE making baby food. It just makes me feel so happy. I think it is because I get to be in control of the first foods that go into their little bodies. I also love to cook and it is fun for me to experiment different combinations of food for them. Since they can't talk yet, if it really sucks they aren't going to tell me:) Chances are they will just eat it anyway and give their mama a great big grin.
We headed out to Whole Foods the other day to get the finest organic sweet potatoes and avocados we could find. Once home we steamed the potatoes and cut up the avocados and threw them into the food processor. I was so excited to find these fun containers to freeze the puree in. Before I would always just freeze them in ice cube trays because they were the perfect serving size. I am now obsessed with my new containers, they are bpa free/microwave safe/and best of all they are dishwasher safe:)
So far she is digging the sweet potatoes and today was our first day of avocado.
Enough about food already!
Our little sweet bean just loves feeling like a big girl. She misses her sisters when they are away at school. She is all about sitting up and playing with her toy phone. She insist on sitting at the dinner table with us as we eat . She loves the swing at the park. She loves her mommy to hold her... a lot. She still falls asleep on my shoulder each night as I rock her to sleep:) She reaches and pulls for anything and everything that is within her sight. She giggles like crazy when she is tickled.
Can't believe that it has already been six months!
You light up my life baby girl...thank you!
Even though we are celebrating this 1/2 birthday I feel like my other kiddos have been neglected lately so here are a few updates...
Little man is keeping busy, or should I say keeping his mom busy trying to keep up with him. He recently saw Toy Story 3 and truly believes that he turns into Woody if he puts on a cowboy hat. His current loves are his cars, the Jayhawks, and running around here like a crazy man. He recently moved up in swimming lessons to level 2 which means he no longer has to swim with his mama. He looked so cute last week going in with his sisters, I was a nervous wreck because I thought for sure he would jump in and no one would notice and he would drown. Thankfully this didn't happen:) He listened to his teacher and followed all of the rules. This means that I can swim with Caroline while the other three are in their lessons.
Margaret started gymnastics this fall and loves it. She decided to give dance a break until spring and give this a try. She loves getting to go each week and is getting pretty good at her backwards summersaults. School is going great and she is excited to get to have her first sleepover with her best friend at our house soon.
Isabella is not only loving being in Kindergarten but she loves that she gets to be a Girl Scout Daisy this year too. We have already had several events that we have gotten to do with her troop and it has been great for her. Our next event is a mother/daughter movie to see Tangled. I think I might possibly be more excited for this than her:)
