Saturday, May 2, 2015

6 Months

Can you believe my baby is half a year old?
This should not be possible.
She shouldn't be allowed to get any bigger.
Six months is a good age.
Anyone have an age-stopping formula?

This month has been full of fun discoveries.
Piper is this () close to crawling. She scoots around all over the apartment, in fact, we can't get her to stay still. Ever. The past couple of days she has begun doing pushups. She pushes her whole body up in the air, tucks her legs under her and tries to move. Most of the time it just results in a Mowgli look.

We use pillows and nursing pillows to cover up all the corners in our house (translation: our house always looks messy). 
She can sit up on her own, but it usually doesn't last very long because she immediately sees something she wants and grabs for it. 
Piper continues to have a love for books, although lately she'd rather eat them than listen to them. However, we always have books close to her in hopes that she will grow up to love reading just like her momma. 
The doctor is always amazed at how observant she is and how she actively tries to get EVERYTHING. 
The big news this month is that her first tooth cut through! It is sharper than a razor and has hurt me on more than one occasion! If it's possible, her tooth has made her even more adorable. 
She is also sleeping in her crib! It's been a hard transition for all of us. I miss her at night and wish she could continue sleeping in bed with us, but I know that she needs to be in her own crib. She's a big girl and has proven this to me by only waking up once most nights. *sigh* Where did my baby go? The best part about her sleeping in her crib at night, and during naps, is that now when I go in to get her after she wakes up she gives me a hug.  
Piper loves to squeal! She has started making this little high pitch sound when she talks and it melts mommy and daddy's hearts! Somehow we grow more in love with her everyday. 
She continues to put everything in her mouth, including her toes.
Her new obsession is shoes. She loves to chew on them!
We had a moment of panic this month when her skin became blotchy after eating some Gerber Spinach and Raspberry yogurt. We immediately put her in the car and began driving to the ER. On the way we called our doctor and he said just give her some baby benadryl. So we did. Catastrophe averted. 
The past six months have been better than Caleb and I could ever have imagined. We are so blessed to have a tender-hearted, happy baby as our daughter. I have loved every single second of being her mom and am so grateful that through the Plan of Salvation I get to be hers and she mine for eternity. What a wonderful blessing that is.