Six months!?

Yup! It has officially been six months since baby B joined our family. What did we ever do without our sweetly content Baby B? LOL! Although she is so happy she can be a little ball of fire letting the world know...something! We haven't quite figured out what she's saying but she says it with power and volume! Sweetsa tells me many times a day, "Baby B yelling at me 'gain!" Baby B especially loves to see other children (real or pictures) and lets everyone know how happy she is by screeching her joy to the world. When she first started doing this, we thought she was mad, ya know, telling off the kids for horning in on her fame or something. But no, that's how she lets us know she's excited (yup, church can be fun!)

Actually she is a little ham and knows when people are admiring her. She will light up and start cooing and babbling for those who talk to her and compliment her. A few weeks ago at the singles branch, whenever she would get fussy, all I had to do was put her up on my shoulder so she could see the two ladies behind us, and she would start cooing and gurgling and charming those girls. It was so funny!

Baby B is rolling all over the place now, always searching for something to chew on. She seems to have inherited my chewing habit (no, I don't chew tobacco, just lots of other things, gum, food, paper, pens, pencils,etc.) She loves to chew on her water bottle (no formula allowed thank you very much!), her pacifier (never sucked only chomped), her toys, and any convenient toes or fingers, whether or not they belong to her!) And recently, she has been enjoying chewing on zwieback toast, which she appears to love. I must be a much more laid back mom, because I hated the mess from those when Mimi was a baby and never gave them to Buddy or Sweetsa. I don't care about the mess, as long as she doesn't chomp on me all the time!

Baby B's favorite pass times are: (Not including breastfeeding)laughing; playing peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake; chewing on things; razz berries ('til she has a white spit beard); playing with paper, fringe or hanging things; sucking on her feet/hands; pulling hair(yeah, we don't like this one so much); and of course cuddling.

Baby B graduated from the bassinet after the crowds receded from Family Reunion. And she is doing fantastically well! She sleeps, we sleep and we are all happy! WOOHOO! I've been told that both Sweetsa and Buddy have climbed into the crib a time or two, but haven't actually seen that (so of course it hasn't happened, right? !)

At her six month check up today she weighed 15 pounds 4.5 oz. She was 26 1/4 inches long.

I love being Baby B's mom, getting to hold and cuddle and watch her learn and grow and discover new things. She is such a wonderful part of my life, and our life as a family. We truly would not be the same without her. Happy Six Month day little one, I love you!