Six Months Old

Half a year. I simply cannot believe it! If you are a mom, you know exactly what I mean when I say that time really does fly. These last six months truly have been the best of our lives. We sure do love this little girl.

Ok. Now I'm done with the mushy stuff.

This is a picture of our sleeping baby. She has now mastered sleeping without the SwaddleMe and pretty much with no trouble at all. It is fun to go in and check on her. We find her in some very interesting positions. She is kind of a crazy sleeper.



Here she is, ready to go to the doctor. (Kind of a weird facial expression, but we were on the go and I didn't have time to get a decent shot.)

She now weighs 14lbs. 2oz (15th percentile) and is 26 inches tall (65 percentile). I think it's safe to say that we have a tall, skinny baby on our hands.


The binky. It has become a new found friend. She has always used it when sleeping, but then did not want anything to do with it at any other time. She would turn her head away to make it harder to put it in her mouth. At church I would always want her to just take it and keep it in, but no luck.

Now, she does a lot better job at taking it when she is fussy and can even put it in herself. She doesn't put up near the fight that she used to and I couldn't be happier. What brought about this pleasant change? I think it was the teething process. Let's just cross our fingers that she stays this way for a while.


We have officially started Alayna on rice cereal. I know many babies the same age as her have started eating this long ago, but I have been putting this day off for some time. Mainly because it reminds me how old she is getting and I'll admit it, I am in denial.

Anyway, I think this facial expression says it all. We're working on her actually liking the stuff. (We have made some progress.)

Just over the last few days, Dan and I have really noticed how big she is getting. Not only is she looking older, but she definitely is acting older as well...

She now pushes our hand away when she doesn't like something, wants whatever we have, and thinks she can do everything better (such as putting her binky in her mouth).

It has been so fun to watch her grow and see her little personality develop more and more.

Here are a few pics of our sweet little "Layna".

Sorry. I just had to put the black and white one too. I couldn't choose. I am a sucker for black and white.


(Yes. She is laying on the clothes in the laundry basket. :)