HALF A YEAR...

WHERE OH WHERE IS MY BABY ????

6 MONTH STATS:

Height: 27.5 in ( 95 % )

Weight: 17.5 pounds ( 68 % )

Head Circumference: 43.2 cm ( 68 % )
Weight for Recumbent Length ( 35 % )
Lower % is better - this means she is taller than she is chubby.
Low % = tall/ skinny vs high % = short/fat

* Note:  I am really really proud of her percentages; however I do want her to be able to wear high heels and not feel like Zombie Woman, so we need to slow it down a tad on our growth I do believe....  The Doctor said anything less than 2% and over 98% they run test...  so only a few more and they might be testing for Gigantism or something....  I am proud of you Rosie but lets not be an over-achiever!

Diaper Size:  2

Milk:   5-7 ounces per feeding.  We are down to 50/50 breastmilk/formula.  I am finally weening you!!! Yay for me! You, on the other hand, hate it.  I feel really bad when you cry and refuse your milk (because its formula), but that guilty feeling only last momentarily.  Sorry honey, my mom duty is done in that department.... but I still love ya :)

Food:  You have moved to stage 2 foods.  This includes "medleys" and "mixed combinations"  such as Harvest Vegetable Medley, Strawberry Blueberry Tart, Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, Corn and Sweet Potatoes, Garden Vegetable Combo, ect...  You love everything.  I have yet to find a food you truly do not like.  Although you may eat anything, you definitely have your favorites - still carrots, as well as strawberry yogurt, macaroni and cheese, and anything peach flavored. 

Rise and Shine:  About 6:30 am
Sweet Dreams:  About 8-9 pm


Schedule:
6:30am - bottle only
8:00am - breakfast - oatmeal and fruit
12noon - lunch and bottle - vegetable and rice
4pm - bottle and maybe a snack (yogurt or a peach in your nubby, only if you want it)
7:30pm - supper - rice cereal, a vegetable medley, and sometimes a fruit too
8:30pm - bottle only


Things your up to these days:

• Sitting up.  Sometimes you still fall over, but you are doing Great !
• Scoot - any way and every where (but forward) - the funniest is when you go in a clockwise position, then turn and go counterclockwise, like your winding yourself up for something
• "Cooing" all the time.  You will look us dead in the eye and wrinkle your forehead and start jabbering away like you know exactly what your talking about.  And whatever it is that has you so concerned - please know that I completely agree!
• "Laughing" out loud.  Sometimes you laugh at yourself.  This is the BEST!
• You can now pick up your passy and put it in your mouth all by yourself.  When you do it, you just grin and smile, and then out of nowhere, you yank it out and throw it down.  Its like "wow i did it, great, now go fetch" ha ha
• You have discovered your pretty little face in the mirror.  Every morning you just stare and look side to side at whoever is by you and then back in the mirror.  You have this expression of "well this is cool" written on your face. 
• You want nothing more than to be Darly's friend.  You just worship and admire her so much.  Her hair and ears and feet look like Christmas Morning to your little eyes!  That being said.... Darly is adjusting to this. period. end of explanation.
• You now know the sound of the front door, and that it means someone is coming or going.  Whenver you hear it, you jerk your head in that direction, or arch your back backwards to see who it is. 
• You are TEETHING and all this drool is a nightmare! Fever comes and goes.  Spontaneously.  I keep checking daily for one of those little boogers to start poking through but nothing...... 
• You have the worst toe jam of any person that I have ever met! And your feet smell awful too! I swear I scrub them.  Im not sure how you manage to have such nasty little toes.
• You have figured out how to shake your bottle, so that milk sprays everywhere - all in your face, on your blanket, in the nap nanny, on your clothes......  ect....  then you look up at me like "I have no idea how this happened"
• You are finally doing better around people you dont know.  This was confirmed at your Christening.  Im so glad that this is possibly just a phase and not a permanent personality characteristic.
• You are the most laid back person!  Even more so than your dad - if that is possible????  We wag you around and take you everywhere.  You just go with the flow.  You will eat pears and potatos in the basketball gym, or sit through 3-overtimes for Samuel's play off games, or take a nap in the buggy at walmart, or even lay in my lap and play while I get a pedicure.  I have even had to change a dirty diaper in the woods and rake leaves with my foot to lay you down, and you just smiled...... You don't really care.  You definitely have a TYPE B personality - at least at this point in your life. 
• Your starting to "think."  I know that may seem odd to some people, but I mean your starting to really "reason things" in your little mind.  For example, you will look at me when you do something and smile because you know its ugly (like spitting out your food), or waiting until I turn my head to try to roll out of the nap nanny (you don't do it when your being watched - its like you "know"), and thinking about how to get from point A to point B.  Its so interesting to watch you grow.  All of the little things I/We do each day without even thinking were once things we had to LEARN to do and figure it all out.  ie.... reaching for something, turning your head to a noise, pulling socks off, scratching our head or ear.  Its fascinating to see you do these things and "LEARN."
• The other day after your bath, I was letting you play in just your diaper and you discovered the Oh So Fantastic BELLY BUTTON.  You kept trying to grip and pull it off.  Then look at me like "its stuck, get that off me" I could not stop laughing!
• You finally have shoes that fit! We made it to size 1s... or really size 0-6 months without falling off! I feel like we have been chasing socks forever.  You don't try to pull off your shoes off nearly as badly as you yank off those socks! And this has me extremely puzzled... I am unsure how you are so tall for your age, but your feet are still small???  I thought the taller you are, the bigger your feet..... So im very confused! Hopefully we will be fully in size 1s by Christmas!
• Its your morning "duty" to untie as many of your bumper pad strings as you possibly can before I hear you in the monitor.  These days, if I don't hear you, I don't panic anymore - my curiosity just peaks to its highest level!
• You cry when you see me leave for work now.  Its sweet but at the same time it breaks my heart  over and over and over again all the way to work.  I have already started to have to master the "sneak out" each morning.  You even do this when your dad comes in from work and then leaves again for something (tennis, golf, meeting).  You don't really do it to him in the morning, but definitely in the afternoon.  There have even been days he has to go strolling with us because you cried and cried and cried until we came back home to get him for the walk.  Your daddy. however; has not mastered the "sneak out" and probably never will.  It wont be long before you figure out that if you cry like that for him in the morning, he wont go to work at all.  I on the other hand.... still will. 
• You could watch a fire (in the fireplace or firepit) for hours.  Mesmorizing.....
• I think that you can see great! If there is anything small anywhere, have no doubts, you will find it and eat it.  For example, a string or piece of hair on your clothes, a bug on the floor, lint between your toes, fuzz, the list goes on and on.... I am constantly asking myself the question "what is this? where did this come from? how did this get in your mouth?"
• You LOVE books.  At this point, all you want to do is crunch up the pages and stick the corners of the book in your mouth.  But, I try daily to read to you.  Pop up books are great at getting your attention, but it takes skill to read a pop up book without your little fingers ripping off the frog's tounge or the dog's tail.
• You have noticed "textures."  Like different things feel different to you.  You will rub things between your fingers now and just look at it like your studying it.
• You still like YOUR BED.  You are not a big fan of co-sleeping.  For this, I am very glad! However, I must admit that sometimes it would be nice to snuggle with you and hug you tightly to sleep.  You will fall asleep in our bed sometimes.... but not often and you usually start to fuss when your ready to go to sleep and ready for your own bed. 
• I think you wish you had hair.  You have gotten in this habit of rubbing your head.  Its really cute, but Im pretty sure your checking for hair....??? 
• 6 months has sure changed you from a baby... your starting to be my BIG GIRL....  its bittersweet.

Rose,
You are truly the most beautiful person I have ever met, both inside and out.  I can not wait to see the woman you will one day become nor the plans God has in store for you.  It is an absolute Honor to be your mother.  I love you. 

Sisters :)