Hazel,
You are six months!! Happy birthday sweet girl. We cannot begin to explain how wonderful the last six months have been. You have brought so much joy to our lives in ways we never imagined. You are always smiling, which makes us smile too! You are doing all sorts of new things. You still love playing on a blanket with all of your toys, but now you roll all around to find your preferred toy (usually the mirror or Sophie the giraffe). Your favorite toys of all, however, are the pets. You LOVE Henry and Junie B. Since you are now grabbing for what you want, Henry has learned to give you some space. He usually lays down close to you, then realizes that you want to play so scoots away, then you roll towards him, and he has to scoot more. It's so funny to watch!
You are developing a lot of hand eye coordination. We have a binki that stays strapped to your car seat. In the past when you cried mommy would turn around from the passenger seat, find your binki, and put it in your mouth. Then mommy would take your monkey blankey, and stuff it between your binki and your hands to prevent you from pulling your binki out! Quite a process. You are now able to follow the strap all the way from where it connects to your car seat strap to the binki, and then you put your binki in your mouth! Sounds silly, but it is actually a great development! Like I said before, you are also grabbing for what you want, which makes playing with your toys way more fun.
Bath time has become way more fun too since you figured out how to splash! Usually it starts when water goes over your eyes, but then you just keep going. You get yourself so excited that you laugh and splash so much mommy and daddy get drenched!
You are such a talker! You Dadadada all day long. That's not the only sound you make, however. You are also making Kakaka sounds, and a little bit of Gagaga. Mostly you just move your lips and try to make different noises while you spit and drool! You have also taken to chomping on your fingers. Still no teeth, but we think they are on their way!
You are almost sitting. You are so close! You have done it a few times, but you usually end up toppling over. You like the Bumbo a lot, and you even like sitting with the Boppy behind you. I think the reason you aren't that into sitting is because you are constantly trying to move! Rolling to get something you want or scooting around on the blanket.
Lately you have been moving even more. When on your tummy you push yourself up as far as you can and look all around. A few times you have moved your knees up, appearing as if you want to crawl. There have even been a couple of times when you get yourself into a plank position (on your tummy with your arms and legs supporting your body off the ground), you are so strong! We are pretty sure you just want to move all around!
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My how you have changed. You are such a big girl, so fun, and so sweet! We love you so much, and have loved watching you grow into the big six month old girl you are!
We love you so much!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
