Sunday, January 22, 2012

Half a year old!

Elaine is certainly showing us how she is growing!  As I begin to clear her outgrown clothes to the storage bins in the basement, I am reminded how far she has come.  From our itty bitty 6lb 13 oz baby to something close to 16 lbs (official weight tomorrow when she gets her shots), and from a baby who barely cracked her eyes open and slept all day to an interactive, lauging, blue-eyed beauty!  From our bald baby doll to what we now affectionately call "fluffy-head".  She bats at toys, can roll onto her tummy, laughs when we tickle her, and is working on all the vowel and consonant sounds she can muster up.  At 6 months, we are simply taken with her.  She's also battled her first illnesses and is even beginning to develop a napping schedule, which is working in our favor.  She eats veggies made with my baby food maker, rice cereal, and yes, she's still getting 95% breastmilk (formula to catch me up if I get behind).  She loves her "crinkle purse", grabbing her feet, the Whoozit, Sophie the Giraffe, and her "bounce bounce." 

On MLK Day, LeAnn and her daughter Ellie stopped by for a playdate.  Here are the two girls operating the "bounce bounce."  Ellie has the exact same one at home.

1 comment:

  1. My, she is taking notes from Ellie! And yes, fluffyhead is appropriate. She is such a little lady in her darling outfit. I love what you write about her.

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