6 months!

A peek at the impromptu photo shoot with Leah today.

My happy baby!

I fully intended to document every moment of Leah's life on this blog, but clearly that hasn't been happening, and somehow she became 6 months old. It must have happened while I was blinking or something.
-Here are her 6 months stats- Head: 17 1/2" (95%), Height 26 3/4" (80%), and Weight 17 lb 4.5 oz (75%). Yap, she's a big girl!
-She is a talker. Lots of barking noises and squeals and of course da da da.
-She likes peas and carrots and sweet potatoes. She does not like peaches or pears or bananas or apples. Too tart I think. After getting over the initial shock she sucked on a dill pickle slice for 10 minutes and loved it.
-She rolled from her tummy to her back once a couple of weeks ago and sits up a little bit with help. She's a little behind on her gross motor skills but it's probably just because she has an army of people to hold her most of the time.
-She's a pretty good sleeper and sleeps through the night about half of the time. Yesterday morning she took about a 3 hour nap in my bed while I cleaned the house and did laundry. It was fantastic, but what is even more fantastic is that she usually naps so much better if I'm snuggling her, which is the only excuse I need to lay down and nap with her most days. It's a little slice of heaven.
-She's full of personality. She lights up when she sees her brothers and sisters and they are just a smitten with her as she is with them. Sometimes she acts shy and embarrassed when people talk to her. She smirks and hides her face in my neck. She likes scratching thing because of the sounds it makes. She likes playing with hair. She tries to lick everything and if you hold her up on your shoulder she will lick you until your soaked.
-Her favorite toys are rattles and balls and she's learned the dropping game. You know... she drops her toy, someone picks it up, she drops it again, someone picks it up again, and so on.
-She has been a supper healthy baby except for the bout with RSV about a month ago. There was a lot of coughing and sneezing and stuffiness and a couple of miserable days for her where she could only sleep while being held and listening to Adel. But other than that a very healthy baby.
-Her hair has grown back in and is very fuzzy and darkish blond. She has dark blue eyes and the squishiest cheeks and thighs.
Well, there you go. That's my Leah girl at 6 months old. At least once a day I look at her and my only thought is to thank God for sending her to me. She is such a gift to our family.