Nancy | 6 Months

Dear Nancypie,

Oh my goodness. 6 months. Half a year with our baby, and half a year to go until you are a toddler. Mommy is praying to savor these moments as time is passing so quickly. Even Daddy said last week how time is flying by so much faster than usual. For the next 6 months of your baby-ness, I plan to hold you, hold you some more, snuggle you, keep you close to me, and apparently chase you around the house now that you're full fledge crawling like a maniac. You are my littlest best girl, my tiny sidekick, and I adore everything about you. The amount of joy you have brought to our lives is insurmountable. We've never known anything like it, but we do know this: joy comes from knowing God. You share His joy with us everyday just by being you. How blessed we are that God chose us to be your mommy and daddy, sweet, joyful Pie! 

God loves you, and so do I! 

Love,
Mommy

It has been a big month in your world. When we started this month, you were pushing up to your hands and knees, rocking back and forth, and scooting. A month in, you now have the opposite-hand-opposite-foot thing down. How did you learn to crawl before you turned 6 months old?!?! BAH! You are everywhere and into everything...especially shiny floor outlets, the gold fireplace tools, the silver garden stool in our den, and every wire around.

Beginning of the month:

Mid-month peekaboo with Tina (literally y'all played together):

Now:

You've also been piking and planking like crazy, you little HSMer! Being on the move, you definitely get a big workout in everyday. You are bonkers!

Your holiday pjs melt me (even though we bought them too big--size 6-12mo--and your arm comes out of them a lot). Judge + happy baby.

You love dogs. All dogs. Here you are with Woodrow at Aunt Coley & Uncle Skysky's house.

Your favorite thing to watch? Tickle fights between Doxie + Tina. It doesn't get old (for any of us).

And, of course, you and Tina are always up to something. On this day I was cracking up at how you changed your bow to this position.

We went to Mount Airy! Mommy and Daddy have been going every October for the past 4-5 years now. Here you are with Aunt Lizzie and Aunt Coley in Aunt Liz + Uncle Luke's art gallery, The Blue Rabbit. We are so proud of them!

Here we are in Mount Airy at your first Autumn Leaves Festival...

You super love your Auntie Hope. She looks and sounds like mommy too. :)

Daddy wanted you to sit with us when we went out to lunch one Friday with Auntie Hope and Uncle SpySpy at Arthur's. Mommy and Auntie Hope used to come here all the time growing up too!

Football season is in full swing (the Panthers are currently 6-0!), and you're the cutest topcat there ever was! I took you to Harris Teeter in this outfit, and you got lots of compliments. But you were judging hard from the cart, so some people said you need to work on your smile if you want to be a TopCat. :)

You and Daddy...you sleep till around 8am each day (but still don't sleep through the night. Mommy doesn't mind because you go to sleep after your feeding and sleep "late!"). Daddy loves to be the one to get you out of your crib in the morning.

And what else is new? Mama still never gets enough snuggles...

A few more things...
Your cheeks have gotten super big and yummy. I love to gum them. You think it's hilarious and always smile and laugh. (But you're still a stingy laugher in general!)

You still prefer "standing" (with help) to sitting up. I've been trying to get you to sit up more to strengthen those muscles, but lots of the time you lock your knees so you can stay standing. Silly! Just a few days ago, you also figured out how to pull up onto your knees. It's about time to lower your crib. AHH!

You just finished the last of your size 2 diapers. I bought you size 3 just a few days ago, and though they seem super big on your compared to the 2s, it's preventing the daily blowout. :)

You say "bababa" all the time. It's your new thing this month.

You started Earth's Best Organic oatmeal mixed with breastmilk. At first you didn't understand how to swallow it, but now you try to shove the spoon from our hands down your throat in excitement. I've also given you mushy bites of this and that.

You've gotten on a good routine of 2 naps a day: one in the morning, the other in the afternoon.

And now that you're on the move, you've started disliking your carseat a little more. You're fine for the odd errand here and there. But if it's a day of constant in and out or a long trip, you get sick of it.

Oh, you totally understand lots of words that I'm saying to you now. I've been signing (and saying) certain words on repeat like milk, up, cereal, bath, mama, daddy, more, all done, please, and thank you. You go craycray excited when I ask & sign "milk." I love it. I am so looking forward to you signing back to me!

This was a big, happy month for you, little babe!...
Other 6 Month Memories:
You're getting a cousin!!!
We dedicated your life to Jesus.
I shared my/your top mama faves.
We took your first trip to the mountains.

Last but not least, my other favorite from this month's photos:

Okay, look at how big Tina is compared to you in month one. And look at your compared to her now!! Wow. You've grown so much, sweet baby!