Scarlett at six months

Scarlett recently had her six month appointment. I can't believe she's six months old! Time has flown by with her in our family. Since I'm terrible at baby book keeping and I publish my blog every year I figured this was a good forum to chart her progress.

She's a talker. She loves to babble. At this very moment, Nate is asking her to stop babbling because he can't hear Special Agent Oso over her! I personally love it.

She's a rolly polly. She's all over the place. This makes getting anything done very interesting. Thank goodness for an exersaucer!

She holds her own bottle. Whoo hoo!

She's getting up on her knees and scooting backward. I'm afraid she'll be crawling soon. It will be good for her since she's so curious, but not so good for me. Say goodbye to sitting through any church meetings!

She's almost sitting up on her own now.

She's drooling a lot and putting everything in her mouth so teeth may be on the horizon. Then again, she may just be a normal drooly six month old baby!

She's eating solids now. Argh! This is one of my least favorite stages because I feel like I'm constantly sitting in front of a high chair. It takes time for them to figure it out so it takes a while every time you sit down to feed them. I can't wait until I can throw her meal in front of her and she'll feed herself.
She does do really well with solids all things considered. She's not too messy and she hasn't been picky. She likes everything we've given her. Of course she puts the fruit away faster, but she'll eat her veggies happily. She'll even eat them right out of the refrigerator without warming.

We get tons of comments on her chubbiness. She's padded very well! Interestingly, she's only in the high 60th percentile for weight. This is because she's in the 98% for her length. Her head is 67%.

When I went home for my sister Krista's wedding recently my mom pulled out an old black and white photo of a baby girl. When I looked at it I instantly saw my daughter. It was unbelievable. The similarities were very striking. My mom asked me if I knew who it was and I told her I thought it was her. My mom smiled. It was my mom and I love the fact that my daughter looks so much like her grandma. There is no question she belongs in my family. I can't think of a better person for Scarlett to take after. Hopefully, one of these days I'll get a copy of that picture and post it for Scarlett to see when she gets older.

So there's Scarlett at six months. We love her!