Karys Alexandra: 6 months

Karys Alexandra,
You are 6 months old!  Halfway to one year old?!?  That doesn't seem possible.  What have you been up to this past month?

• You are wearing size 6-12 month clothes right now.  You are wearing size 3 diapers but I'm about ready to move you up to a size 4!  
• You are 21lbs 6oz and 27.5" long
• You have two teeth - bottom front
• You sit up all by yourself.  You will still tip over occasionally but you are getting better every day.
• You roll from your tummy to your back but not from your back to your tummy.  You don't like being on your tummy at all and you will roll over right away whenever we try and do "tummy time".
• You absolutely love Samuel.  Mommy couldn't get you to smile when I was trying to take pictures tonight but as soon as Samuel walked in the room you were all smiles and giggles.  You do things (like bounce in your exersaucer and squeal) to get a reaction out of him.  You'll stop and look at him and wait for his reaction.  He'll laugh or talk to you and you will squeal and start bouncing and squealing again.  Mommy loves watching the two of you play like that!
• Aliyah loves holding you or sitting next to you in a chair and playing with you.  She is very attentive to your needs and loves to give you toys, put a blanket over you, or give you your pacifier.
• Speaking of pacifiers, you are my first baby that really loves your pacifier.  You will sometimes fall asleep with it and you love to play with it and pop it in and out of your mouth.  You are also a random thumb sucker but we've seen that thumb in your mouth more lately!
• Hope loves and adores you.  She is always wanting to give you hugs and kisses.  You love pulling on her little braids and she is very patient with you!  Hope loves sitting next to your exersaucer and playing and talking to you.
• You still nurse 4 times a day.  You will nap for about an hour in the mornings and 2+ hours in the afternoon with sometimes a little evening snooze to keep you going until bedtime.  
• We have started feeding you baby food but you haven't been too interested in it.  You make disgusted faces and tonight you even started to cry and turn your head away after a few bites.  So far we have tried applesauce, pears, bananas, and rice cereal.
• You love your baths!  You kick and splash and wave your hands all over the place.
• You aren't scared of strangers yet.  You don't always smile for them and sometimes you reach for Mommy or for Daddy, but you don't cry . . . . yet. :)
• You sleep flat on your back and you love to pull your crocheted blanket up over your face. :/  You always have your finger and your feet intertwined in the holes of the blanket.