On April 5th you were 6 months old and my heavens how you had grown already! By this time you had already gotten a few teeth! You were sitting up on your own too... you were very proud of yourself... and so were we! You had started to stand up while holding on tight to things, like the couch or our hands. Your little chubby legs were getting stronger and stronger each day.
You celebrated your first Easter that year. Momma made you a little John-John in blue and yellow plaid fabric and your KayKay put a little yellow chicken on the front. You were adorable! Your little Easter basket had a few treats, a sippy cup for a few months later, a set of stacking balls and a few other things too. You really hadn't begun to eat foods much yet so no chocolate Easter bunnies in your basket!
Around six months you had completely given up nursing... I was so sad. I really enjoyed cuddling with you and felt so important to you when you nursed. I can still remember holding your wiggly little body those first few months while you nursed greedily... like a little piglet! You would start to fall asleep while eating the wake up suddenly so mad and start eating like crazy again! If you ever ran out of milk you would start shaking your little head, grunting and start punching me with your little balled up fists! You were so funny! You have always been a very enthusiastic eater... whether it was nursing, a bottle or actual food.
Speaking of food, you have finally started eating a little bit of baby mush food! We started introducing tiny bits of baby rice, different pureed fruits and veggies when you were around four months old. You were NOT a fan of any of it for about two months. It didn't matter what it was, if we gave you anything other than a bottle you would swqunch your nose up and make the funniest little faces! We took tons of pictures of you with food smeared all over and right in the middle of your "yucky" faces. Those pictures still make me laugh! Finally, you decided that you liked mangoes! Then you liked bananas and pears too. You were a little slower to like peaches for some reason. You were never a big fan of carrots... you even likes squash, green beans and peas more than carrots. Even now (at 26 months old) you only like raw carrots.
Around eight months old you were crawling like a champ. You were so fast too! Our little jack russell terrier, Boogie, went from guarding and protecting you to running as soon as you got near her. She was so frightened of you... you must have grabbed and pulled her hair! In fact, all of the dogs except for Kane were pretty leery of you. You still really liked Sue though. You would chase him all over the house in your little walker!
You were such a fun little baby. We very much enjoyed each new adventure with you... and you made the most little things into adventures for us!
love you,
Momma
