Someone's Six Months!

Someone wants a diaper change and it's not Natalie!
Someone likes sweet potatoes and... it's NOT Natalie!

Someone's six months and it *is* Natalie!
What a big milestone - six months old. We're so excited to be the parents of a bright, happy, healthy daughter! During the last two weeks she's really come into her own. She can now roll over both ways and is doing really well at sitting up by herself. I find it very amusing that all the baby books say that when a baby starts to tumble over while sitting up, those sweet baby hands will stop the fall. Not so much with Natalie. She's so sure that Mommy's there for her that she doesn't even THINK to break her fall with her own hands.

She has also finally turned into a grabby little one. Everybody watch out because whatever you have, Natalie wants!

We tried sweet potatoes last weekend. Though she'll eat a few mouthfuls, she just really doesn't seem to like the taste that much. We haven't yet started any other fruits or veggies because Tyler hasn't been home during the evenings (darn that job of his) - and we both want him to be here when she tries new things, as it's so fun. So we're just doing a few bites of sweet potato every night and then lots of rice cereal, which she adores. We'll try something new this weekend, and hopefully she will keep more of it in her mouth than the sweet potato!

Yesterday she had her six month checkup and the doctor was very impressed with her. He said, "if my whole day were filled with babies like Natalie, I would be a happy pediatrician". What higher praise can there be? She is back up to the 90th percentile for height and head circumference, and in the 60th percentile for weight. Tyler still can't figure out from where she got her height. The shots didn't go so well again, but hey, we made it through (with tears again from Natalie and from me).

And that's the six month update!