6 Months

It is so hard to believe that Halle Kate just hit 6 months. To think that we've survived 5 full months of two little ones makes me so impressed with us! Here she is trying to steal the paci out of Matney's doll. She rolled herself across the room to get to it.




At 6 months Halle goes to bed about 7pm and sleeps until about 3am. She'd like to eat then but I give her the paci and she normally goes back to sleep until about 5am, eats and sleeps until 7am. Not bad but I'd love to get beyond the 5am bottle. She still naps 3 times a day for about 45 minutes each time.

We don't go to the dr for her check up until Dec because our dr. just had a baby and is out of the office. I keep forgetting to weigh her on our scale but I think she's about 13lbs (Matney was 17lb 10oz at 6 months!). She still fits in all her 0-3 month clothes although I've been putting the 6month stuff on her and just letting her have saggy drawers!

She LOVES banana oatmeal and sweet potatoes. It is a struggle now to get her to drink her bottle because she'd rather just eat solid food. Because she's started to eat and chunk up a little we recently realized that she has the same dimple that Matney shares with her Daddy. I guess I am the odd on out with no dimples in the family! Her hair is slowly coming in and she has 2 bottom teeth poking through.

She really is the sweetest baby and is starting to be much better with strangers and noise. Her favorite things are a specific plastic spoon and her Sophie giraffe. No matter where we go I make sure she has one of her spoons nearby for her to chew.

Halle Kate LOVES LOVES LOVES Matney. As long as Matney is moving around the room HK is normally happy to be watching her. At night Matney makes sure to always tell her "night, night baby" and gives her a big kiss. HK just squeals! She also squeals if Elmo is on tv. That's right, we start 'em early around here. I figure that we own way too much Elmo stuff for Halle Kate to decide to like someone else. Plus, Matney calls my mom MoMo - every time Mom shows up, especially when Miss M was younger Elmo (or most of the time Elmos) were popping out of bags and packages everywhere. Matney said "Mo" for Elmo and somehow the association between grandma and Elmo just stuck and became MoMo. It is so cute! Anyway, HK already has a healthy love for Mr Mo!

It is hard to think we're almost half way to another first year birthday party. Oh my! We got pregnant the first time just before Thanksgiving 2006...so this is the longest time in 3 years that I haven't been pregnant...and it is so so nice. Except that means it is also the first holiday season not pregnant after 3 years of having a great excuse to eat anything I wanted so that isn't as fun! We are so so so thrilled to have our two girls, even if it was tough in the beginning. They are such a blessing!!!