6 Month Lucy

Our little Lucy is 6 months old!  She's halfway done with her first year.  Unbelievable.  

Lucy is on the verge of crawling.  She gets on her hands and knees and rocks a lot.  But, she doesn't quite have it.  But, she still gets around super fast.  She either pulls herself forward with her hands or she does the worm to move forward.  

 She is a super happy baby.  She smiles almost all the time unless she is tired or hungry and even then she can still smile in the middle of crying.  Her cry is adorable.  She turns her lip out super far.  It is pretty irresistible.  She laughs pretty easily when tickled.   And she laughs at the big kids a lot.  

She just started sitting up on her own this week.  She will topple over some.  But, for the most part she is pretty stable.  I still put pillows around her just in case.  She also started solid food last week.  She isn't super excited about it.  But, I think she enjoys a few bites.  She started with rice cereal and has had carrots, applesauce and sweet potatoes so far.  She is certainly my best nurser though.  She just needs to eat in her room with no distractions.     

She does not like her high chair.  But, she is happy to sit in the smaller booster seat at the table with us. She loves to throw toys off the tray and have Oliver get them for her over and over.  She loves to jump in her jumperoo.  She goes a little crazy in it.  

Sleeping is not her strong suit.  Although, she is getting better, at least during the day.  She usually takes a 1 hour nap in the morning and then a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.  At night, she usually goes to bed around 7:30 or 8 and then wakes up a million times  2-5 times before 7:30 or 8 in the morning.  I am working on that this week.  

Lucy's hair seems to be staying this strawberry blonde color.  I am starting to doubt that it will turn super white like the others'.  I think her fuzzy little red head is pretty cute.  

At her 6 month check up, she weighed 14 lb 12 oz (25%) and was 25.5 in tall (50%).  She is such a delightful little baby.  And despite the lack of sleep at night, I think we will keep her around for a while.