6 Months

I can't believe it... our little girl is half a year old! We are just amazed at how much she has grown and developed. Here is a fun little update of our Sophie girl...

* We spoiled ourselves rotten by rocking Sophie to sleep for the first 5 months of her life and made the decision to teach her to sleep on her own this past month. Of course, our little one mastered that pretty darn quickly.
*Due to being sick, Sophie went through a period this past month of waking up pretty often during the night and needed to be rocked back to sleep. Recently, she has just needed her paci to be put in and is soothing herself back to sleep.
*Amazingly, Sophie holds herself up extremely well while sitting! Even if she wobbles a bit she can pull herself up and sit up tall.
*Sophie is a pretty laid back girl. She is content on playing on her tummy so she doesn't roll over often but she can do it!
*We still have the HAPPIEST little girl in the world!
*If something is within reach Soph will dive to get it if she is in our arms. Her small motor skills are getting really good and she is able to grab smaller objects, pull them toward her, and put them in her mouth.
*Sophie LOVES eating! She makes a cute noise whenever she sees her food and kicks her legs! As of right now, Sophie has had squash, pumpkin, avacado, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes/yams, and potatoes. She hates avacados and potatoes with a passion! She eats two solid meals a day, one for breakfast and one for dinner.
*Josh's nickname for Sophie is... CHUNKY-MONKEY!
*Another great nickname for her is Chatterbox! My great-grandpa gave me this nickname when I was little and I am proud to say that our little girl is full of stuff to say too. Sophie loves to chat and tell us what is on her mind!
*Sophie's belly laugh is the greatest! She thinks her daddy is the funniest guy alive and I couldn't agree more. She also loves to be tickled. Whenever she sits on Josh's lap she rubs her toes through his beard and cracks up! What a goofy girl we have!
*At her 6 month doctor appointment, Sophie weighed 17 pounds and 13 ounces and her length was 27.5 inches! We can't believe that she is in the 97th percentile for her height! She is going to tower over me someday and maybe even over Josh.