Sitting teeth

LOVE THIS PIC! Maci is growing so fast. She hasn't mastered sitting up, yet. She can do it by herself for a few seconds and then slowly leans to the side, or she just eats her toes :)

She also has been teething. On our way home from Kalispell on the 14th, she wouldn't sleep or eat, just cry. I had been on the lookout for teeth because she has had way too many messy diapers for quite a while. I hadn't felt or seen anything until that evening. I looked at her gums and there it was; the bottom left tooth. I gave her some Tylenol and that took away the pain. That evening was the only really rough night she has had. Then exactly a week later, up pops the other tooth. So soon, there won't be anymore toothless grins. Love those toothless grins, but now look forward to those two teeth grins.

First swing ride

We traveled to Kalispell with some friends last week and it was nice enough weather to go find a park and swing. This was Maci's first time and she loved it. She and I swung first together and she was all smiles and giggles. Then I put her in by herself and she LOVED it! She would hardly look up for me to take pictures. She was too busy watching the ground and herself move back and forth. This is the only one she looked up at me. When we put the two babies together then there was lots more smiles and giggles.

Six months old 5.5

Today Maci is 6 months old. She has always been a happy baby but the older she gets, the more happiness she exudes. She is working on sitting up by herself. She rolled over from her back to her tummy for the first time on April 9. She still doesn't like tummy time. I think it is because she can't see what is going on around her. She also forgets that she can roll back. She has started to shake her head back and forth like she is saying "no". So adorable! She had her checkup at the doctor and weighs 14 lbs (which is in the 10%) and is 26.5" long (which is in the 70%). So she is doing just fine. She has a fast metabolism and eats a lot. She has been eating carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, green beans, applesauce, bananas, cereal and oatmeal. She loves her bananas, but her taste buds change from day to day. She doesn't like peas or peaches, oh, and LOVES prunes! Except, I don't want to feed her too much of them because she doesn't need anymore help having dirty diapers. She still sleeps through the night with a couple of wake-ups because the binky isn't in the mouth. She puts anything and everything in her mouth. That is how she explores. She LOVES to look at herself in the mirror. The other day I put her in the bumbo in front of the mirror and just left her to herself and she just laughed and laughed at herself. It was quite comical. Gotta love every minute of it all!