Happy half year birthday Nina!

It's so hard to believe Nina is already 6 months old today! She is getting so big so fast, it's hard to remember the days when she was a little peanut at 4 pounds when we took her home from the hospital. Now, according to our home scale, she is a whopping 17 pounds. We'll get the actual weight and height this Friday at her Dr's appointment. This has been an exciting month. Nina's newest development is being able to sit up on her own. She likes to sit and play with her toys. She hasn't started to crawl but kicks her legs around but the front part of her body stays on the ground so she kinda scoots around in circles.

Nina is enjoying her solid foods and has tasted rice cereal, green beans, peas, carrots and sweet potatoes. She will start the sweet stuff this week - pears, bananas and apples. She is a great eater and even gets mad if you don't feed her fast enough and starts screaming or grunting. After a big bite she swallows and goes, mmmmm. haha - who does she get that from?

Nina also is getting great at walking when you hold her hands. She takes steps with one foot in front of the other and pulls herself up if you hold her hands just a little. She seems to love standing or sitting and hates to be on her back now. She also finally rolled over. She doesn't do it much, she still hates being on her belly. But now she sleeps on her belly at night and during naps. We also moved her from co-sleeping in our bed to the crib now all by herself! It took about 2 weeks - well, more like it took mommy two weeks to adjust (constantly checking if she's still breathing every once and a while and we slept in the same room as her crib with the monitor on - haha but will sleep in our room now). She sleeps from 9 to 9 in the morning, waking up twice for feeding, but goes right back to sleep.

She is definitely more vocal and has recently started screaming at the top of her lungs. At first she just did it at home but now she does it in public, in the grocery store or target - it's so loud and a little embarassing but I love it. I remember when she wouldn't even cry and now she screeches like a teradactyl! She sounds like a dinosaur - it's funny! She also started this whine when she wants a toy and can't reach it or wants attention. She's definitely learning how to get what she wants! :) It's also very easy to make her laugh these days - it's a lot of fun to play with her when she's in the giggling mood. She's ticklish on her left thigh and ribcage.

We've also started trying to ween her to a bottle since I'll be going back to work soon. So far, after 2 weeks, 5 different types of bottles, nipples, etc...we've had no luck! I hope she gets used to it soon or we'll have a problem! Some suggest a sippy cup so we might try that.

Nina's grown so much in the last 6 months, I can't wait to see what is next in the coming months. She has grown into such a cute, cuddly, happy baby and we love every minute with her. Her smile just lights up our lives!