Mae is 6 Months Old!

Yup, a whole half year! Man does time fly! Only one more month before I have to go back to work. Mae now weighs 13.5 lbs and is 24.25 inches long. So she is officially a peanut at 6th percentile. And she had such promise at two months. Eh, just means she gets to wear clothes a bit longer :) All of the 0-3 months stuff has been retired and she's in 3-6 or 6 mos depending on the brand. And even some 9 month clothing that must run small. It's not for a lack of eating though. The girl eats 3 full meals a day with 3-4 bottles of formula. Yup, she's been weaned from nursing. She didn't like the lack of freedom to watch things happening behind her. I would've needed to hook up a mini dvd player to my shoulder or something. Mae can hold the bottle herself so that makes it easier for all involved. I just wish formula didn't smell so yucky!

If it weren't for the hindrances of winter clothing and carpeted floors, I think she'd be creeping by now. She does get around using rolling and scootching backwards. One can't just leave her in the living room anymore. She finds any electrical cord pretty darn quick. The girl likes to gnaw on everything. Good thing she doesn't have teeth yet. Not even a swelling of the gums. So I think teeth are going to be late coming. Along with her hair. She has a few long hairs on top but for the most part she has a lovely blond fuzz. Daddy often refers to her as tennis-ball-head. Pretty descriptive :)

Mae is not very talkative but is quick to smile when someone else talks to her. Especially her sister Izzy. Often, we can hear her talking up a storm when alone in her crib. She has started to make some consanant sounds but she still mostly speaks in coo's and ahh's. Mae is very ticklish and has even become remotely ticklish if you make tickle motions with your hand towards her. Too cute :) I think she'll be a dancer like her sister. She can dance when up on her arms while on her tummy and likes to swing her whole body back and forth when lying down.

The biggest thing this month is that Mae can now sit without needing support. She's also learning the important skill of controlled falling after bumping her head a bit hard a few times. She kinda skipped sitting tripod style and went straight to having her hands free to play with toys and of course eat them. She can stay up for at least 5 minutes. Long enough for me to go get the camera and take a few shots :)