6 Months!

Wow! Emma Grace is 6 months today! Another 6 months and she will be a year old. Time really is flying by! Just like all the others, we have had another great month. A month filled with more firsts, more questions, more worries, and of course more fun. This past month Emma has gotten to experience eating food. She has gotten to taste oatmeal, applesauce, green beans, and pears. She is a great eater. So far she prefers the fruits over the veggies, but she will eat them - just a little more slowly. She is smart too! When we first introduced the green beans she hated them. She even started to cry when I would put her in the high chair. The funny thing was, she started taking a very little first bite to figure out what it was feeding her. If it was fruit or oatmeal, she was ready for her next big bite. If it was the green beans, she let me know she wasn't very happy about it! She also got to experience her first major holiday, Halloween! She got to pick out a pumpkin, read Halloween books (new favorite is 5 Little Pumpkins), dress up as a cute ghost, pass out cookies, and of course trick-or-treating with her cousins. She has mastered sitting and can sit nice and tall and reach for objects without falling over. She has also learned to roll from her back to her tummy which makes naps very interesting! Half the time I walk in and find her face down! So I of course try to move her head and she wakes up! She has discovered paper and whenever she sees it, she wants it. When we are shopping she reaches for the price tags, and my grocery list. I think the cutest thing she started doing this month is her kisses. I think like most babies, when ever we give her kisses, she opens her month really wide. This month she started grabbing our faces with both hands, opening her mouth as wide as she can, and goes after our faces! If you aren't prepared for it, it can be kind of startling!

We are ready to start moving through foods a little quicker and introducing a sippy cup. We go to the doctor's tomorrow for her 6 month check up and more vaccines. We are prepared for a lazy day on the couch after all her shots. I will post her doctor's update tomorrow!

And as always, here are some of the other pictures from our 6 month photo shoot! It was a tough pick this month. I let Robert choose his favorite!