Six+ Months, eating, teething, sitting, crawling, and more!

Noooooo! I finally found some time to come back and post an update, and after writing so much about everything going on with our baby girl, I lost the post while trying to add pictures :( This is the kind of month I've been having, so I'm not really surprised... for example, I don't have a picture to post of our baby's first solids, because it is on my laptop, which crashed the night before needing it for work! Work is probably the reason it feels like everything has been so hard lately- I'm up at 5:30 every morning, and should leave the house each day by 6:45 to get to daycare by 7... I'm always late, but still early enough that I am exhausted! That along with waking up 2+ times a night with our baby girl, and my brain is definitely not functioning very well.

Anyway, I don't have much time to redo the post, so a quick recap- more time is being spent on hands-and-knees, but crawling is still army-style for the most part. However, the belly is coming off of the ground mid-stride, so I don't think it will be long before hands-and-knees crawling! Our baby sits like a statue now- she is so steady and has great control. It is making things so much easier- especially bath time! Solid foods are going okay so far, but we've only done rice cereal, oatmeal, and avocado. Will do more of an update another day. Teeth are visible, but I don't think they've broken skin yet. It's hard to get a good look- we have to settle with what we can see during laughs. Definitely feels pretty bumpy and sharp like teeth though!

That's all the time I've got right now, but I do have some pics from my phone until I can (hopefully) get my old laptop running again!

Preferred drinking method (over sippy-cup...I've got to get a baby cup with a straw now!)

Grocery store* after my mom went on a baby clothes shopping spree and played dress up:
(I have a shopping cart cover- my mom didn't have it... she promised she wiped off the cart with a disinfecting wipe. At least our baby will have a strong immune system ;))

Trouble- time to lower the crib mattress!!

(and no worries- the stuff you see between the crib slats is farther away than it appears here- she cannot reach anything she could pull into the crib)


And a preview from baby's 6-month photos:

Ahhh time...

It seems to be going by so fast! I need to do updates, but just thought I'd do a quick post for now. Our baby is becoming more and more amazing every day... she is getting so big and doing so much! She has been sitting unassisted (real sitting- no tripod-ing!) for a couple of weeks now, and she is army-crawling so fast! She gets up on her hands and knees but has only moved a tiny bit backward so far, no forward crawling yet. She is wearing 6-9 month and just 9 month clothes now and they fit her well! She is down to one nighttime feeding, but usually wakes a second time and just needs a little back-patting to go back to sleep. This is a HUGE improvement, and it's been going on a week today so hopefully it keeps up (and the second waking fades out). She is teething but no teeth showing yet... we see little white spots now and then but then they seem to fade. She goes crazy gnawing everything - especially cheek bones and chins, which is weird and not fun. For some reason she isn't a huge fan of teething toys... There is lots of drooling, a little fussiness, and lots of runny noses, but she's a trooper. I can't believe she will be 6 months old on Monday, and after her 6 month appointment we will be starting to feed her solid food! She is so ready, and hopefully by then I will be too :) I just still can't believe how fast these weeks/months are going by.
Okay that was a pretty thorough update! Some pictures to make up for lack of posting:
(I wish I was a better photographer and could capture how cute she is in person!)