6 Month Pictures

Julia does such a good job when we go to have her pictures taken. This is the second time that we went to My Photographer at Macomb Mall. I requested Linda who also took Julia's 3 month pictures, she does such a good job. Julia may be on the next mailing for My Photographer, they had me sign a release to use her pictures. What a super star!!!

6 Months Old

We can't believe that Julia is already 6 months old. She is getting so big and learning new things everyday. She is laughing so much more and really expressing herself. She loves bouncing up and down. We have a Baby Einstein activity bounce center that she really takes off on and when you hold her she is always bouncing up and down. She tells us when she is mad by grunting. She also knows her name!! When she is full she definitely lets us know by pushing the food/bottle away. Found out that even if she is hungry she does not like green beans. It's so adorable when she wants up, she reaches out for you. She loves playing with Mommy and Daddy. And it's so cute when we are all playing with each other how she cuddles in and kinda hides her face.

We have a 6 month well visit coming up this week.

Here are her stats:
Ht: 24 1/2 inches (20th percentile for her age)
Wt: 16 lbs (30th percentile)
Head: 17 inches (70th percentile)

1st Tooth

Julia got her first tooth today!!!! She has been so good too!!! She usually does not let you look in her mouth but now that she has a tooth she lets you. I think she is showing off.

Sleeping Break Through

Whooo Hooo we had a break through last night. Julia ONLY woke up once!!!! I put her down at 8, she woke up at 1:30 for a feeding, which is normal, and then she didn't wake up again until 8 this morning. She would usually wake up a second time around 4 or 5, but she didn't. Of course I woke up, looked at the monitor, seen she was sleeping and snuggled back under my covers and fell right back asleep. Hopefully it will be like that again tonight.

...10/18 This must have been a one time deal because it has not happened again.

Cider Mill

Having a baby just makes everything so much more fun!!! We took Julia to the Cider Mill on Tuesday and had such a good time. It was hard to get a picture of her looking at the camera because she just wants to check everything out. We took a train ride which she seemed to enjoy, she did a lot of laughing. We took a lot of pictures and she really did not seem to mind us putting her in some unusual places; a bin full of pumpkins, on a tractor, and in a bin full of corn stalks. All the pumpkins look so big when she sits next to them.

I'm Sitting All By Myself!!!

Julia is sitting all by herself!!! On Saturday we could see she was getting better at sitting but still falling over. Then Sunday she got even better, and by Monday (10/8) she had mastered the sitting position!!! Sometimes you can see that she could fall over but she uses her muscles and catches herself. It is so cool to just see her sitting there and playing. Now that she is sitting by herself she is really playing with all her toys and going from one toy to the other. She always goes back to her State rattle.

Now that she is sitting bath time is a little different. I've still been putting her little bathtub in the sink. And let's just say last night I gave Julia a bath and washed the floor at the same time. She was having such a good time just splashing away. Her next bath we are going to move to the bathroom.

A Few More Pictures From The Summer

Every year my family cans their own tomato sauce (I know what dagos), well her is a picture of Julia in the tomato grinder:Julia's first dip in the pool was Labor Day weekend at my Aunt Rose's:
The second time was at my friend Dawn's house:

Here is a couple great pics to show how big she has gotten, the first pic was when she was a newborn and the second pic was just the other day at 5 months:

I just love these pics, age 3 months:

The Wave

Julia waved at her Uncle Frankie last week. It was so cute and it was by no means an accident. We tried to get her to wave at us but she only seems to wave at him. Maybe that's because he does the goofy Forrest Gump wave!!! Gena is trying to teach her too high five too!!! She has also learned to stick out her tongue and blow, which makes a funny noise. It is so cute!!!