I'm ready for this to slow down... I feel like six months has gone by way too fast! As much fun as it is watching her grow and learn new skills everyday I wish it would go by slower and not happen so fast! Penelope becoming more independent means a plethora of amazing things but also makes me so sad, no longer will she need me as much as she first did! To some extent it is a relief whenever we would have those never ending sessions of bouncing and bouncing for hours trying to get her to fall asleep, but there's something about that endless bouncing that is so gratifying once baby nods off all warm and bundled in your arms! I miss it! But I'm also grateful she can fall asleep on her own now and I'm so proud of her for being confident enough in herself that she can roll over, grab her bunny and drift off!
She now sleeps 100% sleeps in her own crib for every nap and every night! It took some hard work but she seems to really enjoy her own space and sleeps MUCH better! She loves sleeping on her tummy still and has just recently started tucking her knees under her belly and sticking her bottom up in the air for her favorite sleep position! Gives us a good laugh every night!
This month she also started sitting up in the bath and it has completely changed bath time! She loves to splash in the water and chew on her bath toys, instead of bath time being a quick 2-5 minutes we now let her stay in there an play for as long as she wants! She loves swimming too, actually doggie paddled when we first tried putting her in the water while just holding her and not placing her in the little floaty chair... Too funny!!
She has gotten to spend more time with Lucas this month since he's had the last 2 weeks off and that's been wonderful for their relationship! Makes my heart so happy! However she has been quite the mamas girl! If I walk in the room it's fussing till I grab her, if I walk out of the room it's fussing till I come back... If I'm not playing with her but I'm in the same room she's mad till I play too! She gets SO happy and reaches out for me though and it makes my heart melt!
She's been saying lots of "mamamamamamama" and "yayayayaya" ..." dadadada" has been thrown in the mix as well!
She's sitting up so well on her own, still tumbles backwards every now and then so we don't let her sit alone! She also scoots backwards but I just know she's getting ready to go forwards any time now!!!
We started more foods this month too, still bananas and avocado but she loves peaches/nectarines!!!!!!!
This past week has been quite a roller coaster... She now has TWO teeth! Both came in the day before and day of her 6 month birthday! Let's just say teething is not her favorite thing, it had Lucas and I both scratching our heads trying to come up with any method of making her happy! Poor baby girl... But now she is on the mend back to her happy little self!!
She squeals this high pitched squeal and it has us in stitches all the time and she's also started going "uh uh...uh uh" when she sees something she wants something such as the iPad lol or... Milks, can't forget about those milks, those are still her favorite thing!!
We also dedicated Penelope at church this month on Father's Day, it will be a wonderful day to remember for multiple reasons!
Just can't believe how much she can change in the course of just a month! Love her to pieces!
Baby's first 4th of July!! Hanging out on Nanny's counter chewing on our new favorite thing... Metal spoons
Chomping on our other favorite thing... Water bottles!
Getting ready to go swimming with cousin Cody!
First time swimming!!!
