Sooo, another belated post. Gabi is officially one half of a year old today. On the one hand it seems like time's gone by with the blink of an eye, but on the other hand it feels like I've known her forever. Our little girl is getting so much bigger every day. She started sitting up by herself a few weeks ago and it seems like from then on every day she's moved more and has been growing leaps and bounds.
Lately she's getting ready to start crawling. She starts sitting up and rocks back and forth feeling out her legs, figuring out their potential before ending belly down in the floor. Each time she does this she gets her legs under her more and more. I feel like I'm in the golden time now when she is happily entertained of a good chunk of time sitting by herself playing with her toys but not yet able to move around much. Soon I know I will be following her around as she craws away from us. Until then we're just enjoying our little girl and feeling so blessed that the last 6 months have gone so well. Here's to you Baby G!
An older post-(sink)bath pic but thought too cute not to share
Mommy and G after her bath
Yup her 4 month pic posted on her 6 month birthday...running a bit behind. The beach here is a bit different than the beaches that we left down in Costa Rica. Our little chunky monkey looks HUGE here!
While we visited LA Jeff decided to take Gabi on the carousel. They actually rode around on a non moving seat but this one made for a better photo op :-)
Someone's started eating solid foods this month. Gabi's been sitting up in her highchair watching us eat for months now and we finally caved and gave her something. So far apple sauce seems to be the big fave. Half of the time is spent eating and the other half holding her "magic" food flavored spoon.
Check out my spoon
Mmm... pretty tasty
feels good on the gums to chomp on it too
Wait a sec, there's nothing on this thing...
Other fun toys these days are the sippy cups and bottles. We give G a bit of water with her food to wash it down but then the big deal is to chew on the rubber tip for a bit and then drop it on the floor for mom to pick up again and again and again and again.....
Give me that water mom
so I can chew on it
Somehow I missed her 5 month pic, time is just flying and flying. For her 6 month picture we decided to change it up a bit. Gabi loves the garden. Whenever she gets cranky we head outside and play with (eat) the plants. So far lavender, lemon balm, and roses are what's fun to gum on. Every time we find a new tasty plant to check out I have to run to the internet to check it's safety. So far so good. Lavender is the big fave and it's actually supposed to have a calming quality so that's a great benefit. We always like calming distractions :-)
It seemed only fitting that we use lavender as a 6 month prop. The only catch is Gabi was so intent on grabbing the lavender that it was kinda hard to get a shot.
So we had to bring out the big guns...mmm roses
and lavender or dessert
