6 Months Old

I CANNOT believe that Jane is already 1/2 year old. It just hit me today....weird. This girl has changed so much since last month. Its weird because I write everything down on my phone whenever she does something for the first time so that when I write these I can remember everything. By looking at the list you would think not much as happened compared to the last 5 months, but maybe that's just because the things that did happen this month were all BIG things!

Jane can now sit up on her own. I still need to sit right there with her because she tends to get excited and thrown her had back which leads to her falling back too. But I would definitely say she it sitting on her own and she doesn't really like to be on her back anymore. She likes to look around whether she is on her tummy or sitting up.

As you can see in the picture below, she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth, including the arm to her rocking chair.

Part of putting everything in her mouth has to do with her teething. She has been "teething" for an entire month and still no teeth. I thought the drooling was bad in the last couple of months, but oh man was I wrong. Her drooling is out of control now. I have to change her outfit 3 times a day because she soaks her clothes. Ive tried to put a bib on her to soak the drool up but she just tears it off in two seconds. The doctor today said that her right bottom too will come trough anytime now. She also sticks her tongue out and chews on it if there is nothing else to chew and she is  tired of chewing her fingers.

She grabs for EVERYTHING now. I can't drink coffee near her or she will grab the mug and spill it on herself. Anything anybody has, she grabs for it. Mr. Hunt will play with her and hold a toy up, she will grab it. Right then he holds up another toy, she drops the old one and grabs for the one he has. She will do that over and over. She also grabs for toys while on her tummy.

She smiles when I say "cheeeeese"

She also talks a lot! She is stating new consonants and babbles all the time.

She got her first diaper rash on June 5th. Not too bad for no diaper rash the first 5 months of life. It wasn't a bad one and it never seemed to bother her.

She went to Bluffton SC for the first time. It was just her and I that went and we went for two weeks. She met alot of people for the first time:

Great Grandma Adams
Great Grandpa Adams
Great Aunt Laura
Great Aunt Lisa
Fran
Great Uncle Dean
Melissa
Shane
Michelle
Ellie
Brandy
Cameron
Tatiana
Great Grammy Taylor
Great Aunt Deb
Great Uncle Jim
Bailey
Dakota
Denise
Kevin
and a TON more.

She also got to see Nana, Pappy, Dylan, Jen, Davis, Mimi, Pawpaw, Aunt Rachel, Uncle Michael, and Aunt Katie. We had a great time and Jane was such a good girl. She got to go to our mountain house for the first time too. Not only did she meet all those family and friends for the first time, she also met a TON of dogs. The girl LOVES dogs, especially River. Every time she sees River she kicks her legs, flings her arms around, throws her self back to almost jump out of my arms, and squeals really loud. Anytime she is anywhere close to him she reaches out to try to pet him.

This month proved harder to take these pictures. She gets excited when she sees the camera and tried to lung and grab it. This makes the rocking chair start to rock and Im afraid she will fall right off. 

On June 8th, Jane went swimming in a pool for the first time. She cried at first, but I think it was because it was cold. She was only in the water for about 10 minutes before we realized it was her eating time. After eating she passed out so we left. I'm confident she will like the pool more next time. 

Jane and I took our first bath together on June 16 which was also her first Father's Day and Hannah's birthday. I wanted to wait until she could sit on her own to take a bath with me. We both loved it. She especially loved to touch the water coming out of the spout.

She is starting to show some signs of separation anxiety. Not all the time, but sometimes when I leave the room she will scream and cry until I walk back in. Again, its not all the time and I hope it doesn't start more.

She also notices when I walk into a room and will smile and get excited to see me. It makes me so happy and warm inside.

Here she is so excited that she is throwing her entire body back. This is when she would fall over while sitting on her own.

She loves to play with things that aren't toys. Doesn't this happen with all kids? She will have a million toys in front of her and she would rather play with my phone, a spoon, or her favorite is tags. Just like her Uncle Dylan when he was little, Jane will find the tag on any stuffed animal and play with it. It will keep her attention for a long time.

She constantly rolls from back to front and front to back and will roll to get to a certain toy. She also grabs her feet ALL THE TIME!

She loves food. She now eats

Sweet potatoes
Squash
Green Beans
Rice Cereal
Bananas

We tried avocados, but she hates them. She will eat them with a banana, but not by itself.

The picture below she is looking for River who was sitting with us for the photo shoot.

She gets distracted really easily. Like when we are feeding her her bottle, we cant be doing anything else or she gets distracted and stops eating and then milk goes everywhere.

Weight: 16lbs 15oz which is the 65th percentile
Height: 27 inches long which is 75th percentile
Head: 43 cm which is 75th percentile

So she is pretty proportionate, but big!

I knew she was long because she is now in 6 months onsies which makes sense, but for jammies with the feet she wears 9 months because her legs are so long. I also don't ever put shoes on her since she doesn't walk yet, but I tried some on today just to see what size she might wear and she is in between a 2 and 3 which I think is big for her age. Her feet are really fat right now so its hard to stuff them in shoes anyway.

Jane,
Oh man, you are changing right before our eyes. Your Daddy says everyday how your little personality is showing and he loves that you smile at him whenever you see him. You are becoming so fun and active and we are cherishing this time with you as we learned this first half of your first year flew by at a blink of an eye. Keep up the cuteness little bean. We love you so much.

Love,
Mommy and Daddy