6 months

 We just love our baby.  She is pretty amazing.  These pictures make me want to go pick her up out of her crib and hold her and squeeze her chubby body! Is she the cutest thing you have seen all day or is it just me?

 At 6 months I think she is the busiest baby I've had.  She can grab a handful of the kids' hair as they are walking past (if I am holding her facing out which she much prefers to facing me). She is rolling all over the place and has been for about a month.  Brooks used to roll all over the place too and it reminds me of him as a baby when I hear her yell and find her tangled up in some funny place (like under the chair she is in for these pictures). Today at church we had our chairs in a circle and she was just rolling all around inside the circle.  It didn't seem to be distracting the YW so I just let her roll and roll.  She was loving it! This reminds me that I need to get the gate at the top of the stairs back in working order before she rolls right down them.  Oh, that's a scary thought I will add it to my to do list tomorrow! 

 She loves to blow bubbles and make funny noises. She babbles a lot and mostly says what sounds like "hey" or "hi".  For the most part she is a great sleeper.  She likes to be in her crib to fall asleep and hardly ever cries about it.  (Just moved her out of my room and into the "big crib" this month.  It was much more traumatic for me than for her.)

 Here she is looking very concerned.  "Um, what are you doing Cate?" 

 Abigail is sitting up really well.  She really enjoys the exersaucer.  Which is good because she's going to spend a lot of time in there whether she likes it or not!  It's just so convenient for me.

 She loves her toys, but she loves paper more.  She would eat and tear paper all day if she could.  Baby food is not her favorite yet, but she likes Mum Mums and thinks she wants to eat anything I am holding.  She loves to play with and eat her feet.  But how can you blame her?

 Cate never wants to let me take pictures without her.  I hope these two will be great friends.

 Her drooling has pretty much stopped as has the goopy eye.  I have been trying to massage her tear duct every day and I think that has helped with the teary goopy eyes.  She weighed 15 lbs. 3 oz. at her 6 month appointment and was 25 inches.  These were both about 40 to 50th percentile.  Her head was 70th percentile. She gets that from her father. :)

 This last picture is classic because this is what she looks like when she sings.  And when I say sings I mean squeals like a little cat or mouse or something that squeals.  It's the cutest.  She does it whenever we sing to her or if she hears music:

I think I'm most surprised by everything she is doing because Cate was such a laid back and slow to do anything baby.  She was really a BABY for a good year and wasn't motivated to do anything.  Ever.  She was content to just sit and be carried or carted around.  Abs on the other hand is always ALWAYS moving and grabbing for something.  Her arms and legs are constantly flailing and moving, it reminds me a lot of how Aiden was as a baby.  She is just so busy.  And so cute.  Tasty, huh?  We love this sweet baby so much.  What a gift it is to have her in our home.