Celebrating 6 months

Welcome to officially 6 months of age CAELIN...half a year, WOW! Caelin continues to be one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. She hardly makes a peep (unless she is hungry or wants her pacifier) and smiles just about every time you glance her way. She is a social little butterfly so far. Caelin enjoys repeating noises you make, and has been known to give Grampee quite a look if he grunts in a low voice at her! She prefers to be sitting up rather than laying down. I guess she thinks she might miss some action! She has started to really take an interest in her toys as well. Her favorite toy is a baby doll. Although it is about her size, she hugs and loves on it nonetheless. Sometimes we catch her looking at the face and “talking”, that keeps us laughing constantly! She also likes her colorful rattles that make noise and a sensory “hungry caterpillar” toy. She still insists on a pacifier in her mouth pretty much all day. The last few days, she has been chewing on her pacifier, so we are expecting to maybe see a tooth or two soon. She also started eating rice cereal on New Year’s Day! Cade got to be the first one to feed her the spoonful, although it was more like a shovel! She is not particularly happy to be eating from a spoon, but I think her interest is increasing as she is starting to grab for the spoon now! She still gets her 7oz bottles of breast milk at morning and night, but her day feedings include 5 oz bottles and an average of 2-3 oz of rice cereal/breast milk. Gamee has started calling her “Caelin baelin Roe” and we have all been caught singing it to her as well! Cade continues to love on her daily with kisses and asking to hold her. He tells her “I lub u Caelin”, “You’re SO CUTE”, and “Night Night Caelin, I go to bed”. He pats her head when he walks by her as if he knows what a big brother should do. Poor darling is never going to get out of this house between her Brother and Dad (and the shotguns). Caelin also thinks it is hilarious when Baylor barks or growls. She will laugh until she cannot catch her breath. She currently is right on target for clothes sizes wearing 6-9 month clothes, and size 1 shoes. We are excited that she is growing a bit more hair and it seems to be getting longer…so we might be able to clip a bow in it in a few months. As for her sleeping, she will nap about 3 times during the day for anywhere from 30min-1.5hours. At night, we have her bedtime routine starting at 8pm so she is generally asleep by 8:30pm. If we do not wake her up, she will sleep between 11-12 hours…YAHOO! We went to see Dr. Kravitz for her 6 month check up and all went well. She received 4 shots and her stats are below. She is growing too fast and we are amazed at what she accomplishes daily!
Height: 25.6 inches (44%)
Weight: 15.13lbs (46%)