It seems like I was just posting that it was Grace's four month birthday...now she's already six months old!! I can't even imagine that six months from now will be her first birthday - AGH! She sure looks different that her one month picture - this was the first time she was actually taller than the stuffed animal.
She's also a lot happier in the six month picture than the one month :) She sure was a cranky baby those first few months. There were times when I didn't think either of us would make it to six months. Thankfully things have gotten (relatively) easier. She still is a hothead but finally seems to be calming down and realizing that her needs don't need to be met instantly. I do still feel sorry for any future boys she decides to date - weak men need not apply!!
She's also a lot happier in the six month picture than the one month :) She sure was a cranky baby those first few months. There were times when I didn't think either of us would make it to six months. Thankfully things have gotten (relatively) easier. She still is a hothead but finally seems to be calming down and realizing that her needs don't need to be met instantly. I do still feel sorry for any future boys she decides to date - weak men need not apply!!Speaking of boys, we've had our fair share of baby boys being born these last two weeks. Grace's godparents welcomed a little boy on 11/3, and Jeff's cousin just had her second boy on the 5th. Some friends of ours just had twins on Tuesday, so it seems to be baby season around here. I wonder what was going on nine months ago? :)
Grace still continues to change almost daily. She does a lot better at sitting by herself when she's propped up against something - she tips over pretty fast when she sits up alone. We've also broken her of needing to be swaddled, at least at night. We still have to swaddle her during the day if we want her to take more than a half hour nap. It was a pretty painful process at first - the first night she woke up 25 times, at least. The next night she went to sleep right away, but I think that was because she was so exhausted from the night before. Since then she usually cries for 10 minutes or so before falling asleep, but I can live with that! The interesting thing is that she likes to sleep on her stomach a lot or her left side. She spent most of her time in the womb on her left side, so I guess that makes sense. It's still hard not to freak out when I see her sleeping that way!
She's started eating more solids - so far she's had sweet potatoes, peas, and carrots. She's not a big fan of the peas!! We bought a high chair for her and she enjoys sitting in it, but I think she enjoys eating the straps more than the food. Pretty much everything goes in her mouth these days. She thinks we're pretty mean parents because we don't let her eat paper!!
On Thursday we traveled to Bay City for a cross country coaches clinic - we were supposed to stay both Thursday and Friday night, but Thursday night did not go well so we came home on Friday afternoon. Thanks to some rude people at the hotel, Grace woke up at 11:30 wailing and we had a hard time getting her back to sleep that night. I think I ended up sleeping about 3 hours and don't remember much of the clinic!! We did stop at Frankenmuth on our way home and got Grace her first stocking and her first ornament.
Well, that's about all the news from here. I just realized that after next weekend we have something booked for every weekend thru the end of the year. I guess we'll have to enjoy our last free weekend!!
