alana's 6 month update (6 days late)...

baby nana, you're officially 1/2 way to being 1 year old...and now i know exactly what the phrase "not enough hours is the day" means! the days go by so fast and i can barely keep up. you had your 6 month appt. last week and here are your stats: you're about 25 inches tall (about 25%-30%) and you're only 12.5 lbs (1%). i felt so bad when we left the hospital...i felt like i've been starving you. i mean, you eat very often throughout the day...just not for a long time each time you eat. you just like to snack & your weight shows it. so, we're going back in 1 month to get weighed and in the mean time, i borrowed auntie kimmy's breast pump to help increase my milk supply & so that i can keep track of how much your getting. you're still nursing the ol' fashioned way, which you WAY prefer, but i think you think drinking from a bottle is kinda fun. OH, and the girls think it's fun cuz they got to hold you and feed you the other night...daddy too. you also started eating rice cereal (which i add "boob milk" to) and you're starting to like that more every day...you just need to practice opening your mouth and not look down while i feed you so that i can get more inside your mouth and less on your face & chest. you're pretty good for a beginner though. :) something else i noticed you doing the other day is pouting your lips out...and i remembered your sisters doing that when they were getting a tooth, so i looked in your mouth to see that you're getting your 1st tooth (bottom right). let's see, what else have you been up too...oh yeah, you're sitting up with a little help from your boppy pillow & when i put you down for tummy time last week, you started pushing up on your hands and off your knees (that's hard to describe...i'll have to get a pic). also, you're really into your toys now. every day your personality gets cuter and cuter and you smile SO much...you melt my heart. please stop growing up so fast...i really can't believe you're 6 months old already. we love you so much, my love.