6 Months- October

I'm behind, as usual.  October is a big month for us- Gavin's birthday, Harper's 1/2 birthday, Halloween. I'm behind.  So in a game of "catch up", I am blogging when I should be folding laundry, cleaning the kitchen/bathroom/living room, planning meals for the upcoming week, getting my grocery list together.  Someday I'll look back on this post and thank myself- but it probably won't be this week when we're picking up fast food for dinner and coming home to a mound of laundry on the love seat.  But this, too, shall pass.

Harper is 6 months old!  That's half way to a year.  What a sweet little weed we have on our hands!

This month finds Harper introduced to sweet potatoes, bananas and peas.  So far she is loving her fruits and veggies.  So far her food has been made up of a little bit of rice or oatmeal cereal, whatever fruit or vegetable has been freshly pureed and the always perfect ingredient to any baby meal being prepared- mother's milk.  Some days I kind of judge her for enjoying such a concoction.  But she gobbles it up none-the-less.  Her little cheeks are getting fuller (both sets of cheeks, by the way) her thighs are getting rollier and her little tummy is getting just a little bit rounder, which sounds to me like we're doing all of the things we're supposed to be doing! 

Harper is rolling and sitting like a champ.  She likes to sit up on the living room floor and play with whatever toy Gavin sees fit to bring her at the time.  Most toys go straight to her mouth, but she's started drumming on a few things and loves to fully examine items- especially her hands.  

It's really cute- sometimes she'll just start staring at her hands and turning them over, likes she's just remembered that they're hers.  

This month Harper got her first tooth!  She is a sweet little tooth cutter- she's bit a little bit fussier than usual, but nothing a little cuddling or a nap can't take care of.  It's her bottom right tooth and I've felt her bottom left tooth coming in as well- but we'll save that one for next month.  

Harper is making little pre-crawling moves- nothing big, but she'll definitely take little lunges if there is something just out of arms reach.  Better than crawling right now is rolling.  Who knew rolling could get you so many places?!  If she seems something she really wants, she'll find a way to roll herself to it.  It's pretty ingenius if you ask me.  She's also jabbering quite a bit.  She loves to tell us stories about "dadadada" or "yayayaya".  All are very meaningful and compelling.  It's so cute to here her just chatter away.  

And this picture below is just to prove that 5+ hours on Etsy.com- most of which occurred when I could have been sleeping- is time well spent.  Look how cute and dainty!!  I love this precious little head- with or without a bow.  

Although without a bow, she's getting some pretty funky fly-aways these days.  She's gone from having the Jack Nicholson power alleys to now having some mad scientist sticky- outy hair.  It's nothing a little bow or hair gel can't fix.  

I'm so loving life with my sweet little baby doll.  Harpie Girl- we love you just the way you are!