Ella - 6 months!

My little girl is now 1/2 a year old! She turned 6 months last Saturday, the day after Carter turned 3. Here is a summary of all the fun things she is doing right now, and 6 months pics below!

• Ella is 15lb 15oz and 25 1/3 inches. According to Dr. Nail, she is developing wonderfully and hitting all milestones for a 6 month old baby! So very grateful and blessed with a beautiful, healthy girl! 
• Still sleeping 11-12 hours at night, and takes one short morning nap, one short mid-day nap (usually in the car), and a long afternoon nap.
• Sitting up on her own without assistance.
• Getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth as well as getting onto all 4s from the sitting position- it's probably just a matter of a few weeks before she takes off!
• Grabbing at absolutely anything within reach. Phones, remotes, anything at the dinner table and generally anything she isn't supposed to have are her favorite things to go after! She really loves to chew on my purple rubbery phone cover. Any time I'm in a pinch and need to buy 5-10 minutes with her, that's what she gets.... and it works like a charm every time!
• Loving her brother so much..... everything about him! She's all smiles when he is around!
• Doing great with baby food, and constantly trying new things. So far she's had bananas, apple sauce, pears, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, mango, avocado, and carrots. I'd say pears, apple sauce, and sweet potatoes are her favorites by far, and squash and peas are her least fav (don't blame her!). Green beans and peaches will be coming soon! And I'm pretty proud of myself for making all of it, too!
• She is so much more of a friendly baby now than she has ever been. While she still is very attached to the 3 of us, she is a lot more smiley and sweet to faces she doesn't yet recognize or to strangers, and she doesn't seem so scared of them!

Happy half-birthday, baby girl! :)

Lots of pictures this time! She is so expressive these days, and always has such a cute and funny look on her face!

Hands in the mouth..... always!

 Big girl!

 Love this grin!

 And this is her new thing - sticking her tongue out and grinning really big around it! Really adorable!

 So pretty!

 Those eyes!

 Very serious.

 Up on all 4s (and ready to be done with this photo shoot!)

 Little sweetheart