6 months old!

Well, our little girl is really growing up. Since hitting the 6 month mark, we have seen a lot of changes in our little girl. She is more tolerable of a lot of situations and strangers. She is more content (at times) to play by herself. She is loving eating solid foods and likes trying new combinations. She has a very obvious attachment to Mom & Dad. She will tolerate going to the grocery store in the baby carrier for an hour (this used to be tough). She is really starting to be very interested in her toys and will cry if you take one away that she is engrossed in playing with. She LOVES our cats - especially Sasha. Sasha has always been a finicky cat who really wouldn't let you pet her unless she wanted you to. Now she comes around and hangs out with Ava (but arms length away). When I hold Ava near Sasha, at time she will let Ava pet her. Ava loves it when she can stroke Sasha's fur. She will squeal and start babbling to Sasha. Every morning when Ava gets up we have to go and "find Sasha." She instantly perks up and starts looking around for Sasha. It is awesome! Perhaps we have a little veterinarian or animal advocate in the making?

Below are a couple of her 6 month pictures I took. For those of you who don't know the story behind Arnold, he was my teddy bear while growing up. Santa brough him for me when I was maybe 4 or 5? You can see in some of the pictures he is a little worn. He has been sewed up numerous times. He also has an orange burn mark on his butt from when I left him on the stove. He also used to have little crusties on his back from when I sat him on top of peanut butter toast. Let's just say that he is a little worn and is an old man. He is currently enjoying his retirement!


I love this pic. It's like she is thinking "Hey, who is this sitting beside me?"
Let's play! Hey, what's this on your butt?