Monday, May 3, 2010

I am 6 months old and have 2 teeth!

Bethany's real half birthday was last week and for everyone that knows that tradition in my family it was fun to celebrate it for the first time with Bethany. Even Dan sang every other word to Happy Birthday for her!

Bethany pushed through her first tooth on April 23rd, and the second one on the bottom came through a few days later right around her 6 month birthday. She was really fussy and had trouble sleeping for that first tooth, and was very drooly too!

Here is a picture - it is hard to get her to let me see them but we can really feel them!


After bathtime in her ducky towel

Her feet are one of her favorite toys right now! I consistently find her with soaking wet socks, and sometimes they are stained if she chews on them after a meal of fruits or veggies.
I don't mind doing laundry when I have this little cutie to watch me
6 month picture by her monkey!

6 month stats:
15 lb 12 oz (50%)
25.5 inches (25-50%)
Everyone thinks it is so funny that Bethany is average for weight and head but not for height! Maybe she will have a growth spurt later on, or maybe she just has the short recessive gene. The Dr. said she is doing really well and said we can keep feeding her anything we want at this point in puree form. We borrowed her friend Alyce's jumper and Bethany loves to bounce up and down with a big smile on her face. It is in viewing distance of my piano keyboard so she has been jumping to "The Entertainer" these days. Bethany has found she can make high pitch noises and we hear her happily screaming and laughing to herself about the funny noise she makes. She loves to grab anything near her so walking through a store I have to watch or she'll grab clothes off a rack behind my shoulder, or try to "help" me brush my teeth. She is still perfecting her sitting and practices flipping from front to back and back to front, but her favorite thing is still to stand! We love you Bethany!

1 comment:

Four Buttons said...

OH I love this age, I truly do, it's so fun and interesting and new!! She looks so much like you Heather, she's beeeeautiful!! I too find it funny that she's below average on height, but I'm so sure that that won't be a permanent thing :) Hope you and Dan are well!! Love, Linds