6 months!

While we were gone Gwen turned six months old! Hard to believe I have been a mother that long. When traveling with Gwen it is amazing how many people stop to talk to us. I mean so many people tell us that Gwen is a beautiful baby. Gwen revels in all the attention. She might not understand what is being said, but she knows when people coo and smile at her and she LOVES it! Anyway, the changes this month seem pretty monumental. We definitely know how to sit up (and we have no problems letting you know if that is not what we want, right Terry!)

Gwen also does push-ups and pushes herself backwards. She is also starting to put her butt under her. She can really get herself around the room backwards.

She really gets irritated though because she always wants what's in front of her and can't reach it because she either pushes it away or goes away from it. She can now pass objects from one hand to another. She also just started twisting her wrist and staring at her hand like she is Miss America waving at a parade, but I don't think she knows that she is racing.
She still loves standing and just recently learned about jumping. She loves to jump/bounce. Usually I put her in her jumper in the mornings while I eat breakfast, she loves it. (Unfortunately I can't put a video of her squealing and giggling and carrying on like she does when she is in the jumper.)

Gwen is also taking a large interest in animals. She loves doggies. She just wants to touch the dogs, but unfortunately she only knows how to slap, fortunately she has only met three dogs and they all are good enough dogs that they don't care if she slaps them.

We also celebrated our first Christmas. Santa told me that whenever the camera lady and I turned away she would smile at him like 'ha ha they'll never catch me smiling'.Gwen seems to love men. Every time she sees one she does her fake cough and smiles and squeals or whatever she can do to get their attention. (Eric is already looking into shotguns!)
Sleeping is still a challenge, not at night, but during the day, but then again we haven't really been home to get her scheduling down. I guess that is a thing for us to update you on next month.
She is becoming a better and more even tempered everyday. She really only fusses is she is hungry or tired. But Eric and I can always get a giggle and smile out of her. She certainly does like to chat to us. And her latest thing is raspberries. Too cute.
Well, until next month or whether it is in a couple days when I update about our NM have a great day. Oh and our 6 month appointment is next week if you'd like to make estimates again, leave us a comment. As a reminder this is was our last appointment info from Nov 16th: Wt: 15lb 8 oz (75-90%) Ht: 25 in (75%)