Emily is 6 months old! At the doctor today she was in the 75th percentile for weight (15 lbs 6 oz) and 90th for height – 27 inches. She is about the weight Tucker was at 4 months.
At six months Emily gets up on her hands and knees and rocks but doesn’t crawl yet. She can push herself backward and make her way across a room, as well as rolling every which way. Not sure she gets to where she wants that way, but she sure loves to move.
Like before, she continues to love solid food and jumping. (She even went on a nursing strike last week and only wanted to eat real food.) When she does nurse, she is so distractible, and continually crunches up so she can sit up and look around. She loves to be outside on a blanket, and she loves books and read-aloud time. She tries to plank when we put her in her car seat, and she would rather be on her tummy than sitting up.
She doesn’t eat at night but she is not as deep a sleeper as the older kids were. She is often up in the middle of the night, just because.
She continues to have blue eyes… the doctor guessed today that they may turn out hazel or green rather than brown like her big brother and sister.
She also continues to prefer Austin and I… and make life kinda miserable for anyone else who watches her.
Most of all, she’s so much fun. She really is. She’s delighted to lunge at the food on our plates, delighted to try to eat a spatula, delighted to see us, delighted to see the sights at the grocery store, delighted to roll on her back underneath the sky, delighted to find a good carpet to move backward on, delighted to put her toes in her mouth, delighted to try to catch the cup at communion, delighted to sing along with the songs at church… just delighted. (Which of course, is delightful.) We love you, Emily, and are having so much fun being with you!
