Giada Rose is 6 months old!

It can't be true...it's been half a year since we brought our sweet little peanut home from the hospital!? These have been the best, absolute best, 6 months of our lives! It seems like yesterday I was sitting in the rocking chair in her nursery with my pregnant belly resting on my legs, daydreaming about the day she would be 6 months old. We have arrived and it is so bittersweet. Sweet, sweet, sweet because every day gets better but bitter because she is getting older and my days of getting to snuggle her all day are becoming numbered. Soon she will want to be down running all over the place, not curled up in my arms for a snuggle. Although, she is already rather active...but she will still let me steal snuggles! I am still in awe at the powerful love I feel for her, the excitement I have every morning because I get to wake her up and see her smile. We are so blessed, and so thankful for her and her love.

Giada weighs 15 lbs., 15 ounces and is 25.5 inches long. She is in the 50th percentile for weight and the 25th percentile for height. She is still wearing a size 2 diaper and a 3/6 or 6 month in clothing. She wears a size 2 in shoes...but they are still big! Her hair continues to grow and grow, in fact she had her first haircut this month!She also started taking baths in the big tub with her special bath seat, she loves them! She tried rice cereal for the first time this month as well as bananas and sweet potatoes today! She still prefers her bottle...we are working on this! She has started sitting up for extended periods of time this week, can't wait for a whole new world to open up. So excited to share our first Thanksgiving with her next week! We have so much to be grateful for.

"Come on Mom, I'm done with the pictures!"

Things WE love about month 6:

1. Your silly little giggle

2. Your bed head when you wake in the morning

3. Your talking in your crib when you first wake up in the morning

4. Bathtime!

5. Your snuggles

6. How you smile back at us

7. Your smile when you first see our face when we open the car door to get you out

8. Watching you reach out and touch your dads face while telling him all about your day when he comes home from work

Things YOU love in month 6:

1. Bathtime!!

2. When we sing to you

3. Music

4. Your mobile playmat

5. Your blankee

6. Playing with balls

7. Standing up (we have to hold you up)

8. You still love to talk...even more

9. Your mommy and daddy...always 

We love you sweet girl!

Hugs, Annie & Jason