6 Months

We can’t believe it but Julia turned 6 months old this past Sunday!  While it seems like the time has flown by she has also been very busy in the past few weeks and has accomplished a few feats that make her seem older than 6 months.  She is sitting up unassisted very well but she is also pulling herself up when we hold our hands out, not just to sitting but to standing… and then taking steps!  In fact that is probably her favorite thing to do right now (well, eating might be her favorite but standing and walking is a close second!).  Here she is combining both of those activities!

On the topic of eating, Julia loves solid food and has had quite a variety of fruits and vegetables.  She especially likes peas and peaches (not together, although she’d probably like that too) and oatmeal.  She also decided that she was advanced enough to drink from a cup like Mom and Dad’s and has been practicing that as well.  She does pretty well – it’s a lot messier than the sippy cup but she has fun.

But by far the best step that Julia has taken in the last few weeks is starting to laugh.  It is the best sound in the world and I can’t get enough of it.

Julia’s Sixth Sense

Ever since Julia was born she has had the most amazing 6th sense.  However it appears this was a temporary ability and has started to weaken as she turns 6 months old.

What is this amazing ability?  Well it first manifested itself when Julia slept in the co-sleeper next to us.  She would be sound asleep while Alyssa and I got ready for bed and read our books.  But the minute I would turn my light off and lay my head down she would wake up.  She would repeat this performance 3 or 4 times before finally drifting off to sleep.  One night I “fooled” her by laying down then lifting my head and looking at her.  I saw her open her eyes look at me then quickly lay her head down.   So you might think that she was just “playing a game”.  But shortly after this we moved her into her nursery and she still managed this amazing trick for months.

The other way it manifested was at dinnertime.  Julia, who has always gone to bed early, would be fast asleep in her crib while Alyssa and I prepared dinner.  We wouldn’t hear a peep from her that entire time.  We would sit down and I would go to put the first bite of food in my mouth and she would wakeup.  The amazing part was that food preparation period would vary every night.  Sometimes it would be 10 minutes other times it would be more than an hour, her timing was always precise with my first bite of food.  Thankfully as she approaches 6 months this ability seems to be waning and I have had some hot meals.