It’s been a super busy last 2 months. We visited Gramps and Granny in Charleston for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Miriam experienced her first pumpkin patch at Jen’s parents’ church. She went on an all-day play date with the Tetrev family. We survived our first Halloween and Miriam trick-or-treated for about 30 minutes. We were the characters from the Lego Movie. She is still nursing, but continues to try out solid foods. She likes apples, pears, berries, graham crackers, sweet potatoes and bananas. She is slightly less fond of sweet peas, squash and pumpkin. She gags over green beans. Her Papa fed her pizza, but we’ve restricted that for awhile (same with peanut butter and chocolate cake). Miriam weighed 17 lbs. 7 oz. at her 6 month check up!

She’s become even more active and alert. She wants to grab everything and shove it in her mouth. She likes to be held upside down and practices somersaults with Daddy. She is entertained just sitting in front of a Christmas tree. She can scoot a little bit in her walker. She has zero desire to try crawling, but likes to stand up (with help) and “walk”. We think she will walk before she crawls. She knows how to “divide and conquer” (meaning, she will cry “ma-ma-maaa” and if Mama doesn’t work, then she tries “da-da-dagi” for Daddy. And even though this tactic may not always work in her future, for the present time it’s pretty stinkin’ cute 🙂 

(please note that flipping your child upside down may result in serious injury. please do not try to replicate what you see here. safety first!)

She is definitely teething, but no teeth have broken through yet. She also wakes up a few times each night, probably due to separation anxiety or teething, or growing. Her schedule is also probably messed up from daylight savings time (why do we even do that anymore….) Mommy and Daddy have missed their sleep these couple of months, but you can’t really be mad when you wake up to this:

the definition of hope (the joyful anticipation of what is to come); child-like wonder!