6 Months Old

Valerie has reached big mile stones this last month. She has started eating real food, like apple crisp and peach cobbler. She does not like rice cereal or carrots, but she will eat oatmeal, apples and sweet potatoes.

She can now sit and play without any support. and she is already learning how to talk back. The other night Ryan and I were ready to go to bed, but Valerie was still awake. We put her in her crib to see if she would go to sleep on her own. (She has before.) I can't say that she started to cry, because it was more like she was yelling at us rather than crying. After a few minutes she quieted down and went to sleep.

Valerie is starting to get better control of her hands. She is getting really good at putting her binky in and out of her mouth, and she loves playing with toys. One thing I have noticed is that she gets bored sometimes, but if I change what she is playing with or if we change our activities, she is happy again.

She loves it when her siblings play with her and when they start running around she kicks her legs and laughs. It won't be long before she is running with them.

Now she is trying to figure out the answer to her biggest question,

Which tastes better...............

Your Fingers,

Or Your Toes?