6 Months!

6 months old, friends!!  I sit like a pro, I'm saying new "words" all the time, and my frustrated doggie paddle that became my frustrated Arsenio Hall impersonation that became making snow angels has now become horizontal jumping jacks.  If mama puts me in the crib before I want to be there I just start flapping like a maniac until she picks me back up.

A couple of things have tried to distract from my day like the heat going out and Regis Philban's farewell show on Live with Regis and Kelly, but I had one last thing up my sleeve to get the attention back on me.  I finally figured out that the sippy cup is for sucking, not chewing!  I can finally get milk from another source which means mommy and daddy can take a date night away.  Yup, I'm officially a big girl.  

So... The nurse commented on the roundness of my head and my likeness to the gerber baby.  The doctor said my core strength looked good and that I was very social.  (Grannie says when the doctor tells you your baby is "social" it means she's going to talk a lot in school.  I wonder how Grannie knows that...?)  

The doctor also decided her 4 mo measurement of my length must have been a tad high (just as we suspected) but I'm back to a normal 26"now, 50th percentile.  My weight is 14 lbs 4.5 oz, 10th-25th percentile.  Once again, I'm not gaining weight at the rate she expects me to.  Last time she told mama to start feeding me big girl foods, and since that doesn't seem to be working, she told her to start feeding me higher calorie foods.  Her suggestions?  Mashed potatoes with butter and sour cream!  Ice cream!  Mac and Cheese!  Just in time for Thanksgiving... yesssss :]