The Chickadee is now over six months old!  I can’t believe how quickly time is passing.  It’s so exciting to see her change and grow, but at the same time I wish I had a pause button so that I could savour this time for a little longer.She now rolls from front to back and back to front like a pro–this morning she spent over half an hour rolling around on our bed with my legs blocking one side and Mr. B’s blocking the other to keep her from falling off.  She loved it!  It’s amazing to me how much joy she finds in the simplest things.  Recently she’s started noticing the chickadees and other birds that visit the trees near our patio and will watch them intently, kicking her legs with excitement, as they fly from branch to branch.  She still loves being outside and I think she will definitely share the love of camping and the outdoors that is a big part of life here in the B family.

She already has her two lower front teeth, which are as sharp as razors.  They didn’t seem to bother her very much when they came in.  She can sit up if she props herself up with her hands in front of her (the pediatrician says this is called ‘tripoding’) and she’s trying really hard to crawl.  She is very determined, focused, opinionated, curious, happy and social, and she makes friends with everyone she meets–she isn’t shy at all.  She’s also a tough little trooper–she had all her vaccines including H1N1 this month and she only cried for a couple of seconds when the needle went in and then was perfectly happy again.  She had her first cold (very mild) recently, too, and she somehow stayed happy and sweet even while she was all stuffed up.  This is amazing to me because I’m pathetic when I’m sick.  She loves her toys, her books, and looking at herself in mirrors. We just got her a high chair (a wooden one she can use up at the table with us) and she is starting to say a few consonant sounds (ah-goo, ba, pfft) in addion to all the vowel vocalizations that she loves (she tells us “stories” all the time).  She also still sleeps for 12 hours every night without waking up! She also takes 2 or 3 naps each day.  She is now eating some solid foods.  She likes things that she can pick up and chew on, like slices of apple, beet, potato, green pepper, banana, and broccoli.  She makes an enormous mess every time she eats and it’s pretty funny.  She’s also learning to drink water out of a proper cup–usually it ends up spilled all over her and the table and the floor, but she thinks it’s really fun.

I think she’ll love having her own room, as well as carpet to learn to crawl on instead of the hardwood floors we have now.  The area we’re moving to has a big forest nearby as well as lots and lots of families with children, so it will be a great place for her to grow up–we’re very excited about it.  We’re also looking forward to her first Christmas and have already bought her her very own first ornament (a wire mesh chickadee) and her own Advent calendar.

Time to go do some more packing…