1/2 year old

Dear Lyla Sophia,
You are now six months old and it breaks my heart. Your growing up to fast and mommy doesn't like it. You have been sitting up by yourself now for a month. You eat baby food, bread, crackers, cheerios and love all of it. It took me awhile to figure out how you like your rice cereal. You don't like it with water. You don't like it with formula. You didn't mind it mixed in with your food, but you still gaged every once in awhile, but you love it with diluted juice. You are getting your 2 bottom teeth and have been your happy self for the most part. I think at nights it bothered you the most, because you had a little bit harder time sleeping. At your six month check up you did really well. I could tell that you knew something was up, because you did not want me to put you down and believe me I didn't want to either. I hate shots too, but you did exceptionally well. You had 4 shots and one drink. You loved the drink and by the second shot you started to cry, the instant the shots were done and I picked you up to comfort you, you were calm again. You weight 14 lbs and 9 oz, your back up in the 25th percentile, which made mommy feel better, because at your 4 month you were in the 10th and that made mommy a little worried. After a trip to the lactation specialist, (who just loved you let me add) and an herb called fenugreek your weight increased. You are 25 in long. You are such a petite and sweet little girl. Your favorite word is dadadadada, which makes daddy happy and you also love making the sound MmmmMmmm. When you make this sound for some reason your facial expression reminds me of a turtle and I just love it. You love getting kisses and sometimes you give me an open mouth kiss and of course it is the sweetest kiss ever. Whenever you wake up from a long sleep and I get you out of bed you are so excited, smiley, talkative and your whole body shakes with excitement and you lay your head on my shoulder. It's one of my favorite parts of the day. You love playing pat-a-cake, getting kissed on the neck by daddy, having clothes shaken above your head and then put on your face. It's our more exciting way of playing pick-a-boo. You love your Binky. You play with it, chew on it and if it's in a pile of toys it's the first thing you grab and stick in your mouth. It cracks me up how much you love that thing. Mommy loves taking showers with you. We take 4-5 showers a week together, I just really enjoy that time with you. Any kind of camera fascinates you. The second I pull it out to capture a moment you stop and just stare at it. You love watching yourself on video or looking at yourself in the mirror. You smile at yourself, giggle at yourself, reach for yourself, and talk to yourself, you could do it for hours. Whenever family calls, your super talkative while I talk to them, but the second I put the phone to your ear so they can talk to you, you just stare at it also and sometimes you try to eat it. Baby girl you crack me up. Lyla I just want to let you know, I just love you so much. I can't believe you are 6 months old!!! It makes mommy so sad, but I just love your little personality and can't get enough of it. You have so many people that love you. I just hope to raise you to be the best person you can be. Mommy loves you so much and I'm so glad you chose to come to our family. I wouldn't trade you for the world.
Love, Mommy