Mary Laine is 6 Months Old

It's hard to believe that it's already been 6 whole months. They have gone by much too quickly. Here are all of our "Bitty Baby" pictures. She has gotten too big now to lie down beside it anymore, so we had to alter them a little bit. It has also become increasingly hard to get a picture of her looking at the camera. She is enthralled with the doll now and reaches over to play with it.

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5 Months

6 Months

For Mary Laine's half-birthday, we had a little party. For those of us with teeth, there were 1/2 cupcakes with either an "M" or an "L" on them. The half-birthday girl got her first taste of solid foods. We gave her rice cereal and she is a big fan. Surprisingly, more of it ended up in her mouth than on her bib. She has now moved up to oatmeal, and we will be starting veggies next week. I have a feeling that she is going to love almost everything that I put in front of her. We found out at her 6-month checkup that she is in the 75% for weight (16.7 lbs), while only in the 25% for height (24 1/4"). You'd never know that she was so little when she was born!

She loves to play peek-a-boo and loves her Daddy. Tummy-time is becoming a thing of the past because I can't figure out how to keep her on her stomach without holding her down against her will. She rolls onto her back as soon as her stomach hits the floor. She isn't sitting unassisted yet. She can stay balanced for about 3 seconds and then she topples over. She is becoming very vocal, but whenever we try to get a video of her talking, she clams up and just stares at the camera.

At her birthday party, her daddy and granddad decided to teach Mary Laine how to play poker. We quickly found out that she's a natural:

Looking at her hand

Granddad only has a low pair

Mary Laine's hand is not too shabby

Read 'em and weep!

Happy Half-Birthday Sweet Girl! We Love You!!