Oh Aubrey, my little love bug, I cannot believe how big you are getting! I can’t believe how fast the past 6 months have gone by. You are learning so many new things and becoming more and more independent every day.
You recently started sitting up all by yourself. You are still a little wobbly and fall down sometimes but you are definitely able to hold yourself up. You love this new trick so much that whenever we lay you down on your back you crunch up and push up on your elbows to try to sit all the way up. Dr. Ramsey and I both think you will be the only baby with 6-pack abs. Aubrey you still push up while on your tummy and try to pull your knees in. You aren’t quite strong enough to get it but you are getting closer.
Aubrey you have lots of fun talking with Mommy and Daddy. You are now making new sounds like “mmm nnaaa” and “ddii ggggaaa” and you are exploring just how loud and high your little voice can go. It’s just so fun having conversations with you. You also do this funny thing where you scrunch up your lips and face and breathe in and out through your nose really fast. It makes us all laugh. You also like to make raspberries and wiggle your tongue around. Sweet girl you have also really started to suck your thumb and sometimes your two middle fingers on your right hand. I’m glad you are able to soothe yourself, especially since you will be starting daycare in a week and it will help you feel better when Mommy isn’t there to calm you.
Aubrey, you love playing with your toys and you are working hard at perfecting your motor skills. You are able to transfer toys from one hand to the other and you will stretch and reach for things you want that are out of reach. And you want to touch everything and of course EVERYTHING goes in your mouth.
Aubrey you had your 6-month well baby appointment and you weighed 12lbs 3oz. and measured 25.5 inches long. You have doubled your birth weight and you are just getting so tall! Dr. Ramsey is so impressed with how strong you are and she said you are developing right on track. She also said that since you are doing so well on solids we can advance you to stage two foods. At your appointment you got two more shots. You cried for just a minute and after getting hugs and kisses from Mommy you settled right down and went back to your smiling, happy self.
Aubrey, the first half of your first year has been full of fun memories. You have gone on your first road trip, you were dedicated at church, went to several fun parties, you were an usher with your Daddy at your Aunt Alli and Uncle Dre’s wedding, and you celebrated your first Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day and Fourth of July. Yay for a fun filled 6-months sweet Aubrey! Mommy and Daddy love you so much and we’re excited to see all the fun things you do in the next 6 months!
Aubrey making her funny face
