River is 6 months old today, a half a year! Or according to Tolkien, halfsies. It's hard to believe that by Christmas she'll be wearing real shoes and toddling around. Being a parent is a lot more consuming than I anticipated. And it's not just time consuming. It's just plain consuming. And wonderful. Beyond wonderful. I am constantly amazed at how fast River learns and how sweet the love she shows us is. She is growing like crazy.
Some new exciting 6 month old things that River does....
1- sits up by herself
2- eats squash, rice cereal, sweet potatoes
3- grimaces at peas
4- crouches in crawling position and rocks back and forth ( she did crawl once, one hand out,then the knee...and promptly fell on her face)
5- talks to daddy, squeals, says "ah, gee" and "ba, ba, ba"
6- still spits bubbles, still razzes, still drools , and still burps (that's my girl!)
7- in attempt to crawl she scooches clear across the room
8- rolls and rolls
9- splashes in the tub...it's so adorable
10- and last but not least, has developed a strong sense of 'stranger danger'. don't feel bad if next time she sees you she lets out a terrified scream.
So, soon I'll have some videos up of River scooching and eating peas. You'll enjoy the peas video especially. Now, in commemoration of Rivers halfsies birthday a recap is in order.
As a married couple without children we hung out with friends and slept in on weekends. Ah, those were the days.
Bun in the oven about 4 months cooking, we moved to Washington with the help of Cams brother and holidayed in Seattle for a few days. At this point Cameron was convinced we were 
going to have a boy and wouldn't let me try any of the delicious fresh coastal fish lest I consume too much mercury.
going to have a boy and wouldn't let me try any of the delicious fresh coastal fish lest I consume too much mercury.
But they had to wait.
January 10, 2007, four days late, River came kicking and screaming.
Month 1: Real jeans!
Month 2: still fits in sink
Month 3: wields remote
Month 4: No picture avaliable. (they are all on my moms computer in Roosey town.)
Month 5: gets "oh, she must be teething" from everyone we meet. But alas, she just likes to chew on things.
Month 6: well on her way to being a lady.
2 comments:
Great post! Is that a pioneer bonnet River is donning? Oh she is so adorable! I'm kind of jelous because Haven doesn't do a lot of those things on the list yet. But she just has her own timeline and I have to remember that.
I love when you tell about what she has been doing and the re-cap is great! What a great journal and history. We miss you guys, Love Grammy
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