Big Girl

Anna continues to grow like crazy. At her six month check up she was 15 pounds, 13 ounces and 28 1/4 inches long. That puts her off the top of the charts for height and about average for weight. The doctor told me that she has the motor skills of a 9 month old! I'm not sure if that should make me proud or scared...

She can do a full crawl now and is pretty steady and fast. She has been working up to it for a few weeks now. I thought I was going to have to go into her doctor's appointment reporting that she could crawl but not sit. Every time I put her down on the floor to practice sitting up she would just flop over and take off crawling. Last weekend I had her outside for a while. I guess the change of environment intimidated her a little because she actually stayed in a sitting position for quite a while. After realizing that she can do it, she now enjoys sitting up and playing with toys for a few minutes before heading off to torment her brother.

He is sleeping right now and she is enjoying having the run of the living room without hearing "no baby" every few seconds. (We did have a breakthrough this week though. After living with her for six months, David gave her a hug and proclaimed "Dayday yike baby." Maybe someday he'll even love her.)

The little angel is a great eater. Her favorite is bananas! Maybe her nickname had some influence? She likes cereal a lot and most fruits. She will tolerate vegetables in small amounts but hasn't found one that she loves just yet.

Princess is also a talker. As she plays she squeals, grunts and babbles all the time. She gives very sweet smiles, but you have to work hard to get a laugh.