Unpacking the Heart

On Tuesday our sweet girl turned six months old.  SIX months! This doesn't even seem possible that she could be this old.  This last month has gone very quickly.  She has changed and grown so much.  I remember just a few months ago sitting in her nursery and crying because she had outgrown her newborn clothes.  I immediately texted a few of my close friends and my sweet friend Denise responded that she totally understood and that even though leaving one stage is sad each next stage is so much fun that it makes growing and changing okay.  She was so right!  I still look at my girl and tear up at how "big" she is getting and all of the things that she is beginning to do, but at the same time, it is so much fun to listen to her laugh, babble and try to get to the toys she wants.  Things Elliott can do: *clearly make the "M", "D" and "B" consonants *reach to get whatever toy that she wants. *mostly sit up on her own...although still sometim...

A dear friend told me very early on when I was in tears over my baby outgrowing her newborn clothing that it is sad that they are growing and not so little anymore, but each new stage is so much fun that it makes it a little easier!  This is so true!  I get teared up every once in while when I see how big my girl is getting, but then she laughs or blows raspberries and well, it makes it all better!  Things Elliott is doing: *Smiling...all.the.time. *blowing raspberries....hilarious! *rolling over!  front to back and back to front! *sitting!  She is still a bit wobbly on her own, but she can! * eating rice cereal!  Today she grabbed the spoon and shoved it in her mouth....so cute! *chewing on her toes.  *performing "crib gymnastics"  for example, this morning when I went in to get her, she was at the opposite end of the crib than where I put her last night, with her head going the opposite direction. She's a mess. * respond to her name....