HaLLe iS siX mOnThS oLd!

My little baby is almost six months old! I can't believe how fast time has gone by! Even though I miss my sleepy little baby... I LOVE this age! Hallee is doing so many fun things! She is getting to be such a big girl!

First of all, she is sitting up! Oh it is so much fun. She can be a little tipsy at times, but it sure makes her happy! (As you can see in the pic, she can dance too!)

Hallee loves to move her arms. They are ALWAYS moving. She wants to touch everything! She is getting pretty resourceful with them. My favorite things she does: picks up her binky and plops it in her mouth, pick up her rattle and cocks her wrist back and forth endlessly listening to the pretty sounds, scratching her sheets as she falls alseep, playing with Daddy's face and them both screaming, her excited face in the mirror, seeing her happy face when I get her out of her crib, and tickling my side while I nurse her! What a funny babe!

She also is always moving her little fingers. Notice all the pics. they are always doing something different. Sometimes we find a special little finger up... that can be offensive. LOL

Here is Hallee practicing sitting up. She can completly fold in half. This pic also show her pretty hair that she loves to run her fingers through. (Those fingers moving again!)

Hallee love to suck on her bottom lip. She is teething and always wants to suck on something... her thumb, lip, braclet, toes, highchair, the mirror. Pretty much anything she can get her little mouth on! The lip is by far her favorite!

She is eating rice cereal! She just gobbles it up. Sometimes she eats it so fast I can't even get the spoon back to the bowl, before she is begging for more. She lets us know when she is ready... she just opens her little mouth. She also has learned to drink out of a sippy cup. She doesn't hold it too well, but she gets what she wants.

Hallee is smiling all the time. She is such a happy baby! She knows what to do when I pull out the camera.

She also knows how to FAKE smile! It is so funny. When she is tired of me taking pictures, she pulls out this little half-wide smile thing. It is our favorite!

Hallee is so animated. She loves pulling funny faces. When she is excited she opens her mouth up as wide as she can. She also moves her arm and legs as fast as she can. She shakes with excitement.

Hallee also loves to talk! She loves to scream in the highest- pitched sound you can imagine, when she gets really excited. It is usually when we are shopping or in some public place. Although we think it is adorable... I am not sure if everyone appreciates it.

She loves to talk to herself. She always just blabs away in the car when I am driving her around. It is so funny! She also is always very talkative in the morning... bright and early!

Hallee rolls ALL over the place. She can get to anything that she wants. She has got stuck in some very interesting places and positions. Sometimes I don't even know how she managed to get there. She also is scooting backwards, and trying to push up on all fours. It is so fun to watch her try to figure it all out. She loves being mobile.

One of Hallee's favorite times of the day is BATHTIME! She loves playing in the water. She just smiles the whole time. She loves sucking on the wash rag. We have to bring two in every night. One to clean her with, and one for her to suck on. She thinks it is the best treat in the world.

Just this past week, we took out her pad she lays on in the bath, and now she sits up! She loves playing with the bath toys. She just can't quite understand how they keep floating away from her.

Bath time is also OUR favorite time. We love having our little bedtime routine with Hallee. We are enjoying the time when we can BOTH bathe her and play with her. In the future... I am sure bath time will be quick and hectic with other children. But for now- it is a fun, peacful time! We especially love her chubby little rolls.

She is growing up so much. She takes up the whole changing table. Could she have ever been my tiny, little baby??

For as happy of a baby that she is, she also is very serious and intense at times. She loves to watch people. She just stares at them, until she has figured them out. Sometimes when she does this, she actually scowls! She gets that from her daddy. She is just deep in thought. I wish I knew everything that was going through that little head of hers. She is very aware of everything that is going on around her... and wants to be apart of it.

This age is just so much fun! The best thing in the whole world is listening to her laugh! She will laugh so hard... at the silliest things. She has gotten us to do some pretty crazy things. Whatever it takes... whatever it takes!

We love you more everyday Hallee Bear!