Lakelyn is 6 months old!

Lakelyn turned SIX months old on September 10th! I'm totally in DENIAL and completely 100% emotional about it! I mean these first 6 months FLEW by and I know the next 6 will go by even faster with the holidays coming up. I just can't believe my little 6lb 13oz baby girl will be a toddler before I know it and I just can't deal with that right now! I need her to stay little :(

 

At six months old Lakelyn can do all of the things a baby her age should be able to do including:

• keep head level with body when pulled to sitting
• say "ah-goo" or similar vowel-consonant combinations

 

She can do all of the things a six month old baby will probably be able to do including:

• bear some weight on legs when held upright
• sit without support
• turn in the direction of a voice 
• make a "razz" sound

 

Lakelyn can do everything a six month old may possibly be able to do including:

• stand holding onto someone or something (while holding our hands)
• work to get a toy that's out of reach
• pass a cube or another object from one hand to another
• look for dropped object
• take with fingers a tiny object and pick it up in a fist
• babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga-ga-ga, ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma, da-da-da 
• object when we take something away (she will tighten her grip a bit, but that is really it)
• Feed herself a cracker or other finger foods (she usually drops it all on the floor for the dogs, or throws it down there on purpose who knows)

 

 At six months old Lakelyn can do some of the things that a baby her age may even be able to do including:

• creep or crawl
• pull up to standing position from sitting
• say "mama" or "dada" indiscriminately  (she will say dada, but not mama)

She cannot:

• get into a sitting position from stomach (she tries hard at this, but is not quite there yet)
• pick up a tiny object with any part of thumb and finger (I believe its still all fists right now)

 

Some of the things she likes:

• still loving baths
• going on walks in her stroller
• being held
• attention
• sitting up
• standing up
• dogs
• being outside
• apples and apple juice
• mickey mouse clubhouse
• cell phones
• spitting
• pulling hair
• kicking her legs

Her pappy gave her $20 to get her toes painted :) Spoiled much?

 





First pedicure!

 I mean this is the life!

 

 

 First time sitting up all by herself!

 

 I love this little face!

There is not much she doesn't like except being put down or when you walk out of her sight. And she HATES getting clothes put on her. Child would rather be naked ALL THE TIME! Other than that and her lack of sleep these days, she is a fairly happy baby!

 

First football season for her is underway, unfortunately we aren't very good this year!

She can rock some garnet and black though ;)

 

 

Lakelyn Beth, I am sure every month I repeat myself when I say I cannot believe how fast time is going by. I cannot believe how big you are getting and how much you are learning. I know I am not the best mom and I make a lot of mistakes, but I really do try. I apologize for any moments that I get frustrated with you when you wake up 300 times in the night or won't let me put you down or let me out of your sight. I am trying very hard to remember that these days will past so quickly and I will be wishing I could have just one more sleepless night holding you in my arms so that you will sleep, or one more day of laying on the living room floor watching mickey mouse clubhouse on repeat playing the sit me up, help me stand, watch me fall game. You are my world baby girl and this month has been one of the toughest for me to swallow. 6 months is a big one. its your half birthday. In only 6 more short months we will be celebrating your 1st birthday and I just cannot wrap my head around that. I just want you to stay my little baby that needs me forever. I love you so much babygirl and there is not a thing in this world I would not do for you!