SIX months!

Dear Alle,
Happy 1/2 birthday my little one! Well, you really aren't all that little any more. Just a few weeks ago on July 22 when you were 5 months, 2 weeks old ACTUAL and 3 months, 1 week old ADJUSTED, you weighed in at 13 pounds, 4 ounces. You are growing like a weed flower and continue to change with each passing day. There seems to be new milestones met each week. Here are a few of my favorites:

7/14...For the past few days you have been feeding one last time before 9:00pm and sleeping until 7:30-8:00am. Um, are you really my child? Not only are you sleeping WELL through the night, but you just might possibly be the easiest of babies when it comes to putting you down for bedtime. Our nighttime routine is still flexible, but that will change when the girls start school in August and I will have time with you after they are asleep to bathe you, read to you, sing to you, and just plain snuggle you. Right now our nights are so late with summer time fun, late swims, late movies, late desserts...you get the picture, right? Right now, after your last feed and actually sometime toward the end of it, you become rather sleepy. You rub your eyes and your blinks become long and heavy. At this point I can lay you down in your cosleeper, give you your paci, lovie, and burp cloth and walk away, leaving you drifting off to sleep completely on your own. Really? Could it be any easier?

7/30 You have discovered your voice! Remember all that you would do with your lips and mouth only to say something so tiny, so short, and so soft? Well, those days are LONG gone. You have completey discoverd your voice and you sure do love hearing yourself talk...all. the. time.

8/1...While I'm not quite sure exactly when you started doing this, I know it was somewhere between 5-6 months actual and 3-4 months adjusted. When you are nursing, once you are somewhat satisfied you like to take an intermission, lay back, and chat with mama. I usually can't get a word in edge-wise and you take this prime opportunity when you have my undivided attention, to just plain smile, coo, and BABBLE. When you are finished talking, you simply roll back to your side and let me know our "chat" is over.

8/1...Tummy time has become fairly easy for you. You hold your hold at a beautiful 90 degree angle and prop yourself so sweetly up on your forearms, clasping your hands together.

8/5...Hhhhmmm, wait a minute? Who are YOU? You seem to be starting to show some hesitation and uncertainty towards people you have never met or don't see regularly.

Your official well-check is on 8/19 at almost 6.5 months. I can't wait to get the new stats and hear from your doctor just how fabulous you are doing!

All my love little one...