6 Months Old!

Dear sweet Gemma is now 6 months old as of yesterday. I baked half of
a cake to celebrate her being half of a year old. It was adorable
until it fell apart and the frosting didn't stick. Oh well.

We are in full Christmas prep mode - which is crazy this year.
Thankfully there has been this gift of an extra week between
Thanksgiving and Christmas or there would be some serious crazy.

Here is what is going on in Ms Gemma Bean's world.

Gemma is wearing 9-12 month clothes and and a few 12-18 month clothes.
We finally used up the size 2 diapers and have happily moved into
3's. this hopefully means we will be using our cloth diapers more
often since I'm not trying to use up the too small 2's any more.

Gemma is all about moving. You'll see in the pictures below, she
doesn't hold still for long. It was a fight to get any pictures of her
at all. She is army crawling everywhere which means we have had to
take a hard look at what toys are laying around in order to keep her
safe. She is loving her new found freedom. She is also working very
hard on the hands and knees crawling piece. She is able to do it and
practices and every opportunity.

We now have 3 teeth with at least one more coming soon.

I don't know if it is the crawling, the teeth or something else all
together, but Gemma has not slept through the night in.....I can no
longer remember. Most recently, she has been waking twice a night.
Which would account for my tiredness, perhaps.

On the food front, we are eating solid food everyday in very small
amounts - maybe 1-2 tablespoons is what I start with in a bowl. I
would estimate roughly 25% of it makes it until her belly at this
point. So far, Gemma has had peaches, squash, oatmeal and carrots.
Carrots are the runaway favorite - she has enjoyed these a great deal.

Although Gemma is not as one track minded about eating, her favorite
activity is far and away being snuggled up with mama for a snack and a
cuddle. She strongly prefers to sleep snuggled up with me (we are not
encouraging this) and loves to nap with me. I have to say it is a lot
of work and a lot of fun to be this little ones favorite person.

Nickname: somehow this month Gemma bean has picked up a nickname. I
know I gave it to her, I just not entirely sure where I got it from.
It just sounds super cute together! (Try it, you'll see)