twenty six (26) weeks
one hundred and eighty two (182) days
four thousand, three hundred and sixty eight (4368) hours
Looking at her snuggled up on my chest like that seems like a lifetime ago and yet it's gone by in the blink of an eye.
This has been without question the most amazing 6 months of my life.
It's strange how many conflicting emotions that come with being a mother....
It is so mundane and yet so unpredictable, so thankless yet so very rewarding, so difficult and yet also so effortless, almost like second nature.
I have questioned myself so much and yet I've received such affirmation and never been so sure of myself and what I'm doing.
I have a constant companion and yet often times I feel so alone and lonely.
The days often drag on yet the weeks go too fast.
So many days, I long to just get out of the house and yet really, there is no place that I would rather be.
Nothing I have ever done has been as simple, monotonous and completely un-glamorous and yet nothing I have ever done has been more valuable and more important with such huge lasting and eternal consequences.
Much of the time in the day seems to d-r-a-g and yet I realize that there is never enough time to snuggle, rock, laugh, sing, wipe tears and teach her all that I feel she needs to know. I find myself fighting regrets each night already.
I mean seriously... look at that face
that little smile makes any hard day way more than worth it
*****
6 month stats:
weight - 15lbs 5oz (40th percentile)
height - 26.75 inches (90th percentile)
head circumference - 44cm (85th percentile)
*****
Leah continues to charm us with her sweet, little personality and all that she is learning and doing!
She still loves books and loves to hear mama and daddy (or anyone else) tell her stories.
She loves to be sung to. Even when she's fussy, I can get a smile out of her with some silly song. She loves me to sing her lullabies when she's tired. Rocking in the rocking chair and singing to her before every naptime is one of my most favorite parts of the day. I have an awful singing voice and somehow she still loves it. (funny that Chris hasn't asked me to start singing him to sleep yet)
She is fascinated with my hair and is surprisingly gentle with it. When we are snuggling in the rocking chair, she loves to reach up and stroke it. She just likes to feel it tickle her fingers, but she rarely grabs hold or pulls it. It's actually very sweet.
She is OBSESSED with tags... no matter what she is playing with, if it has a tag, she will find it, study it, chew on it and play with it. Sometimes it looks as if she's going cross-eyed trying to read them. I finally understand these now.
She has learned how to spit this month and loves sticking her tongue out and spitting. She spits and laughs. It's pretty adorable... but I'm not sure it will be for long.
She is finally starting to eat solids. So far she's had just homemade rice cereal and today started on homemade oatmeal cereal. She seems to like eating from a spoon and even seemed to like the rice cereal. Oatmeal, however... not so much. Her gag reflux was working overtime. But, we'll try again tomorrow. Next up: veggies, YUM!
She loves sucking on her toes. Her left big toe in particular.
This month also consisted of her first vacation and airplane trip, her first NCAA basketball game, her first online newspaper pictures (twice: here and here), her first time in a swimming pool, her first lacrosse game, her first baseball game, her first stroller ride in the "big girl seat" (not just with her carseat attached), her first afternoon in the park just laying on a blanket and feeling the warm sun and cool breeze and her first shots (she didn't even cry).
It's been a pretty darn good month if I say so myself...
...and I have a feeling it's just going to keep getting better!
Thanks for the best 6 months, 26 weeks, 182 days and 4368 hours I could have ever imagined!
Happy Half-Birthday LJ!
xox
7 comments:
OMGosh I want to much on her so bad right now. She keeps getting cuter and cuter! Kills me.
That would be MUNCH on her. My gosh.
Awww, i agree with everything! motherhood is incredible and yet so difficult sometimes! I had to laugh when i read that Leah loves tags, Ryder went through a tag phase too! haha, so random and funny.
Such a sweet post. Love little Leah. Can't believe how fast the time goes.
This makes my heart ache, I love it so much!
Ditto, ditto, ditto. To everything! She is such a sweet little thing. :) Lucky to have you as her mama.
Its so crazy how fast time goes! Before you know it she'll be a sassy little four year old telling you shes going to marry the scary guy in the car next to you stopped at the intersection!!
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