The Rost Family: 1/2 a year old!

It is so hard to believe our little miss has been here for 1/2 a year! 6 months old! It has gone by way to fast! Every stage has its fun parts...this past month has been a month of lots of growing and learning. You can actually watch her looking around and processing things...she is a nosey little thing! She doesn't miss anything! This past month we have started using our exersaucer and she LOVES it! She actually looks for it when she wakes up in the morning and starts bouncing up and down in our arms with excitement! It is too cute! Since about 5 1/2 months she has been able to sit up by herself! She is very good at it and really enjoys playing with her toys like this. We started stage 1 foods...she LOVES veggies and has her days with fruit. Some days she likes it...other days she doesn't. She would prefer fresh fruit. We have tried some in a feeding bag...she has had peaches, pears, and bananas. This month we are starting stage 2 food. Sleeping...well that is still an ongoing work in process, but it is getting better. We got something called the Graco Sweet Slumber Sound Machine for her room...that seems to have helped a lot creating some white noise. We use it during her naps and at bed. Most days she is taking 2 naps. The first one is anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half. The second is usually 1 and a half to 3 hours. At night she is going to bed between 7-8....still getting up at least once if not twice through the night...and then waking up for the day between 6:30 - 7:30. Let's see...what else...she LOVES Jax now! She looks for him and will babble...like she is talking to him. She will literally turn her head upside down to find him, she is reaching for him and tugging on him...he is such a good boy and doesn't seem to mind too much! She likes books...her favorite is The Barnyard Dance, loves bath time and bubbles, loves Mickey Mouse and starts dancing when she hears the theme song come on, has developed some stranger anxiety...there is so much more, but these are the highlights. Here are Callie's stats from her Dr's appt this month...

weight: 15 pounds 1 ounce - 33rd percentile...the Dr. said this is probably because she is so active! length: 26 1/4 inches - 70th percentile