something new every day!

It's been a big month for Brynna.
She turned 6 months old!
Her first little tooth poked through, quickly followed by another, and two more will be crowding their way in over the next few days.
She has started sitting up by herself. She skipped tripoding and sits very straight, although she falls backwards often.
And biggest of all, since we hit the 6 mo. mark, she had her first taste of something other than momma! We started rice cereal last night, and she did really well! She acted like she liked it for a couple of bites, but then decided it wasn't so great. I think the cereal might have gotten cold though, so we'll try it again tonight and make sure it stays warm. Daddy did pretty good too, for a little while. His ultra sensitive gag reflex did kick in, though, so momma had to take over.

6 months one way, half a year the other

However you want to look at it, my baby is growing way too fast!
~12 1/2 lbs. (80%)
~24 inches (60%)
~on her knees rocking, but doesn't move yet
~doesn't really need to, that kid can roll across our big living room before you can blink!
~if she would be still, she could sit up, but she's too busy reaching for something, anything, or craning her neck to watch her silly sister
~has two teeth that have broken through, the bottom left and top right. I've never known a kid that has teethed in that order, it's going to look so funny when they come down further! And the companion teeth don't look like they're coming anytime soon. Teething has been a little more difficult for Brynna than it was for D'Laney. She's been fussy, run some very low grade fever, and wants momma to hold her all day long. But she's going through all of this 3 months sooner than D'Laney did. I have to admit that I'm a little bit sad about the teeth. She's my last baby, and the sweet little gummy grins aren't going to be around much longer.
~she's learned to blow raspberries with her tongue, and does so 90% of the time she's awake. Combined with the insane amount of drool from the teething, and anything within a 2 foot radius is going to get soaked.
~still sucks her thumb, and I love it.
~she is such a happy baby. She smiles constantly, and she'll kinda giggle, but we canNOT get that child to laugh. I think she's going to be kinda serious and a little shy, which should balance her crazy sister out nicely. But I wish she would laugh at us, it's always such a sweet sound.
~we'll start rice cereal when daddy gets home later this week.
~Keva will take 6mo. pics for us next week. So excited! Hopefully she'll sit up a little better for her.

We've been pretty busy around here. Camp is next week, and packing for two kids is hard! Getting all the clothes together is easy, but finding things to entertain an almost 3 year old (!) and a 6 month old is the hard part. I have plenty of water toys, but it'll get too hot for even that, so I also have to pack movies, books, puzzles, coloring stuff, etc. to keep them occupied in the cool camper. I have to pack a lot of food, too. Not just for D'Laney, but with my food allergies, it's hard to eat a lot of what comes out of the cook shack. My mom and sister came and stayed with me this weekend to help get some stuff ready, so I'm almost ready! The only things left to do are last minute things, like buying groceries and packing toiletries. So excited!!

I drank the Kool-Aid

I've never really been one to follow trends. I resist things, due to pure stubbornness, simply because it's popular. Texting, wedge shoes, even this blog, were things that I didn't want to have anything to do with, and now they're a part of my every day life. You can add two more things to that list.

I kinda have a thing for *ahemtwilightahem*

What was that? Didn't catch that?

I said TWILIGHT!

I know, I know, I'm a little embarrassed. And it's really not a thing. Cameron and I finally watched the movies a couple weeks ago, and they were pretty good. So I decided that since Cameron was going to be out of town for a while and I might actually have time, I'd read the books. And I did, all four in about a week and a half. And my house might have suffered. And D'Laney might have watched a tiny bit more TV so that I could read during the day. I really don't know if it was the material, or if I was just wrapped up in reading again. I so love to read, and I haven't done much of it in the last 3 years. I'm not a fanatic now, I certainly won't be at any midnight showings of Eclipse or wait in line at all. But I might try to find a sitter and see it in the theatre. I might even try to drag my husband to it. He'll never admit it, but I think he enjoyed the movies just as much as I did (he watched them both twice.) I know the reasons that I enjoyed the stories had nothing to do with all the supernatural mumbo jumbo. I liked the fact that the kids weren't drinking, smoking, messing around, etc. It was so refreshing!

My other new thing, which definitely IS a thing, is Glee! I wasn't purposely avoiding this like I was Twilight, I just hadn't had a chance to watch it yet. Oh my word almighty, I am beyond hooked now! (It's not lost on me, however, that it is chocked full of the aforementioned things that I don't like, and then some!) I watched one episode last week, and then spent the next couple of days watching every episode they have online. I've always like musicals, and to do songs that are current! Love it! The singing and the dancing... the whole thing makes me happy.

PS: the whole "drank the koolaid thing" cult comparison was totally intended... some folks are still crazy.