Half birthday..!

I can't believe it, but it's true. My baby girl is six months - a whole half year! - old. She's growing up way too fast, it's completely surreal. I want her to stay my little baby forever, but grow she must... and some of those side effects of getting older I can't wait for - please, Baby Girl, sleep a nice, solid chunk at night (maybe even the whole time?) again. This month hasn't been the easiest for us. We just got back from Oregon when Calista got pathetically sick. All she wanted to do was sleep, eating wasn't even a big draw for her, which was not like her at all. Thankfully, she's better now and back to being a champion eater, squealer, and smiler.

Pathetic and sick, no? This was actually when she was starting to get better...

Once she got better, she really started to enjoy her Christmas presents, and also started sitting up really well... with some balance assistance.

Playing with the block stacker - she loves it, even if Ikea says it's for 12 months+

She also loves to octopus. It has crinkle legs, legs with rings to suck on, it's soft, and it sings songs if you pull the purple ring!

Can life get any better?

And of course, she still loves to play with the toys she had before.

I entitled the following video "Being Calista" because she's not doing anything special per say, she's just being herself...

and that self is so dang cute!

Really, she'll try and play with just about anything: my cell phone, water bottle, chapstick, books we're reading...

And by "play," I mean "suck on."

Yes, I put a diaper on her head. I also put pants on her head:

Grabbing the toes!

While I would prefer if she was sleeping well, I can't actually get frustrated with her, because then she looks at me with her big eyes,

(like this)

(or like this)

(or like this)

and my heart just melts.

Happy half-birthday, baby girl!