6 months...

Kay is 6 months old now. We went to the doctor last Friday to get her vaccines and discovered she had a double ear infection so the shots would have to wait. We have a tough little girl to not even let us know she had a double ear infection. We were surprised! Now we wait several weeks while she gets better and try again. We had her weighed and she actually lost some weight from the last time we were at the doctor. We now will be going back in a couple weeks for another weigh in. We are hopeful the loss in weight was just from not feeling good. She continued to get much longer and is now 26 inches. She is down to 3% in weight and 45% in height.


Craig was in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong for 10 days last week. I survived! We were able to visit with Craig while he was gone over Skype. I don't think Kay realized that dad was on the other side of the computer. It was nice for Craig to get to see her.


My friend Melanie flew in town to keep me company while Craig was gone. It was so nice to catch up with her. We also got together with our old college roommates for lunch. Melanie gave Kay a kit to take a hand and foot print for Christmas. We had a lot of fun making the project.




I felt pretty tired by the end of the 10 days. The ladies at our daycare asked me for more diapers. I was SO HAPPY that they left me a note on Kay's diaper at bath time because I definitely would have forgotten!


Craig bought the dress for her 6 month pictures in China. A special present from daddy....


Kay is giggling all the time now. She showed major improvements while Craig was gone on her upper body strength. It was almost as if something in her head clicked and she finally understood that she could sit up. She is still working on understanding that her hands can support her. She is able to now sit up for a few seconds before toppling over. I think she would be able to sit up much longer if she would put her hands down and catch herself. She is really reaching and playing with things now. I have a scarf that has some decorative trim on it. She loves to pull on it when I wear it. It won't be long and I won't be able to wear jewelry.

Craig and I have a thumb sucker! We joke that she is asleep only when she has "assumed the position". Here is Kay's sleeping position...