Melody 6 months and MORE....

I'm a few weeks behind but "Little Mel" as I like to call her is 6 months old already! Actually almost 7 months now. I can't believe how fast time goes. She is sitting completely on her own, eating wonderfully all the new foods I have given her, laughing hysterically (mostly at Logan), and "scooting" around everywhere! Not exactly crawling on all fours yet but she is all over the room and I can no longer leave the room or take a shower unless she is sleeping or in the pack-n-play. One day she moved to the corner of the TV stand and was trying to chew on wires! Uh oh I better start the baby proofing again. Logan has lots of small toys now that are definitely not for a little baby. Funny how she seems to go right for all the things she CAN'T have and could care less about all the cute baby toys we have. She loves to find Logan's crayons and yep, put them right in her mouth. She is a very "mouthy" baby and EVERYTHING goes into her mouth, including mommy's nose the other day! She is such a happy baby and we are so blessed!

Her little party at my parent's place

No, she didn't eat the cake but we did!


My mom got a hand me down "car" that both Melody and Logan are enjoying

Speaking of her mouth, her first tooth is coming in!! When I picked her up yesterday at daycare one of her teachers, Miss Tuesday, asked if I knew she had a tooth coming in. Emabarrased to admit that no I feel like the worlds worst mom b/c I didn't know....I just said I thought I felt it that morning. But yes, it is barely through her little gums and definitely coming in.

February 20. The day of her first tooth!

VALENTINE'S DAY:

Joe was gone at a conference unfortunatly but I had a great day w/ the kiddos and even got my hair cut & highlighted as a rare treat to myself. It's been over a year since I got my hair cut! I did get some beautiful tulips delivered from Joe :

Logan and Mel in their valentine's outfits for school...

She loves her bottles

PLAYING TOGETHER:

They are really starting to enjoy playing with each other now that Melody is getting older. She just loves to watch him and is always happy when he is around. She just cracks up at him and he loves it and sings to her non stop. He's even created his own baby talk that he uses when he talks to her. And he's already so protective over her. I always take Logan w/ me when I drop Melody off in her daycare room and he goes and gets her toys off the shelf and if any other baby comes near her toys he scoops them up and says "No baby! These are MY baby sister's toys!" Its so adorable. Here they are enjoying the toy car together, I pushed them around like this for hours today:

UNCLE FRANK:

My brother dropped in for a short visit and he hasn't seen Melody since she was 2 months old.