Laura Is Six Months Old!

Oh, man. The little lovebug is half a year old today. (There are a lot of nicknames in the B household; Laura is generally known as Baby Laura, Lovebug, Peanut, or the Little Bagooz). I'm sure at every stage of life (except maybe the teenage years?) parents think their kid is more and more fun, but I have to say I am so delighted by Laura every single day. She is learning all the time and is so fun to interact with. Six months is a cute age.

Height: 26"

Weight: 14lbs

Likes: cereal with squash, sitting in the exersaucer, sitting up, her plastic stacking cups, chewing/sucking on tags, high pitched screaming for no reason, tickle games

Dislikes: Mom cleaning her neck folds, puffy jackets for chilly weather, rice cereal, waiting for bottles

Further proving her ridiculous amounts of cuteness, be sure to check out the Smilebox slideshow with some great pictures of Laura. We took them last week before it got cold. There was some good news on the cereal front today...I decided to mix her rice cereal with some squash, and she was sold! She even opened her mouth for it and grabbed for the spoon to try and pull it in. I kept singing an old Sesame Street ditty to her (to the tune of Madonna's "Material Girl")..."I said I'll taste it, I'll give it a whirl, and now I am a cereal girl."

We are testing Laura's immune system to the max around here right now; Father B is quite sick with some flu-like symptoms, and Mom is dealing with a nasty cold/sinus infection. It's hard not to shower her with kisses and snuggles but we are trying to resist in the interest of keeping her healthy. We did have to make a little emergency run to urgent care last Saturday (suspected pinkeye) but when it was all said and done, it turned out the little stinker must have clawed her eye and irritated it. Laura was the perfect child in the waiting room, patiently sitting and playing for an hour until we were seen!

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