Half a year old...cannot believe it?!

Hey everyone it is hard to believe it is already time for another update which means another month that has flown by! Kate is now 6 months old and after this month we are now on the downhill slide to her 1st birthday..I just can't believe literally how time flies when you have a child...

how can you say "no" to that cute face?!

LOVE this outfit!

She is SO much fun and is growing and changing all the time. We had a well visit with our pediatrician on the 7th of this month and it went good. She now weighs over 16lbs and is right 25 inches long. The doctor told us she needed to spend a little more time on her tummy because she still isn't rolling over, but that will come soon. I know she could if she truly wanted to because she goes from side to side. However she is sitting up all by herself now. When I walk away I have a pillow surrounding her just in case she falls but I do feel confident enough to walk away :) so right now to me she is at the perfect stage...can sit and play but not move from the spot I put her, haha!

Jumping at nana's

Mommy and Kate!

"Hi, nice to meet you my name is Kate"

You can see how she feels about tummy time

Kate sitting up

She has really started noticing her toys and right now out of all of the ones she has here she prefers her top that spins and will pick that one out in the middle of a bunch of other toys. She is so smart and loves for me to read to her. She is really starting to use her hands also. Kate loves to talk, imagine that ;) She is always making some kind of noise and has now said her first word...dada dada da da and squeals so much but she is also learning that when she doesn't like something she will holler and continue to get louder. If you don't pay attention then she will finally start crying but that is how she is beginning to protest. She knows that she is only suppose to be in her high chair to eat so if she is in it any longer then she begins to protest.
We are broadening her taste buds. She has done the greens and yellow vegetables and now we are moving to fruit. She loves bananas and that so far has been her favorite. She is drinking from sippy cups and the one she has mastered is the cup with a straw. But she still is very adamant that she is NOT going to take a bottle of ANY sort believe me we have tried. I am perfectly fine with that now because as fast as the first part of year has gone the second half is going to go faster!
Well Kate has her 2 bottom teeth. It was like they decided here we come and in 2 restless nights of sleep she got them. It is so crazy how much that makes her look older but they are so adorable!

Funny face!

This was right after the 2 restless nights of sleep...they have actually come in more since this!

Kate loves her bathtub time and as of about 2 weeks ago she is in the big bathtub. Since she loves her bath so much Drew and I decided we thought it would be fun to have a pool, mainly for us lol
So we put up an above ground pool at the beginning of this month and she has got to go swimming which she seems to really like. We just have limited times to go swimming since she is so fare complected but we did get a canopy to shade some of it.

just had a nice warm bath

such a happy baby

I also had a birthday this month..yep the big 25 and the only reason I am saying this is because you have to see the cute card *Kate* ;) gave me and the wonderful birthday breakfast I received!

yummy breakfast! Pancakes, fruit, and bacon!

My b-day card from Kate...It say "it is strange to me I don't remember you having a birthday before. I luve yoo mom ,you are good two me..<3

Right now we are battling a bad cold. I had it first and bless her heart now she has it. It is no fun having a sick baby because they are so helpless. I have learned a few tricks though to make things better as she sleeps like raising one end of her mattress so she can breathe at night. I am sure that as the years pass I will learn more tricks also.

This next weekend we are going to Dallas because one of my brothers is going to be there and we want to go see him. We are super excited about that coming up. Also the fourth of July is around the corner and I can't wait to see what Kate thinks about fireworks. Then on the 7th and 8th Kate will attend her first women's retreat with me. I am so excited about the fellowship and growth that is to come! I think that is about it for now it is time for some pictures and videos!!

Blessings!!