at 6 months

hitting the 6 month mark means...

- getting two lower teeth.

- saying goodbye to the infant car seat and welcoming an even more comfortable (albeit humungous) Britax Marathon. she's outgrown the length limit so it was time to switch. at the car seat section of the store it was quite a cliche... there we were, 4 pairs of parents, each with their child sticking out of their infant seat, studying the convertible car seats.

- packing up the bouncy seat to make way for the high chair (which, luckily, matches papa's recliner!)

- getting more mileage out of the blender, ice cube trays, Ziploc freezer bags, and the freezer for baby food

- collecting baby spoons and bowls

- batteries, batteries, batteries. amori used to be content with staring at toys hung from her bouncy seat bar, but now she's in a sounds-and-lights-are-the-coolest-things-to-play-with stage so everything runs on batteries

- making sure that things are not within her reach. for lack of a proper change table, i place her box of baby wipes in her crib. one day quite recently, i woke up to amori pulling all the wipes out of the box. tsk, tsk, tsk.

- everything covered in baby drool. as they say, they explore the world thru their mouths. yum.

this little marshmallow is a pretty early crawler. she started crawling and standing at 5 months and 3 weeks! of course that also means i have to entertain her throughout the day, as she gets bored in the playpen. it's almost a good thing that it's the early days of crawling so she's quite slow hahaha.

and she is a certified papa's girl. everyday, when aldo walks in the door, amori gives a squeal and stomps her feet in excitement. how's that for a good reason to rush home?!