Paker's 6 Months Old!

This probably doesn't sound right, but it's hard to believe that she's only been with us 6 months because it's hard to think of life before her being a part of the family. She and Payton adore each other. Today they were playing peek-a-boo together and they both just giggled and giggled, it was just what a mom hopes to see from sisters. Parker was sitting in my lap, and Payton was hiding behind the arm of the chair popping up making Parker laugh, over and over. I love baby giggles, it's such an amazing sound, she seem to have no control over it, it just takes over and makes her whole body jiggle.

So what is our little bundle up to? Parker's perfectly capable of rolling over both ways, but still has no desire to be on her belly, so she only rolls about 95% of the way over if she wants to grab something, or more importantly see what Payton is doing. She is getting close to sitting up, but still needs support or she falls over after a few seconds. She picks up toys and can hand them back and forth between her hands, although it's still pretty clumsy. She loves to eat, and does it a lot, still easily downing 6 bottles a day in addition to 3 meals of baby food and cereal a day. Thankfully, Parker's getting into an OK sleep schedule, going to bed between 7-8 every evening, waking in the morning around 6 for a bottle then back down for a couple hours. She's even taking a morning nap pretty consistently these days, which I didn't think would ever happen. Some mornings she'll go ahead and sleep through a little later and then she's up for just a couple hours before going back to sleep. I love nap time! Now if we could get a CONSISTENT afternoon nap I would be thrilled.

Parker's hair is hysterical. I've decide that she kind of has a Kramer do on top (think Seinfield), and is getting close to a mullet in back with a bald spot in the middle - not exactly glamorous, but it is a good opportunity for bows and barrettes and I suppose a Bam-Bam ponytail on top if I took the time. It's been suggested that I could cut it, but I just can't do that yet. After a bath it stands straight up if it's not combed down - like 4 inches straight up.