Paper! Oh what a wonderful noise it makes!

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It’s the 23rd again, and I’m having a hard time with this one. Anna is 6 months old today. But she’s still my little baby! It’s sad knowing we’re already halfway through the first year. But as much as I want to hold on to the baby stage, she gets more and more fun the older she gets, and she brings new delights every day.

Let’s see… she weighs 13 lb. 9 oz., or at least she did a week and a half ago. I don’t know how long she is, but I’m guessing pretty long, since she outgrows her clothes in length before she ever fits into them in girth. Naps? About 3 a day. Rice cereal? No, thank you! Swaddling? Finally kicked the habit. Sitting up? Not yet. Exersaucer, swing, bouncy seat, bumbo, play mat? Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. That’s right, we have everything out because she uses it all right now. Favorite toys? Plastic links, soft baby doll, and pink puppy dog. Favorite radio station? NPR (much to Dad’s delight and Mom’s dismay). Shopping? She’s a great little shopping buddy. Riding in the car? Not so much. Sleeping through the night? Oh, but then she’d miss out on quality time with Mom and Dad! Bathtime? Fun! Bedtime? Pretty agreeable. Wake-up time? Usually happy, and usually after 8 AM!

Here she is sporting her cute new hat:

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It’s been a little rocky for a few days, but Anna is doing much better now. The first night she only got about 6 hours total sleep in about 3 spurts, poor thing. But last night she only woke up crying once, and then she slept through the rest of the night until 8:45 this morning! And she’s taken some pretty good naps, too.

So she’s at the point where she’ll sleep unswaddled; now we just need to get her to go to sleep unswaddled. With the swaddle, we could just rock her for a few minutes, put her in the crib sleepy but awake, and she would fall asleep on her own. But for right now, she has to be totally zonked out when we transfer her to the crib. We had such a good thing going, and I hope to get it back soon. She has fallen asleep unswaddled on her own twice, so I know she’s capable of it.

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Well, I think the swaddling days are finally coming to a close. Early this morning Anna flipped from her back to her tummy (with one arm in and one arm out). I’m pretty sure it’s not safe for her to be on her tummy with her arms bound up, so it’s time to drop the swaddle.

I tried for an hour and a half to get her down for a nap this morning. Poor girl—she was so tired, but she just couldn’t sleep with her arms flailing around. At one point she was mostly asleep, and I was holding her hands to keep them still, but then she had a big startle and sent her arms flying, and then she started to cry the saddest cry, like, “Please let me go to sleep!” I finally just got her up. A little bit later, I tried to feed her, and of course she fell asleep almost instantly. I put her down on her stomach, held her still for just a minute to let her get back to sleep, and she slept for 45 minutes. It’s a start, but she’s gonna have to learn to sleep a lot longer than that!

We may be in for a rough few days, but I know she’ll eventually adapt.

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We started Anna on her first solid (if that’s what you call it) food this evening. Here she is trying her rice cereal. I knew she would end up wearing more of it than she swallowed, but I wanted to get it on video anyway:

So, baby food. Life’s about to get really messy. And Sasha’s about to be very happy.

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We all went to the Hendrix campus this afternoon so I could practice taking pictures. It was such a beautiful day! I got some cute ones of David and Anna. I don’t know if they’re what the instructor had in mind, but hey, they’re the most important subjects to me! I realized later I was so concerned about framing that I didn’t pay enough attention to lighting. Maybe next time.

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Anna and cousin Addie checkin’ each other out:

Oops, this one’s upside down… wait, no it isn’t:

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Anna is 5 months old today! I didn’t have a lot of time to take good pictures, because we’re heading out of town. We’re going to Mobile, Alabama to show Anna off to David’s grandparents and aunts and uncles. If you’ve been watching the weather lately, you’ll notice that there’s a bit of rain down around that area. Yep, it looks like we’re heading right into Tropical Storm Fay. Anyway, here she is pre-trip:

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Anna officially rolled over today! The little sneak did it while I wasn’t looking. I put her on her tummy, started doing something else, and the next thing I knew she was on her back, smiling proudly. It took a few times before I caught her doing it. She just needed to practice without an audience so she could perfect it. Here is a video:

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We all do it from time to time, I suppose.

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