Olive's doing great. I took her to her 6-month checkup today, and the NP said she's perfect.

 
We started her on vegetables a few days ago, and it's fun to watch her experience new tastes and textures.
The NP said her bottom teeth are about to poke through. I'm excited and a little scared for that. She's getting up on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth, so we think she'll start crawling any second. Our camera got ruined in the Arizona heat a couple of weeks ago, but Craig is letting us use one of his cameras. It's waaaaay nicer than the one we were using before! So it's been fun taking pictures of Olive with a nice camera. Her personality cracks us up. We think she's pretty witty, but then again how couldn't she be with us as her parents?

6 months

I can't imagine what it's going to be like having 2 babies. Olive is the best thing in the world to me, and I can't imagine loving anyone as much as I love her! I'm sure there are a million tiny details I haven't written about because of my lapses in writing, but some of the bigger things lately are:

• She's sitting up really well. She loves to sit up and play with toys in front of her.
• She's starting to get up on her knees when she's on her belly. So I think crawling isn't too far away.
• She's eating more cereal and even these little dissolvable snack things. I'm going to start vegetables this week too. I have to start feeding more solids and less breast milk so as to get ready for the next baby.
• She's way more coordinated these days and can grab and hold things. She twirls her hands around and continues to be very dexterous with her hands. I love that about her.
• She chomps her mouth open and shut. And she purses her lips together and spits lots of tiny bubbles out.
• She's way vocal and laughs a ton. I think she's going to be a funny girl.
• She has started sitting in a high chair too. She's still a little small, but it's working alright. Rosemary gave us Anna's high chair so we didn't have to buy one. That was nice.
• I'm having a hard time figuring out the best way to put her to bed every night. I really feel at a loss on that one. But all in all she continues to be such a delight. She's the greatest thing ever. We seriously almost salivate over how great she is.