The Traylor Times: Six Months

Yep, today's her half birthday. Oh my.

Stats:
Length - 28", 98th percentile
Weight - 18 lbs 5 oz, 75th percentile

Here are the giraffe comparison pictures (and more)!

I love how she's holding the giraffe's hand in some of them

She brings such joy! And what a "grown-up" baby she is these days.

She vocalizes so much, and there are some pretty funny sounds, including grunts. The grunts are especially funny when she's repeating after one of us. She'll also make the grunts and then wait for our reaction with raised eyebrows and a little smile.
She loves when we "work-out" together (i.e. I do the "Mommy and Me" workout video and she comes along for the ride). Actually, she loves to move constantly, and is a squirmy wormy when we hold her.
Her appetite for craziness has only grown - she loves to dance, bounce, fly around, scream, and anything generally crazy makes her smile and laugh. In fact, if we want her to laugh, we have to get crazy! (Kind of amazing what fools we turn into for her. :)
Speaking of laughing, what's funny today isn't always funny tomorrow. Something that makes her laugh hysterically one day is only mildly amusing the next. Keeps us on our toes.
This is also true about her skills and quirks. She gets on kicks, and then abandons them. Some kicks are longer than others, (Her constant tongue-sticking-out phase when she was little lasted a couple months. Her funny arm raised lounging pose only lasted a week.) but very few things stick around. Now that she's a champion sitter, even rolling over has almost stopped.
Her coordination has improved a bunch, and she can even take her bottle in and out of her mouth and play with it while she's eating. And still finish without making a mess. And she can shake her rattles!
She reaches for you now when she wants you to hold her. It's awfully sweet and endearing!
Has a dangerous reach these days-anything within a 3 foot radius is fair game, and anything that she grabs goes into the mouth.
Sleeps like a champ at night, but fights those naps quite a bit
Eats all different kinds of mommy-made baby foods these days