6 Months and Counting!!

Honestly, I can't believe that Tessa has been in our lives for 6 months already (coincidentally today is also her Mother's 28th birthday!). Some days I miss the little helpless baby and other days I can't wait until she is walking around. No matter what she truly is a wonderful beautiful baby and person that we are so lucky to have in our lives.

Some fun facts about Tessa as she is half a year old:

* Tessa is a very chubby baby. She has huge rolls on her arms and legs and sports a nice round buddha belly!

* We estimate she weighs around 18 pounds and is starting to wear size 12 months clothes already!

* Tessa is still being breastfed. This is a feat that I am very proud of as I am working full-time and am able to still keep this up for my baby. I hope we can continue until she is 1.

* Tessa is very smiley and happy almost all the time.

* Tessa laughs at the dogs. As of right now they are the only things that will make her laugh.

* We tried to introduce solids to her about 2 weeks ago because she seemed very interested in food. However, she does not want to have anything to do with rice cereal, bananas, and sweet potatoes. We will try again soon. We plan on making our own baby food for Tessa. That's right, cook fruits and vegetables, then mash them up and freeze it. So far we have done this with sweet potatoes and have 27 cubed portions in our freezer!

* Tessa started sleeping through the night at 3 months (10-11 hours!) but for the past 3 weeks now she has decided to wake up 2-3 times. It's like she's a newborn or something. Hopefully it's because she is teething and it will stop once she pops out a tooth!

* Tessa finally started rolling over consistently last week! Before she would only do it occasionally. I think it had to do with the big buddha belly...

* Tessa likes to sit up but still needs support and help from Mom and Dad.

And since everyone loves some cute baby pictures I thought I would end it with some pics of Tessa when she was first born and then now.

In the hospital... A few weeks ago in the laundry basket!
And here's Tessa tonight on her 6-month birthday!