Half Birthday - Milayla

Can you have a half birthday if you have not yet had a full birthday? Sure you can! 

This Little Lady of ours has changed and grown a lot in the last 6 months which certainly warrants a need to celebrate. From tiny toes to tasty toes. From flopping over to sitting up independently. From barely making a sound to telling us about everything. The signs that this girl of ours is growing up are all over the place. Her extra long lone eyelash has fallen out and her hair is filling out. Still hard to believe her little announcement pictures were taken 6 months ago...

Milayla is always on the move and has discovered that she can push herself around backwards if she rolls onto the laminate which means she has left her inchworm tactics behind her. Although, she loves using rolling to get around and can make her away across most of the living room. She has recently taken to singing with Mommy and will 'coo' along happily. Sleep is the last thing on her mind as she masters her new skills and carries on conversations with whomever the lucky person may be that is keeping her company. That lucky person also gets to enjoy plenty of cuddles though as she will hold on tightly and snuggle away.

She is very expressive; which makes narrowing down pictures nearly impossible.
(get ready for picture overload...)

 It is so much fun seeing how interactive she is becoming with other children. Her and the other children will be laughing within seconds or chatting like they really understand each other.

 And boy, oh, boy, is she becoming a little bookworm. It helps that she has a big brother who jumps at any opportunity to "read" books to her.

This little bookworm still needs to be supervised with her books though, as she has quite an appetite....

There is definitely a love for music that is starting to shine through, especially for the Christmas music that is increasing in playing rotation these days. She will tap her foot, smile and sing along.

We thank our lucky stars every day for this little girl of ours. She is so joyful, genuine, loving, determined, patient and mischievous...definitely mischievous...

And all that patience of hers definitely pays off when Momma pulls out the camera!

"no more pictures, please!"

Now that she has hit the 6 Month benchmark solid foods will soon make an appearance!