BRITTA: Six Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- We spent about a week in Utah with my parents and cousins this past month, and the night before we left, which so happened to be the day before she turned six months old, Britta sat up by herself for the first time! We all cheered for her! 

Every time she reaches a milestone, I can't possibly imagine how she'll have the strength to reach the next one, and she keeps surprising me. I couldn't fathom her ever rolling over (now she does it endlessly), and to think of her sitting up was something I thought was so far off, and now here she is doing it. This little girl is a miracle on display. Truly.

For the Memorial Day weekend, we headed down to Utah so little Britta could finally meet her Grandpa Candrian. He'd tried to meet her a few times before, but it kept not working out as planned. The first time, he came over Thanksgiving weekend, hoping she'd be born, but she was a tad late, so he had to go back to work. Then, their scheduled trip to see us in March had to be cancelled because he had to go in for an unplanned knee surgery, and then he's been homebound ever since, basically. So... finally. It happened. And it was the sweetest thing watching him hold her for the first time. She starred at him for a second and then leaned right in to cozy up. It melted me.  Luckily Brittany got it on camera. 

Six Month Old Stats:

• 19.8 lbs. (94rd percentile)

• 27.5" tall (96th percentile) 

• 17.91" HC (>99th percentile)

Sleeping: Still sleeps better than Paige, though there have been a handful of times this past week when she's woken up crying in the middle of the night. It's pretty unusual for her. She's also been waking up at like 5 a.m. (but then again, so has Paige) but after I feed her she'll fall back to sleep. Thank goodness. 

Wearing: Some 6 month clothes, though 9 month clothes are fitting her much better these days. 

Things I Don't Want to Forget/Interesting tidbits: 

• She's seeing weekly visits with a physical therapist whose been coming to our home. Marin and Paige like to pop in and out of the hour sessions to "help" and see what's happening. Today during physical therapy, Paige and Marin came in from swinging outside and when Britta heard them, she quickly turned her head around and started thrashing wildly with excitement to see them. 
• Even in just the week she's started sitting up, she's been making progress and can sit up for a little bit longer periods of time. 
• She's always happy and smiling. And we can usually get a few giggles out of her. Marin is probably the best at it. 

When do thunder thighs stop being cute?

Sometimes I leave her alone to roll around. And sometimes she falls asleep.

Matchy matchy. 

Meeting Grandpa Candrian for the first time. It was very heart warming.

Her cousins fell in love with her.

Picture with Grandma and Grandpa Candrian and the cousins.

Family photo.

Visited Temple Square

Letting Grandpa and Aunt Brittany entertain her.

This little girl was a major trooper on the entire road trip. Hardly cried 

Hanging out with Grandpa.

Sharing yogurt with Paige.