6 months (a month late)

At 6 months Livi has all sorts of new tricks. She has started sitting up on her own. She weighs 14 lbs 4 ounces and is 26.5" long. She will also low crawl dragging herself by her elbows. She also gets up on her hands and knees and rocks. She will do this to propel herself forward but hasn't exactly figured out how to make it all work together. She still prefers to stand when given the chance and really loves the Johnny jump up! She is such a sweet girl we almost forget what a handful she was for the first two months! She is in size 2 diapers but we will switch to 3's when we run out of the 2's we have left. And she is in mostly
9 month clothing. There are a few 6 month things she can still wear (if they are two pieces).

We had family pictures done last week, and I was quickly reminded why I am not willing to shell out $2k for kids pictures....EVER!! Martin was a total turkey the whole time. He was totally chatting our photographer up and happy as a lark until the camera came out and we said smile. Then it was meltdown central! Every little thing set him off. "Livi is touching me. The swing is hurting me. I don't want to smile. I just need to cry. I want to go home. That squirrel is running too fast." Those all happened. And just like that I got a glimpse into what the TERRIBLE TWOS are really all about. Being totally irrational! He really tested my patience! It will be a miracle if she has anything resembling a decent picture. I'm sure she got some good ones of Olivia. At least that's what I am banking on. Y'all say a prayer to the photo gods! We need it!

We went on another beach trip at the beginning of July and had a fabulous week. I plan to do a beach trip post when I have a minute to get on the computer and blog (so I can load my pictures), instead of my phone.