The DeLorme Family: Six Months

Ashlyn turned 6 months old yesterday! She did not get to celebrate much because we were traveling for the better part of the day. It saddens me so much that she is already 6 months old! I know she will be a year before I know it. It has been truly amazing to get to see her grow and change over the last months. She is truly the best thing that has ever happened to me. She is a gift from God. Joey and I both feel so blessed to have such a perfect, beautiful, and sweet little girl! We are enjoying watching her learn and do something new everyday.

At six months there is so much that Ashlyn can do. She continues to roll over like crazy. She loves to roll and roll. She is in the beginning stages of crawling. I think that she will do it soon because she wants to touch and explore everything. Crawling will help her do it a lot more easily! She sits up very well. She can sit by herself for a long time consistently now. She loves to sit up and play with things. She loves anything she can touch and put in her mouth. She especially loves remotes, cell phones, and cameras.

Ashlyn is still a tiny girl. We go to the doctor next week. We will find out then how much she weighs and how tall she is. I am guessing she is around 14 pounds. She still wears 3-6 month clothes. Most of the 3-6 month pants are still too big in the waist. She is starting to wear some 6 month clothes. She is still in a size 2 diaper. She has been wearing a size 2 for three months or so. She is our tiny girl!

Ashlyn is loving trying new food! She is eating like a champ and now eats an entire container of stage 1 food. She still gets rice cereal in the morning. She has had carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash. She has enjoyed all of them. This week we will do peas and green beans. After that, it will be time for fruit and meat. She still nurses a lot during the day. I am still getting her to take a bottle with little luck. I hope that I can get her to take a sippy cup or cup so I can leave her for overnight. She is a very strong-willed little girl!

Ashlyn loves animals and tries to pet any animal that passes by. She likes to play with her toys. Her favorite is her music stage. She also loves her excersaucer at her Gram and Papas. Really at this point she is most entertained by things that aren't toys. She loves to play with a spoon, straw, cup, and anything she can get her hands on. She loves touching new textures.

Ashlyn's personality is coming out more and more each day. Like I mentioned before, she is very strong-willed. She knows exactly what she wants. She is very easygoing and content as long as she is not in her car seat. She loves to laugh and LOVES to be bounced up and down. Just today she started to laugh really hard when I made a funny face. She just thought it was the funniest thing in the world.

We look forward to watching her learn new things and change over the next coming months. I will continue to share with everyone new pictures and information. Below is a little "photo shoot" that my sister and I took before we left in Phoenix. She is exactly 6 months old in all these pictures.