Christmas has come and gone, Malia turned 4..then 5...and is now 6 months, and we are officially on our way to moving! What a year it has been and I am looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us. I spent half of 2013 pregnant, and I can't wait to spend half of 2014 getting my remaining weight off (ha ha can't you just taste my sarcasm?). On a serious note, I am super excited to see Malia grow and change in the new year, and all of the fun times that we have ahead of us. I can't believe she is already half way to having an actual number for an age..man time really flies when you are trying extra hard to hold on to and treasure every moment.
In honor of Malia hitting her 6 month milestone on Christmas day and the New Year that is about to hit us head on tomorrow night at midnight I thought that I would do a two-in-one post... oh and not to mention the fact that I missed her five month post and I've got some catching up to do. So here we go!
Malia, like I mentioned before, turned six months on Christmas Day and we had so much fun celebrating with family. She received plenty of fun toys to play and learn with as she grows, and not to mention the cute outfits I'm dying to get her into too! It was a perfect "baby's first Christmas" spent with our loved ones and we had a lot of laughs watching M eat all the ribbons and bows. I'm already looking forward to next year when she will actually understand the whole unwrapping instead of eating the paper idea, and that the fun part is what's inside.
She started sitting on her own in her fifth month and I feel like there is no stopping her now. She is slowly starting to realize that she can bend forward and lean in every which direction in order to reach whatever toy, chair leg, or other object that catches her eye. I am praying that she doesn't jump the gun on the whole crawling situation since she was so quick to sit...and I know that sounds like a terrible thing to say...but the whole moving with a crawling baby thing just does not sound like a party. And, not only that but I don't think I am mentally ready for my little nugget to be scootin' and movin' everywhere when, as of now, I can just sweep her up and put her down, walk away for a couple of seconds, and know that when I come back she will still be in that same exact spot on the floor.
With sitting comes a whole new perspective, and with perspective comes the need to have whatever mommy and daddy have. We have entered the food zone, and at Malia's pace...if you have read my posts before and/or have met Malia, then you know that she is already quite the little drama queen so getting her to eat baby food has been an interesting task. We've been letting her slooooowly work herself into the wonderful world of baby mush and she has as of two days ago really taken to it. It took several wasted food attempts and plenty of adorable crinkled nose and disgusted twitches to get her to realize how great it is to have something other than formula...but we made it! It is so cute watching her hold her little mouth open waiting for me to give her a bite, and it is even more precious to watch her raise her teeny eyebrows when I switch flavors on her.
The more that time goes on the more in love we fall with our peanut and sometimes I get so emotional just looking at her that I can't help but laugh at myself. 2013 did not only bring outward changes to my life, but also a lot of inward and I hope that 2014 can bring even more. I've grown a lot spiritually, mentally, and emotionally, and it has definitely been a year to remember. I'm looking forward to moving closer to family and building our new home. I've already gone into full planning mode and thanks to Pinterest I have completely lost control of my mental idea board. I have not made any resolutions for the upcoming year because I typically don't since I find that they are so easy to break...but maybe I should make an exception and make a resolution to be a better blogger? ;)
Stay Well and Happy New Year!!
Meg
