1/2 a year

I can’t believe it has been 6 months since Gwen was born. It has really flown by, and it seems like she was just born yesterday.  We celebrated her 1/2 birthday at the Schofield Family Reunion in Bear Lake.  A separate post to come on that.  But here she is at 6 months.At 6 months, Gwen loves:
*Reaching for everything she can see.  She wants to touch/hold everything.  She is so curious about the world around her
*Smiling at anyone who smiles at her, especially me.
*Eating real food.  She LOVES rice cereal, bananas, bread, pineapple & otter pops (thanks to her dad).  Any time we are eating anything, she reaches for it.  She loves food, and is a really good eater.  So far, we haven’t found anything she doesn’t like, even though we haven’t really introduced her to much.  But Dan did let her suck on a lime, and she LOVED it.  Crazy girl. At first she was a little shocked, but then she was reaching like crazy for it, and when we gave it to her, she just sucked and sucked, until we took it away. 
*Playing with faces and hair.
*Holding and inspecting her toys
*Chloe. She loves to pet/grab Chloe’s fur.
*To stand up (with help, of course)
*bath time – we turn on music for her, and she loves to kick and splash all around.  She has a couple tub toys, and if they get too far down by her feet where her hands can’t reach them, she grabs them with her feet, then pulls her feet up to her body, and reaches down for them.  She is so smart.
*Sucking her thumb. I know I’ll hate it someday, but right now, it’s just too cute.
*Laying in bed with Dan on Saturday and Sunday mornings. When I’m done feeding her, I bring her into our room, and she loves to snuggle and chat with her dad. It’s adorable.
*When we put her down for bed or naps, she does the same thing every time.  She turns her head to the right, puts her thumb in her mouth, and pulls her blanket with up with her left hand so its touching her cheek.  Then she closes her eyes and goes to sleep. It is so cute how she loves to have the blanket by her face.
*To hold her own bottle when she has one
*To suck on her toes. It is hilarious. She will grab her feet and bring her toes to her mouth and start sucking away.  I love it.
*To be held. She is becoming quite the manipulator.  If she can see us, and we aren’t holding her, she wants us to hold her.  She is starting to reach out for us when someone else is holding her.
*When someone smiles at her, she gets shy, and buries her head into me or Dan. Its really cute.
(that 1st photo is a pic of her reaching, not zombie Gwen. :) )
We are just loving our baby and are amazing at how much she is learning every day.  She is so fun.  We are having a blast getting to know her.  She is so sweet, and has such a sweet spirit.  She can always put a smile on my face and gratitude in my heart.  She is my little angel.  I just cannot get enough of her and her totally kissable cheeks.