6 months and counting

Katerina is a little over 6 months old now. Here is her monthly picture with Mickey. She is about the same size as he is now.

Yesterday at her doctor's appointment we learned she is 15 pounds 11 ounces and 27.5 inches long.

She is certainly not a little baby anymore. Below are some of her recent milestones.

• I think she will be crawling in a couple weeks--she gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. She even moves her legs forward, but she doesn't quite understand how to balance and move her hands yet.


• She is sitting by herself for several seconds at a time.


• She is getting very strong too. It's difficult to hold her if she doesn't want to be held because she wiggles out of it.


• She is "talking" non-stop. She has "da da da da" down pat, and she is starting on her "mmms." The other day it sounded like she said "Hi"...Mike and I think that's going to be her first word because we say it so much.

This is such a fun age, because she is really starting to develop a personality. I can't believe its been 6 months already...where does the time go?