The Rozells: Adah Turns Six Months Old

Wow ... our sweet, sleepy newborn has become a fully charged, very curious, gregarious infant. In a blink of an eye, she can roll half-way across the living room, have three new toys in her possession, and be pawing at the cord on our laptop, the cable box, the sliding glass door, or some other item we would rather she left alone. Most new items are explored with her mouth first, then her eyes and hands, but they are definitely explored from top to bottom. Adah can no longer be contained or fully entertained by her play gym and we may have to look for some up-right play gear soon.

She has also become fascinated with speech ... she watches our mouthes when we talk to her, sometimes putting her hands on our lips as if to feel what the words sound like. When she sees you pull out a book to read to her, she promptly rolls onto her back and starts kicking her legs in excitement.

Going out is still fantastic, especially when we put her in a sling of some sort so she can look out and view the world. It's rare that we can make it through a run to the grocery store without several strangers stopping to visit with her. She flashes a big, charming smile to any one who passes by in hopes of luring them in to interact with her for awhile.

Adah has been working on sitting up unassisted. She is usually too interested in reaching, twisting, and turning for toys to stay up on her own for very long. She has also become quite ticklish and can hardly stand a kissing or tickle attack, giggling with delight.

Adah has also been slowly working on learning how to eat solid foods ... mainly rice cereal. She's still sort of lukewarm about the whole experience but appears to be warming up to it. She kept playing in the bouncy chair we were using to feed her, so we decided to get her a highchair. She looks so tiny in it! But she seems to like it.

Now, on to a few pictures of the month...

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