Gwen at 6 Months

Wow -- or, as Morgan would say, "Holy ta-MOLEY!" -- Gwen's first six months flew by faster than we could have ever expected.

This month, Gwen perfected sitting up by herself. She has gotten very good at leaning over to grab her toys. And lately, she's been lunging from a sitting position to her belly, which is a big step toward learning how to crawl.

Gwen tried a bunch of new foods this month. She hasn't taken to solid foods quite as fast as we thought she would. But she has learned quickly how to grimace, smirk, shiver and sneer when she gets new food in her mouth.

Unfortunately, Gwen's ear infection issues continued this month. She came down with ear infections numbers 5 and 6 a few days after Christmas. And then, by the second week of January, she notched numbers 7 and 8. We're crossing our fingers that she won't reach double digits.

Over the holidays, both sets of grandparents claimed they saw more and more of Andy in Gwen than they had before. But as the pictures below show, it all depends on her expression. (That's "Andy" Gwen on the left and "Ariella" Gwen on the right.)

Here are some more photos from Gwen's sixth month:

Now that Gwen can sit up, she's able to really enjoy bath time and snuggle time with Morgan.

Eating is an adventure. Gwen is very interested in everyone else's food -- but not so interested in her own food yet.

Gwen has gotten really good at stretching to reach toys -- a new skill she put to use when we visited the Please Touch museum recently.

Of course, goofing around with her big sister is still Gwen's favorite thing to do.