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subscribePoppy is 6 Months!
August 2nd, 2011
(Admittedly, I am late to everything. Ironically, today is actually Poppy’s seven month birthday. I fell behind on posting her month-to-months, but found these photos and notes on my computer a few days ago and really wanted to document them here regardless of time…)
This has been a big month for Poppers. It seems in the last few weeks, she’s done so much growing! It amazes me to think about the milestones she keeps reaching lately. She’s one busy little girl.
When Ella transitioned to her big girl bed, we moved the crib into our room at the foot of our bed. (Poppy’s nursery isn’t quite ready yet.) Poppy loves the space of the crib! And I love having her sleeping so near. The crib fits so nicely there at the end of our bed and I love being able to see her throughout the night.
As you may have seen, the PopTart has started eating rice cereal. She is a big fan!
I caught Poppy pulling herself forward with her arms one day just after she reached six months and by the end of the day, she was full-on army crawling! Sometimes she pushes too forcefully with her legs and gets her little arms stuck under her, and other times she seems to just pull herself along with her arms. Either way, she makes it work and she’s learning coordination. She is so fun to watch.
She loves to go after Ella’s toys. She’ll see one across the room and just go for it. It’s so cute because you can see her thoughts lining up and then this very determined look comes over her tiny face. Then she’s off! Ella is learning very quickly that nothing is off limits if it’s on the floor. She has started taking her toys away from Poppy and putting them up on the sofa, chairs, or coffee table.
I am loving this new skill of Miss Poppy’s, but it also makes me a little nervous. Very soon she will actually be crawling and then walking! She’s learned that she can get where she wants to go, and she is absolutely loving it.
Poppy is also really finding her voice these days. She has a fake cough she will do to get your attention, and (my most favorite skill as of late) she has a little collection of laughs. It seems like she is trying out a bunch of laughs to see which one she wants to keep and make her own. When she lets them out, it makes me think of the scene in Mary Poppins when they go to visit the old man who is stuck up on the ceiling because he “loves to laugh! (Haha haha!)” She just unleashes these different laughs – a giggle, a chuckle, and the happiest little faces to go with them. All I can do is stare and laugh back every time she does it.
This is my very favorite phase of PoppyLou’s life so far. I really loved the newborn days, when she was just a little bundle of squish, but she has so much personality now and every day she is doing something new. She is the happiest little girl. If you give her a smile, she’ll dish one back to you. She is such a pleasure and we feel so blessed that she’s a piece of our family.
Xoxo.
