The Leopold Family: Happy 1/2 Birthday!

Thursday the 5th of April was Elizabeth's half birthday! I can't believe time has gone by so fast. She is really growing up fast and starting to be more "human" as my husband says now. She really thinks everything is so funny and it just cracks me up. Yesterday we were just sitting on the couch watching tv and she looked up at me and started laughing... I don't know what was so funny but it caused a chain reaction. So, on her 6th month birthday, she had her checkup. We were blessed that she has not been sick and we hadn't seen the doctor since her 4 month checkup. Of course she got her shots (4 of them, poor baby) and she screamed bloody murder but everything else checked out good. She weighed in at a whooping 15lbs 15ozs (and she is starting to feel that heavy!). She is right at average for both her weight and head circumference but above average in her height. I can't believe that she is so much taller than average (75 percentile) when both Greg and I are both so short. I hope she will be tall and skinny and not have to worry about being like her mom. Of course everyone and I mean EVERYONE that sees Elizabeth says she looks just like Greg so I guess I don't have to worry about her looking like me. She is so much fun now and we couldn't ask for a better baby than Elizabeth. I am worried that our next one will be horrible since Elizabeth is so easy going (again, like her dad!).

Elizabeth at six months:

Sitting up like a champ! Now we can actually leave her to play on the floor without worrying about her falling over.

starting to scoot around on the floor but she is not coordinated enough right now to get the crawl successfully. She will pull her knees up but then her arms give out... she will pull up on her arms but she can't get her knees up... then she gets frustrated.
she is a regular rolly polly now. She is rolling over both ways and fast. No telling how you will find her in the morning in her bed.
She is loving all her vegetables and fruits! I am going to have to get on making more baby food for her soon... it goes surprising fast. The only foods I found she doesn't really like is peaches and bananas. Both of these are ones I buy in a jar so I don't know if that is it or what. She will eat vegetables from a jar with no problem. We have even been giving her papaya! Yum! She still does not like her cereal though... she just wants her vegetables and fruits. The doctor told us we can move up to stage 2 foods so I might venture into some more different things with making baby food.
Drinks 5 - 5oz bottles a day and eats her fruit in the morning, vegetable at lunch with bottle and vegetable/fruit at dinner.
I started giving her a sippy cup in the evenings but she doesn't like it. I hope she isn't addicted to the bottle... I guess I need to work on that more.
loves to smile and laugh now
reaches and grabs eveything in her reach... then it goes directly to the mouth (even her feet!)
loves being outside and in her stroller. I am so glad it is warm now and we can enjoy the outside.

Her new swing at her Grams and Popo's house!

No teeth yet, but I think they might come soon. We shall see.
Even though she is very active right now, she is overall a very laid back, calm baby. She just goes with the flow and very rarly gets upset or cries, unless she is bored or something is wrong.
the funniest thing Elizabeth is doing right now is trying to copy us. I have taught her a few things already... so funny. I just wish she would start talking!
loves to play in her walker or jumper. She has some STRONG legs... I think she is going to walk before she crawls!