Carmen - 6 months

Carmen is 6 months old. At 6 months she is 17 lbs 12 ounces (75%) and is in the 95% for height. She has finally started rolling over a bunch. And at about 5.5 months old she was able to sit up and not fall!

She loves bouncing in her entertainment center, walking all over grandma's in her walker, and is really into grabbing everything she can. Including a plate if your eating. She makes very high pitched screetching sounds when she is excited or mad. She wants to crawl so bad as she watches everything that goes on around her and wants to participate. She's very close to crawling. I'm sure she'll get it down in the next month.

She hasn't fallen into a good sleep pattern during the day and takes cat naps all day long, mostly at grandma's house. She hangs out most days there with her baby cousin where they take turns eating each other's heads, pulling hair, or accidentally hitting one another! She sleeps 12 to 13 hours at night though without food. However, she wakes up plenty needing her pacifier to fall asleep. And lately she's been waking up at 4 and is ready to party. I have to hang out with her for a bit before she goes back to sleep. I'm hoping she can start finding her paci's in her crib by herself soon. She does sometimes now.

Carmen absolutely adores big brother Vince. She watches him and smiles. He goes the extra mile to act goofy so she can laugh, and she always does! He wants to play with her and carry her around all the time and always refers to her as his baby or our baby.

Vince is his own Mr. Personality these days. He's very strong willed and has his own mind, which doesn't always agree with our minds! He's gotten into trouble lately at school for not listening, so we are working on that. However, he is the happiest child and plays and talks non-stop. I think he is the class clown, but he also one of the brightest in the class. He listens to everything we say and repeats it. Me - "Vince, come put on your pj's". Vince (not wanting to stop playing) - "fine mom, fine!".

Carmen has finally started eating baby foods instead of spitting them at me. Well, she still spits them at me, but now she also eats some. My parents give her solid foods to suck on sometimes. So apparently she loves her some bacon! And she also won't put a tortilla down!

I'm so glad the hot weather is gone, but that means allergy season is in full effect for Vince and probably Carmen too. We think she has allergies and asthma like her brother. She has been congested almost since birth and has been sick quite a few times. She has her own steriod inhaler and we do treatments for her as needed. At least we have all the equipment already!

So, although I am not looking forward to allergy/sick season the next few months, I am excited to spend the upcoming holidays with my beautiful family!