Six months - time is flying by...

SO Ally is SIX months old tomorrow. I tell you, time goes by a lot quicker with the second child. I guess the pregnancy did too. Allison is growing well, very chunky:) Makes mama proud. Hard to remember she barely made weight those first weeks. She is wearing a 6-12 month size and has moved up to size 3 diapers already! I ordered a bigger seat for Natalie so Ally can move into her current car seat(my elbow isn't taking the stress of the infant carrier so well). She has mastered the sitting pose and now steamrolls, twists and flops around, towards toys, under the bed, around the carpet, etc.... She even gets up on all fours and rocks - I'm not ready for crawling yet so please don't cheer her on.

She loves her one meal a day at 3pm. Both girls nap at the same time but Allison wakes up before Natalie does so in that slim window we have a private meal together. I have experimented with making my own baby food (great excuse to buy a new appliance from the Williams Sonoma catalog). She has had broccoli and butternut squash. The squash came from my neighbors garden. She thoroughly enjoys the squash, kicks her legs and makes this loud smacking sound with her lips. She'll even fuss if the spoonfuls slow down. It is only a matter of time before she'll need to eat twice a day.

Allison has found her voice! She squeals so loud and then Natalie decides to "talk back to her" and she starts squealing, hands free cell phone conversations don't work real well, with a screaming chorus in your back seat! I was heading to the bathroom today (one new sibling accomplishment, I can trust the two of them alone for a brief bathroom visit) and I heard Allison giggle, it was an outright giggle. I was enjoying the fact that she found her sister so funny when Natalie yells to me, mommy I made Ally laugh. It was even more special that she realized she was able to make her sister laugh. The sibling love is something Ben and I were not prepared for. It is amazing to see God's work in our two children that we made - they are sisters and they have such love for one another. Oh I almost forgot, while Natalie was "brushing" Ally's hair she left 4 visible prong marks from the bristles of the brush - such love, the marks are healing nicely, although I don't think Allison will let her sister brush her hair again....Well, here are some photos my neighbor took of Ally...she is such a delightful baby, so sweet, so patient...