Erika's already six months old!

I'm trying not to let it bother me that I'm over a week late on this post.... but whatever. Erika turned 6 months on the 10th. She's half a year old!! Blows my mind when I think about it that way. She's getting so active. She's started a few new things lately. She's improved on her sitting up. For the last few grocery shopping trips she's been just fine sitting up in the front of the cart.... which is just fun :) I love watching her look at everything. She has a bad habit of sucking on the handle, which is disturbing, but she feels like a big girl anyway. She definitely knows how to pick things up and usually puts them right in her mouth, so we have taken advantage of that for help with feeding her. She eats nonstop still, but now she can have crackers and baby treats and stuff, so it gives me a little bit of a break. She's generally pretty happy, as long as she has company. She doesn't like to be alone AT ALL, meaning she needs to be held most of the time. So luckily she came to a family where there are plenty of willing people to hold her. She enjoys the constant entertainment of her brothers. She hasn't been in for her well-child yet, so I don't know her stats, I'll put them on here when I get them. Yesterday and the day before she's shown that she's VERY into babies!! We ran into the Dallas' new baby in the hallway at church, and she just about dove out of my arms to get her.... it was really cute! Then she did it again about 3 or 4 times at Annie's shower yesterday while everyone else was holding her.... I almost dropped her a couple of times. It's cute! Annie says that means she wants a little sibling and I should get started on that.... HA! Annie's so funny! Erika is very aware of everything around her and studies it well. She's not the quickest smiler, I think she's just so busy trying to figure everything out and examine it thoroughly that she just forgets to smile. It's cute how she'll just stare at people though... makes me laugh. She does have a few people that she will smile at instantly. I'm one of them :) I love that. On Sunday she was sitting a few rows up in the Primary on Nate's lap and when she caught a glimpse of me in the back of the room, she couldn't help leaning over to peek around Daddy to flash her big smile at me. She has a beautiful smile. Her eyes are her most talked about feature though. Big and bright! People always say, "isn't she just so bright-eyed!" and I just have to laugh and say, "nope, they're just big :)".... People like to rub her bald little head too, to which I'm always thinking, "stop! you're gonna rub off what little hair she has!" She'll get some hair eventually. We like her baldness :) Erika is still so popular here at home. She is content to be with her sibs, and that is a good thing. I'm so glad Heavenly Father let us have her, she's a doll, and such a fun little personality to add to our family. I can't wait to see what this determined little girl sets her mind to do in the future.....