happy 1/2 birthday

today miss hadley is 6 months old!!! how did that happen??? time is going by so fast, i wish i could just slow it down a bit. i keep hearing "you're gonna miss this" by trace adkins playing in my head over and over again.
she is still the sweetest thing... she is happy, and lovable. she has more than her fair share of rolls and pugde, but that just makes more to cuddle with.

hadley loves to watch her big brothers... they really love their sister too. when i am busy trying to get something done, the boys will sit on the floor with her and show her all the toys and play with her. it is really cute to watch. carter will often say to mason, "i love her more, i am the one who wanted a sister, not you."


in the last week hadley has started sitting up on her own. she is still in the beginning stages, but it is a start. solids are not going that well. she doesn't open her mouth and eat, she tries to suck the food off the spoon. we have tried oatmeal, apples, sweet potatoes and bananas. this time around i am not making my own food...i have tried it in the past, but we are using the earth's best baby food. btw, i think bananas make her sick. she threw up the first day she had them, and the other times she spit up after. i am thinking we need to put them away.




she is still a great sleeper. she has been sleeping 7:30 pm - 6:30 am, and take 3 naps a day. her morning nap is 1-2 hours, her afternoon naps can be up to 3 hours long, and then she takes a little rest around dinner time. i try to keep her on her schedule as much as i can, but with 3 kids, sometimes she needs to go with the flow and nap on the go. thankfully she does well with that too.


truth be told, it has been 6 months and i still have days where i can't believe i have a daughter. or 3 kids for that matter!

when i told the boys that today is hadley's 1/2 birthday, they wanted to have a party for her. well, i didn't want to do a big party, but we did make 1/2 a cake and some cupcakes for the special day. i am not the best cake decorator, but i am sure it will taste good!!!