Blaine turned 6 months old today. Like everyone says, 'time sure does fly', and I would have to agree. BUT, as this 'island time' flies, we are soaking up every minute that we get to spend with Blaine, and look forward to watching her grow and change each and every day. It is amazing how much she has changed in the last week. She loves to be positioned in long sitting (legs extended, sitting on her bottom) while engaging in infant exploration of anything in sight. Though she cannot sit unsupported, she loves to be seated erect with a little help from me or her Daddy to see the world from our point of view.
Though she shows no signs of active crawling at the moment, Blaine can scoot around in a 360 directional pattern while prone, fully extend her elbows while arching her upper thorax, and hip hikes when flat on her tummy in preparation for the quadruped position, which will eventually lead to creeping/crawling. hahaha...I miss working as an OT...can you tell?
She has eaten pureed pumpkin (with a little cinnamon and butter...recommended by two local ladies..and I usually steal a bite or two), avocado, sweet potato, peas, carrots, apples, pears and bananas thus far. We are having fun making all of these baby delicacies, as we have yet to buy baby food in a jar (and not planning on it).
Blaine can transfer toys from one hand to the other, grab her feet and pull them to her mouth, and can giggle like the pillsbury doughboy when I perform ridiculous facial expressions (like chubby face) or various renditions of Peek-A-Boo.
Blaine is in the water usually every day, whether it's in our pool, a friend's pool, the marriott pool, the Atlantic, or the Caribbean Sea (when she fusses, I tell her, "There is no crying in St. Kitts!"...poor baby has it rough). Her arms and legs are beginning to take on a lightly toasted almond complexion, yet her pleasantly plump crevices continue to display a lighter shade of eggshell (I have been reading too much, I suppose). And not to worry grandparents, I apply sunscreen copiously to every inch of exposed epidermis.
Needless to say, our life is grand, we are loving every minute of it, and Blaine is our pride and joy. Here are a few portraits to capture the joyful spirit of our 6 month old gem (or tooter-scoot, as Eric so frequently refers to her as).
(Most photos, courtesy of Mary Beth Bess photography...next blog will be about her 7 day vacation and my 7 day stay-cation.) Stay tuned.
