Our Growing FamiLEE: One Hot Summer

So it's summer and I am half way done with my clinic and Melo is 6.5 months old! Man oh man she has been growing so much. It's hard to believe she was just an infant and unable to hold her head up on her own just 5 months ago. Now she is on her tummy pivoting around and itching to start crawling. She isn't able to sit completely on her own but she has her moments. She was rolling around so much that we needed to get a larger playmat for her to roll around on when she plays. We got a nice fobby large playmat like the one below.

She seems to be enjoying it. She is also eating all sorts of solids, like yams, pears, apples, oatmeal, brown rice, peaches, green beans, avocado, banana and butternut squash. She is definitely gaining an appetite just like her dad. We gave her yogurt but she ended up getting a rash all over her body so no yogurt for now. Hopefully she won't have a dairy allergy.

I must say jumpers are nice and all but they definitely don't help the baby walk. I get her standing but all she wants to do is jump. She's forgotten how to step reciprocally like she did when she was younger. But we need to focus on her crawling before that anyways. It's cute when she tries to inch forward and reach for the objects I place just out of reach. I wish she could stay small but I can't wait till she starts walking and is able to interact with everyone. I saw a boy at clinic today and he was with his grandpa and it made me think of what Melody will be like later on when she is older and how she is going to behave with people. Then it got me thinking of having to discipline her and all that jazz. Well anyways, more pictures and videos!