Shea is Six Months (about three weeks ago...)

So...here is Shea's six month update. Haha. Her seven month one if just a few short days away :)

I still couldn't get a good smile for her picture, but she has a HUGE smile that lights up the room when she flashes it. It's the best feeling when you go to get her up in the mornings and she turns on that big grin as soon as she sees you!  I'm not too sad about not capturing it for the picture because sucking on those two middle fingers is how you see her about 80% of the time these days. So weird, but so cute!

Here is the update I wrote for her scrapbook page:

At six months, you...
suck on your two middle fingers all the time...are having trouble eating sometimes because your teeth are hurting...still prefer bottles to regular food...can sit up by yourself if someone helps you get up...started Gymboree classes and LOVE them, especially the singing...are starting to outgrow 3-6 month clothes...love to play in your jumper...have started trying to get up on your hands and knees to try and crawl...have a quiet, tiny laugh expect when you are watching Lucas - then, we hear a giant belly laugh...chew on everything you can get your hands on, especially your hairbows...listen attentively to books when we read to you...love your aqua and purple taggie elephant.

At her 6th month appointment, she weighed in at 16.5 lbs and 25.5 inches. She grew a little from her last doctors appointment, but is now down near the 40th percentile instead of 60-70, where she has been since she was born. We get comments all the time from people about how tiny she is, but she is really very average sized. I think she has small bones in her face and shoulders, so she looks smaller than she actually is.

As always, here is her comparison picture with Lucas.

I think Lucas looks HUGE here compared to her. And, according to his scrapbook, he had a giant growth spurt between 4 and 6 months that Shea has not yet had. Her blue eyes are really starting to make her look a lot different from her brother now. It's really fun to compare them, though. One of these days I will have to get out some baby pictures of Phil and I to see how we compare to the kiddos, too!