Martin Family Blog: Addison is 6 months old!!!!!!!!!!

As of yesterday my baby girl is 6mo. old :( I can't believe how fast Addie is growing. I miss the tiny little peanut that loved being held and cuddled for hours. She has done so many new things in the last couple of weeks. She is becoming more curious of her surroundings. It's fun watching her explore things. She is already grabbing for the remotes to the tv and anything in her reach, including bella and all her doggie toys! Bella has been really great with her and even tolerates ear pulls, eye gouges and sharing toys!
Last week Addison got her first tooth. She has been teething now for a few weeks and has been a bit fussy at times. Oh teething is fun! I am so used to her being so happy all the time and going down to sleep so easily, it has been a bit of an adjustment!! She loves her teething rings and gnawing on daddy's knuckle. Today I gave her cold grapes in the mesh bag feeder thing , she chewed those down to mush in no time!
Addie ate her first real solid food about a week ago. Her first meal was oatmeal baby cereal and bananas. She made some pretty funny faces. Overall she liked it. I am determined to make my own baby food. I did a trial run with a small sweet potato, It worked out quite well. I plan to make larger batches and freeze the baby food in small portion sizes.
Sitting up! She loves to sit up! She has been sitting longer and longer on her own without support. She still is not to interested in crawling but rolls over both ways to get what she wants. James was playing on the floor near Addie, he was a bit shocked she made her way close enough to get a hold of one of his toys. He got excited and said "it won't be too long mommy and Addie will be able to play with me" It was too cute.
I know James is looking forward to Addison growing up and playing with him, but I am a bit more hesitant to get excited about my baby growing into a toddler. The time just goes by to fast. I just want to be able to pick up, hold and carry my kids forever. Yes.... I can still pick up and carry James. I still tell him he is my baby and he always will be :)