THE GREEN(wald) HOUSE … (growing rosemary & raising a little wolf)

Well, Rosie hit the milestone of 1/2 a year old this past weekend - and she is steadily growing by leaps and bounds. I think she is around 18 lbs (according to my scale) and I am sure she has grown a couple inches since we last took her to the Dr. for a check-up. She is confidently sitting up now and only loses her balance if she leans too far to the side to grab a toy or something.

She has been experimenting with rolling over more and loves to push herself up onto her hands and knees.

She is not quite crawling yet but she can scoot herself in a circle and can push herself backwards. Still no teeth yet - she is drooling and chewing on things like crazy still - we hope they come in soon as she has been having some miserable days and nights…
We had a cool un-coincidence over the weekend - when we went to lunch at our favorite Indian food restaurant -Priya - and happened to sit down a couple tables away from another couple with a young baby who looked about Rosie’s age. We started up a conversation with them - as all young parents with babies are apt to do - and we found out that their son was born on the same day as Rosie! They seemed like a pretty nice family - the mom was a fellow breastfeeder (Joe thinks we are all in a cult) and they had a cute name for when their son was eating - they said he was at the “breasteraunt”. I thought that was pretty cute and clever and I am admitting now that I am totally stealing that and using it from now on.
The 6 month mark has changed our girl into a new baby - she just seems more mature - she is more confident - can entertain herself easier and doesn’t need as much stimulation from us - though she wants our attention constantly - she is always looking to see where we are and if we are watching her. She is much more vocal now and is always babbling or cooing or hooting like an owl. She smiles and laughs all the time and I can totally see her personality and what a cute little girl she will grow into.
I can’t beleive it has been 6 months since she was born - the time totally has flown by - I sometimes feel like I am still pregnant and absent mindedly reach down to rub my big belly (still carrying about 15 extra pounds - though I think at least 5 of that is in the boobs). It has definitely been a roller coaster ride for the last 6 months - I was re-reading some posts from when she was 3 months old and I had already forgotten how hard it was back then - and I can’t beleive how much she has changed and grown. I am really looking forward to the next 6 months.