Happy Half Birthday Kate!

Kate hit the half year mark this past Monday.  I can't believe that is has been six months since we were getting our first glimpses of our precious daughter.  So much has changed for us from becoming parents, moving across the country and settling into new jobs.  It has been a wild ride. Through it all we are so thankful for our amazing, healthy and adorable baby girl.  Kate is such a fun baby and is full of smiles and babbles these days.  She still hasn't mastered the 'm' sound but she is VERY proficient at 'dadadadada'.  We definitely have a daddy's girl on our hands.

One sure way to get Kate to smile is to put her in front of a mirror.  She discovered the mirror on her playmat recently and loves to stare at that other baby looking back at her.

Her other favorite pastime is to put anything and everything in her mouth.  Guess the mirror tastes about as good as anything these days!

Kate went swimming for the first time last week.  It was a beautiful afternoon and with a heated pool it was a perfect afternoon.  Also didn't hurt that her favorite friends Austin, Graham and Elliott were there to show her the ropes.  Thanks Wallingfords for having us over and to Crystal for her great filming and photography skills. 


Getting all suited up.  Such a cutie!

Putting on sun screen for the first time.  Thank goodness for spray sun screen.  Makes it so much easier!  If Kate is anything like her Mom she better get ready for a lifetime of this ritual. 

I'm cute and I know it!

Here's a video of her first entry into the pool.  Felt a bit like the bathtub!

In the pool and loving it!

 

Here's the whole crew. 

 What a fun afternoon.  I know this is the first of many afternoons spent poolside. Kate already has that relaxed look going on.  Must get that from her father!

 

On Monday we did her six month photo shoot.  She is a bit more mobile these days which made some of the pictures a bit harder to get but also provided the opportunity for some absolutely precious photos. 

Standard shot with Sophie

Barely got the standard photo shot before she had rolled over and showed off her new position.

I know I might be biased but she has to be the cutest baby ever!

On my to do list ever since we missed our opportunity at her birth was to get hand and foot prints for the baby book.  For more reasons than one I wished we had done this a lot sooner.  Would have been a whole lot less messy!

Mom what are you doing to me?!?!?

The prints we got weren't exactly police quality, but we did get some halfway decent ones that will suffice for the baby book.  With #2 we are getting this done a lot earlier!