Carol Joy is SIX months old!!!

Life got in the way of the 5-month update...so here's months 5-6!!

...you weigh 16 pounds (50th percentile), are 26 inches long (a little over the 50th percentile), and have a huge head (above 95th percentile....not surprising considering your genes!). You are actually going to change into 6-9 month clothes when you are 6 months! (Big sister NEVER did that "on time")
...you have the cutest rolls on your legs!
...you still have your blue eyes!
...you roll over, sit up, and "inch" along on the floor, trying desperately to figure out this crawling thing!
...you went on ANOTHER trip (such a traveler!), this time on a car trip with mommy, daddy, and big sister to Arizona for a friend's wedding. You did ok...you liked it best when mommy or daddy pulled your car seat up to the front seat to feed you!
...you started eating solids, and you LOVE them! So far, rice cereal, oatmeal, mixed grains, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, mixed veggies...and mommy is actually making homemade baby food for you so you are spoiled!! You love to try and grab the spoon as you sit in your bumbo while eating.
...you go to sleep sometime between 7-8 and then wakeup to eat in the 3 o'clock hour. Then you go back to sleep until about 6:30. Mommy is really ready for you to sleep through the night. :)
...you had your first sickness. :( An infection in both ears. You weren't a happy camper. But after two rounds of antibiotics, you are back to your normal joyful self!
...you live up to your middle name. You are always smiling, laughing, and making those around you fall in love with you.
...you now sit up in the shopping cart at the grocery store and make eyes and smiles to all of the people around you. You also try and eat mommy's shopping list if she isn't watching. ;)
...you gained a new Moody cousin, Evan James Karnes, to play with!
...you LOVE to jump up and down and bend those knees. You love doing it in your exersaucer, and are starting to get the hang of how to do it in your johnny-jump-up. You just want to move, move, move!
...if you are laying down in bed or sitting in your carseat and see someone, you start kicking your legs as if there is no tomorrow out of pure joy and excitement!
...you attended your first LCCS football game!
...you LOVE your big sister and she loves you back. You start laughing when she talks to you in her own special sister language, and are so happy even when she is hugging you (really!) tight.
...you easily pick up items and put them straight into your mouth. You are an expert at getting the pacifier at the end of the pacifier holder/ribbon and putting in into your mouth.
...you have started taking baths in the big bathtub (sometimes with big sister) and you love it! You love to splash the water and watch the water fill up the bathtub.