The Bankston Family: Happy 6 Months Melody!

Oh Melody Rose........are you really 1/2 a year old? Seriously?? I believe I remind myself and your Daddy everyday to "soak it up". This time will fly by and you never really understand that until you watch your first born grow up. Because I saw it happen with Addison, I feel that I am trying to be more in the moment and lay back and enjoy things more. You are just a little bundle of joy and still the easiest little baby. So very laid back and HAPPY! You have been consistently sleeping through the night for 3 weeks (THANK YOU FERBER). You go to bed every night between 7 and 7:30 (the same as Addison) and we just lay you down and tell you it's time to go night night. You will talk for maybe 2 minutes and then you are out until 7:30 the next morning! You take 2 naps a day. Your first is around 9 ish depending on when you wake up and your second is around 1 with Addison. Your morning nap is 1 1/2 to 2 hours long and your afternoon is around 30-45 min. When you wake from that I bring you into our room and nurse you and you sleep for another hour on me! I love that time with you. If you wake before Addison in the morning, I will nurse you and play with you until she wakes up. It is such a sweet and pleasant way to start the day!

You tried rice cereal for the first time tonight at 6 months and 4 days! You didn't seem to love it but I think you will come around. We video taped it cause we wanted to document the same way we did with Addison. The video turned out to be a little frustrating cause Addison became extremely ticked that the attention was on you. She HATES me taking pictures of you! She certainly needs to know that she is the center of attention. We are working on that:)

This pic was a few weeks ago- we hadn't put you in the swing in awhile and I thought you might have outgrown it! You certainly are ALOT bigger! I had to have a pic of the last time you were in your swing! By the way, when you were getting in it a lot, you were leaning over looking as if you were going to fall out. Yeah, it's definitely time to pack it away.

As of yesterday we started weaning you of the swaddle. You have been in the Miracle Blanket (so was Addison) and y'all love it! We are weaning you the same way we did her and I believe you are handling it better! We start with one arm out and let you get use to that idea for a few days then we will put you in the sleep sack. Your naps were shorter today but they will get better once you get use to your new found freedom!

Your doctor appointment is tomorrow morning and I am excited to take you. I love our doctor and I love hearing people Oooo and Gooo all over you! I'm a Mom what can I say? I have no idea how much you weigh or how tall you are. I never really watch that stuff closely but I will be sure to write it on here when I get the info!

I want to remember some special things that I love right now......so here goes! I am completely IN LOVE with your big, sweet eyes. I could easily spend all day looking into them and talking with you. You love to watch me closely and look back and forth between my eyes real fast. It's like you don't want to miss anything. I love the innocence and honesty.

Your Gummy Smile! Need I say more? I love that big gummy smile. I know you will look precious with those 2 bottom teeth but I seriously want your sweet gums to stay like this forever! You always take my fingers and chew on them as hard as you can. I will make a little hook shape and you just go to town!

Ok, one of my absolute favorites.....Your sweet baby smell! Some people make think it's silly- but a lot would understand. You have the most delicious, intoxicating, sweet baby smell EVER! I swear if I could bottle it up and sell it as a perfume I'd be a wealthy woman!

Your thighs! Your chubby, yummy thighs! AND your skin- the softest skin. It's like squishy silk! Does that make sense? Only way I could think of describing it! Oh to have skin like that again!