Six months!

I can't believe it's already been 6 months! Ok, well six and a half months... Since we are a little late getting this out there, there will be a couple of big things that have only happened in the last couple of days, but I have to include them or I'll forget by the time 8 or 9 months rolls around!

Cuddling!

Six month stats
Height: 26.25" (60th percentile)
Weight: 15lbs,6oz (25th percentile)
Hair: Still red, but the mohawk has changed to this one cute litle curl on the top of her head. I need to get some barettes just for that curl.
Eyes: No change, still a wide, light blue with a rim of dark blue.

Clothes: She is currently still in 3-6 month clothes, but I pulled her 6-9 month stuff out of the closet tonight to wash. Some of the 6 month stuff is getting a little short. Every time I pull out a new batch of clothes I get so excited; girl's clothes are so nuch more exciting than boy's!
Eating: Well, she is still breastfeeding, I'm nursing and pumping, but she has also had to have formula a few times. I'm trying to not beat myself up about it too much. I gave her cereal for the first time about a month ago, but she didn't get any more until yesterday. She does NOT seem to like it and will block or clamp her mouth down when she sees the spoon coming. We started with cereal made with formula, but since that's still a new taste I thought it might work better with breastmilk. We tried that today with no luck. I know it can take a few tries to get used to it, so we are going to give her until the required allergy period is up and try carrots or bananas. Although I'm thinking of going more the route of baby-led weaning (self-feeding). We shall see.

Maybe I'll have Nate feed her, he seems to have the best luck.

Sleep: Right around the 4 month mark we had about two weeks when every other day she slept through the night, but she hasn't done it since! In fact, she has had some really bad nights. But most of the time she's fine as long as I'm holding her. Needless to say I've been spending most of my nights in the chair. I'm pretty ready for this to be over, but still not ready to cry it out!
Moving: She is still not really crawling, more creeping (and climbing), but she is everywhere! She gets where she needs to go and quickly! She started sitting up "assisted" by her hand about a month ago, but this week she started doing it completelly unassisted. The last three weeks or so she has been enjoying "walking" with help, and TODAY, she pulled up to standing all on her own.

Time for a second baby gate!

Play: Now that she's more mobile, she is getting into a lot of things that aren't really traditional toys like door stoppers and the thing that covers the screws on the toilet (I try to lead her away from this)! She also really likes Nate's cars. Luckily in the past few days she's gotten a few toys that are all hers and she loves them! She also just really loves to use any person who will get down on the floor with her (or someone sitting in a nearby chair) as her favorite jungle gym.
Babbling: One of her favorite games is to start "talking" and have us mimic the noises she is making. Definitely gets her to laugh!
Signing: Since we have started food, and that was mostly what we used it for with Nate, I have started to introduce the basic signs of "hungry" and "all done". Of course, she's not picking up on them yet, but I'm sure she will get it.
Nate: Still doing pretty well with her, other than the day he kicked her head... But really, he is doing great! Yesterday he was doing something to make her laugh, then she would and he would laugh, and it was just a few minutes of each of them laughing. Of course, this made me laugh and my heart about burst! He is very good about playing with her, and has shown a lot of interest in her new toys!

What is wrong here...?