This month went by extraordinarily fast!

We visited CO again … your cousin Zeke and his family moved to New Castle, CO and he turned 3 so we went to celebrate with them! Grandma traveled with us too 🙂

You are still trying to learn to crawl – lots of rocking back and forth and backward movement, but no forward movement yet. You’d rather pull yourself up than go forward; you just might decide to walk rather than crawl, like Mommy did!

You pulled yourself up in your crib and were quite proud of yourself. Here’s a video of you after you pulled yourself up and were gumming up the rail:

Miriam is pulling herself up in her crib now!

You continue to amaze us with your problem-solving abilities and persistence. You have a lot of tenacity, even when you get frustrated about something. If you’re not in the mood for something though, watch out! #temper #0to60onadime #KnowsWhatSheWants

You’re growing taller seemingly every day! You’ve “sized up” in your cloth diapers (which just means a different snap, not new) and are in size 6-9 month clothes for sure. You often need to wear 12 month sizes due to your lengthiness. Your hair is coming in fuller on top although most who aren’t around you every day wouldn’t notice much difference. Mommy can’t wait to put barrettes and bows and braids and curls in your hair 🙂

You caught a bit of a stomach bug and earache from the trip to CO but recovered over the course of a couple weeks. Your appetite went down for a few days but soon you were back to loving food! You’ve added many new foods to the “tried it” list, including broccoli, blueberries, ham and green beans – none of which you’d love to revisit – but we can add pears and applesauce to the repeat list 😉

You are sitting on your own now completely; most of the time you also lean over, with a gentle face plant to the floor, so you can be on your tummy and move about. You’re developing a unique-to-you laugh; it’s so wonderful to see you change and grow, Miriam!

Mommy’s friend and amazing photographer, Laura at Riddle Photography took your six month pictures on 1.14.2015; they’re so, so adorable!! Here’s a few of our favorites:

You gave your first kiss to Daddy on the 7th of February. He was holding you, getting something from the fridge, and you just leaned in with a wide open mouth and gave him a “kiss”! #daddysgirl

Miriam, you are our beloved sunshine! You bring light and beauty to every day; Mommy and Daddy could not be more honored to call you ‘daughter’.

Love,

Momma