Aye Aye Aye...is crawling next?

Well, I can see that things are going to get a bit more difficult for this working/stay at home mom in the next month or two. Lacy has now mastered sitting and can sit on her own for long stretches before throwing herself back when she is tired! Hence, you can still not leave her side unless you have stacked pillows all around her.

She is learning to get where she wants to go by scooting, although right now, when scooting on her stomach she tends to go backward, but on her back she is a champ. When on her back she pushes the bottoms of her feet onto the ground and pushes herself forward. This is her favorite mode of transportation at present. I don't think it will be long before the crawling begins.

Her fine motor skills are really honed at this point. She knows what she wants and she can reach for it and normally gets it first try, including mom's hair, nose and her favorite, the coffee cup. She loves to look at magazines and loves the sound of the crinkle and crunch when she tears pages out.

Her personality is really coming out and she really does seem to be an easy going girl. Always trying to ham it up for mom and dad and is happy just to be here and a part of the family. I thought that by now we would have had battles with eating, but she will eat what is put in her mouth. Granted, she may eat more sweet potatoes than she does carrots, but there is never a fight to get her to eat. I hope that continues!!! At this point, we have made it through all the cereals and all the yellow veggies--green veggies to follow, then fruits. Nowadays, the dr's ask you to wait four days before you introduce her to a new food to check for allergic reactions. So far so good.

At our Lacy's 6 month checkup (she is 28 weeks!!!) we discussed the hydronephrosis diagnosis with our new dr. and our concerns about putting Lacy through a VCUG if it wasn't entirely necessary. He completely agreed and took our suggestion to have her go through another ultrasound to see if the hydronephrosis has corrected itself. We have that scheduled for 9/15 and we are keeping our fingers crossed that Lacy has kicked her 'nephrosis' and we can move forward.

As for us, we have just been enjoying the beautiful weather that August and September have offered us and on Sunday we will take Lacy on her first hike. We are looking forward to a visit with my mom in late September and during the holiday season, a possible trip to San Diego for Thanksgiving and a visit with Dad, Jane and Sean for Xmas. After that, Lacy turns 1!!!! I know, I'm getting ahead of myself, but time flies and she is changing so rapidly.