six months old

my dear little audrey jane,
you are six months old today. where does the time go? i just adore you, my little princess. you are such a sweetheart. you love looking in the mirror and always smile big when you see your reflection. you love music and you love to dance. you open your mouth and smile big whenever music starts playing. you love to sit in your bumbo and watch mommy cook in the kitchen. you are very interested whenever we eat and each day you are getting better at eating with a spoon...so far sweet potatoes are your favorite. you love to grab and hold onto your toes...whether you are sitting and reach down for them or laying on your back (when you throw your legs up and reach up and grab them) you love to hold your toes. you love to laugh and you love to watch tv, often while you are watching you will give out a big hearty laugh that makes us laugh so hard because we can not believe such a little person can laugh so loud and so abruptly. your favorite toy is your glo-worm and you always reach out for it and try to eat the face. when you are in your jumparoo, you will grab onto both sides of the toy bar and just study the toys. you love to make people laugh. you often will look at us to see our reaction to you and then smile big and laugh. you also love books and your eyes get big each time the page is turned when we read to you. you love other babies and kids. when we were at a restaurant last week, the family sitting next to us had a little girl and each time she looked at you, you would smile and laugh. your cousin jj loves you and can't hug and kiss you enough when we go visit, you often talk to each other and you often raise the volume of your voice to match his. you are so beautiful. i could swear that your eyelashes get longer every time i look at you. your eyes have this sparkle in them that i hope they never lose. all of our family and friends were so excited for you to be born that we received oodles of new, darling clothing for you and you are always dressed to the nines. you like observing people, just taking it all in. you are at a stage where you want me or daddy all the time. when you are about to (or deciding whether to) cry, you get this exaggerated frown on your face that, while it is sad, is just adorable. it upsets you if i walk away from you (even if you can see me) to make your bottle so i have mastered doing all things with you in my arms (preparing bottles, making lunch, eating, etc) and it is incredible to look in your eyes and see the love you have for me. i love you too my little sweetheart.