Miss Mia at 6 months old...

6 months old and still in size 1 diapers.

Well Mia certainly hasn't broken Peterson tradition. Long and Skinny. She is 20% for weight and 96% for height and 17% for head circumference. At a booming 14.5 pounds she has almost doubled her birth weight and has grown about an inch a month. If I did that over the last 6 months, I'd be 6 feet tall and 280 pounds right now, yeah not so good. She still a sweetheart. Since about 2 weeks old she has never, seriously I'm not exaggerating, NEVER gotten up in the night. Who is she? She averages 10-12 hours of sleep at night straight. Who is this girl? Is she saving it all up for when she turns 2? I keep waiting for her to act her age! Right now she acts more like a teenager who can't get enough sleep. She also takes 2 (very regular) 2 hour naps a day. I would say I "paid my dues" with my first 2 kids which is why sweet Mia has now come, but I'm still not completely buying it. I think there will be much more in store. So when those tougher days come, I will need to go back and read this to remind myself about her flawless first 6 months.Mia also started army crawling a month ago, at 5 months. I thought "oh, that's cute"... but now it has turned into full on belly-up crawling. Seriously?! She needs to just stop growing and learning and stay little and stay where I put her!

We started rice cereal with her this week. She grabs the spoon and is very excited about having something in her mouth. As soon as a bite goes in, she sticks her little index finger back into her mouth and it's a fight to get it out again for another bite. I think she'll be left handed like Abby and potentially Parker. It's been a messy fun party! She still won't take a bottle for the life of me though. What can I say, she just loves her mommy and nothing else!

Mia is the most patient baby. When she wakes up in the mornings between 6:30 and 7 am, and when she wakes from her naps, she just plays in her crib. She rolls around and plays with the crib bumper, sucks on her left index finger and mumbles "mamamamamamamm" until I come in to get her. (That's right, "mama" is her first word! i knew she loved me!) I didn't know babies could be like this. It's a breath of fresh air that she hardly ever ever cries. What an angel. I am absolutely in love with her and can't get enough of her. I actually miss her sometimes when she's just upstairs in her crib because she makes me happy to be around =)

Man! She sure loves that finger!