<p>Our baby girl is 6 months old! I can&#8217;t believe how fast she is growing up! But at the same time I am so excited for her to get older. She gets more fun every day.</p>
<p>Maddie was 14.15 lbs. and 27.25&#8243; long. She is still very long and thin for her age. Her growth charts make me laugh. She also got a couple more immunization shots and was a good sport! She only cried for a few seconds, then was happy again. The doctor&#8217;s office also sent us away with a little fabric book for her. It&#8217;s cheap for them to do, but the parents like it! And it kept her happy after her shots while I made her next appointment (which will be at 9 months old).</p>
<p>Maddie has learned lots this month. She has gotten very good at sitting on her own. I still put a pillow behind her because she has a tendency to flail her body when she gets really exciting and fall backward. And she sometimes takes nose dives, too. I laugh at her. <img decoding="async" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://andihays.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wlEmoticon-smile5.png"></p>
<p>And of course, she is also <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/08/10/on-the-move/">army crawling</a> all over the place. She is speedy! It&#8217;s so cute to see her mobile. She will crawl into the kitchen to &#8220;help&#8221; me and she likes to bang things on the wood floors. </p>
<p>She has learned that she can reach for me. Therefore, she has started to be a little clingy these days. But I think part of the clinginess is because she is close to getting her bottom teeth. I feel like we have been waiting forever! The doctor told us at her 4 month appointment that she could feel her teeth and now, at 6 months, they still aren&#8217;t in. Oh well. They will come eventually. And won&#8217;t she be cute with a couple little teeth!? <img decoding="async" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://andihays.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wlEmoticon-smile5.png"></p>
<p>Maddie has started eating solid food. On August first, a few weeks shy of her 6 month birthday, we started <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/08/04/cereal/">rice cereal</a>. So far, she has also tried pears, green beans, carrots and bananas. She is a great little eater and says &#8220;mmmm&#8221; while she eats. She even helps and grabs the spoon and shoves it in her mouth.</p>
<p>Here are some pictures I took. These pictures are getting much harder to take. Maddie doesn&#8217;t like being in her crib because she thinks it&#8217;s time to sleep. So getting her to play in there isn&#8217;t easy. And she doesn&#8217;t sit still for even a minute! So I keep getting lots of action shots!</p>
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<p>A little note: I put all the pictures I take of Maddie, for example, between 5 and 6 months, in the 5 month album. So there are lots more pictures there to look at from her previous month. Basically, it&#8217;s the pictures I took of her while she was _x_ months old. Just an FYI. </p>
<p>Here are the <a href="http://chuckhays.net/gallery/v/Madeline/home/6monthsold/">6 month pictures</a> I took.</p>
<p><a href="http://chuckhays.net/gallery/v/Madeline/home/5monthsold/">5 month pictures</a> &amp; <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/07/16/5-months-old/">5 month post</a>  </p>
<p><a href="http://chuckhays.net/gallery/v/Madeline/home/4months/">4 month pictures</a> &amp; <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/06/21/4-months-old/">4 month post</a>  </p>
<p><a href="http://chuckhays.net/gallery/v/Madeline/home/3months/">3 month pictures</a> &amp; <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/05/16/3-months-old/">3 month post</a>  </p>
<p><a href="http://chuckhays.net/gallery/v/Madeline/home/2months/">2 month pictures</a> &amp; <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/04/16/2-months/">2 month post</a>  </p>
<p><a href="http://chuckhays.net/gallery/v/Madeline/home/1month/">1 month pictures</a> &amp; <a href="http://andihays.net/wordpress/2011/03/16/one-month-old/">1 month post</a></p>
<p>I also have a few more posts for the next couple days with some silly pictures of Maddie. So stay tuned! <img decoding="async" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none" class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile" alt="Smile" src="http://andihays.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/wlEmoticon-smile5.png"></p>
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