Seashells & Cocktails: C is SIX months old!

This past Tuesday, the 13th, C turned 6 months old! Can you believe it?! Me neither.. It's amazing when I sit down and think about it.. She has changed so much and I know there is way more to come! She is learning to crawl and does quite well with it. Started getting up on all fours and trying to move forward around 5 months, 1 week. She could sit up completely on her own, without toppling over by 5 months. Within the next week and a half, she was able to push herself from the "crawling" or laying position to sitting right up. At 5 and a half months, she grabbed the side of her crib and pulled herself and stood there for a long while until I got overexcited clapping and saying "good job baby!" and she got a little frightened at her own accomplishments and let go :P Now she can crawl to any sturdy surface that is just the right height and pull herself up! She said "mama" for the first time right around 4 and a half months, but only when she was upset. Now while she is playing she is constantly talking....."babababbababababa mamamamamamamama ggggeeeeeeee *squeal* ppppfffttt" :] She started that about a week before turning 6months. She spits and blows raspberries ALL the time, despite the fact that I tell her it's rude.. No matter how upset she gets, she will stop to giggle like crazy when I pop out and say "peekaboo!" So totally cute! If I tell her to give me a kiss and make the kissy sound, she opens her mouth wide and sticks her tongue out just a little bit and goes straight for my mouth! Nomnomnom! I love slobbery kisses! She absolutely LOVES the water. She splashes around, giggles, dunks her own head under, and tries to drink the water [yuck!]. We quit swaddling about two weeks or so ago and she has done pretty good. No longer sleeps 9-10hrs straight through the night, but on a normal night she wakes around 3am to eat 2oz and goes back to sleep, then again around 6:30am. Some mornings I will put her in bed with me and she will go back to sleep for a few more hours. She still sleeps in her crib every night unless we are out of town, then it's mostly in the pack and play. Okay, I lied. I did let her sleep in my bed with me other night....but she was very restless and I REALLY wanting some cuddle time... She has tried: green beans, sweet potatoes, squash, peas, carrots, and pears so far and seems to like them all.
The day after she turned 6 months, I had her portraits done. They turned out amazing! Here are a few of my faves:

Look at those big beautiful blue eyes!