Hope is half a year old!

Hope turned 6 months old on December 18th (She's actually almost 7 months old now since I took so long to write this). We had a good visit with the pedi. As of her 6 month b-day, she weighed 17.7 and was in the 80th percentile for her weight. At her 4 month she was in the 90th, so we think her weight gain is starting to slow down a bit. The dr. seemed very pleased with her development and said she looked good. She did get 3 shots and screamed her head off as usual. We thought we would be out of the clear since her 4 month shots went really well, but around 7:00 that night she starting screaming and wouldn't stop for 2 hours. She also developed a fever. So we just pumped her full of tylenol throughout the night to keep the fever down and to help relieve her pain and put her to bed. It was about the worst I've ever seen her and it really scared me. We thought we needed to take her to the hospital for awhile there. The next few days were touch and go. Her legs (where she was poked) were VERY sensitive and she would scream if you touched them. Her fever eventually went down and she is back to normal, thank the Lord.

Hope is now sitting up quite well. I do have to sit with her still because she hasn't yet learned to catch herself when she falls over. But the falls are getting fewer and farther between. That is pretty much the only thing she has mastered since my last post. She doesn't seem to be interested in crawling yet-every time I put her on her tummy, she just rolls right over. She has always HATED to be on her tummy and now she can do something about it herself besides scream. She still loves to stand, and can stand holding onto the couch or something else. She has also started to put consonants together such as ba-ba, la-la, da-da, ma-ma. She talks ALL the time! She has become such a happy, easy-going baby and we enjoy every single day with her. We are so amazed at how fast she is growing and changing and thank the Lord every day for our little miracle.