secondly, the 18th means that little L is now 6 months old! crazy how fast time flies (haha, this is funny, especially in light of above rant on how many months to go)! this means that she is now half a year old! whoa! she is getting so big (ok, so she is probably still so small, but to us, she is growing like a weed!) and doing so many new, exciting things all the time. she is a rolling pro now. she can roll across/around a room like a champ. and is working on scooting now too. it won't be long before she figures out the whole crawling business. she is eating her solid foods very well. some new foods for her recently have been sweet potatoes, applesauce, oat cereal, green beans and pears. she loves to eat and hasn't had an issue trying new foods yet! since i started supplementing with formula (and am now down to only formula - it was just way tiring trying to breastfeed while being pregnant again - plus, i wasn't making enough for her to eat), she has been so much happier and has been sucking down those bottles like you wouldn't believe. i am eager to see what her weight is up to next week! she is also getting better at sleeping through the night. the past three nights, she has not needed a bottle in the middle of the night, so unless she is gassy or fussy, she sleeps all the way through. we have had a few rough nights, where she had really bad gas and woke up multiple times. and a few other nights that she just wakes up at 0400 in the morning and decides it's time to get up, ha ha! but she is learning! and those few blessed nights of sleeping straight through are wonderful!

so there you have it. april 18th. a good day. one i've been counting down. next countdown - may 18th :)