Today Breanna turned six months old. Half a year already. For some reason it feels like this is going even faster than it did with Hayley. I think that’s probably because between Hayley and Breanna I’m even busier than I was when we hit the six-month milestone the first time around.

A quick state of the Breebles address:

-She’s going to grow up unaware that her name is actually Breanna because 90% of the time we call her Breebles.

-She sits really well now, getting better every day; if she starts to topple forward she often catches herself and then pushes herself back up.

-She’s still madly trying to crawl and can actually get a bit of movement if she has to go over something, like my leg or a cushion. The day she actually gets it down, she’s going to be down the hall before I can blink. Maybe I should start childproofing, yes?

-She loves bath time more than ever before since she’s been using the bath ring. She seems to prefer when Hayley is in with her because they can splash and play.

-She has started saying more sounds, especially buh buh buh. She “talks” all the time and will quite possibly be as big of a chatterbox as Hayley is. I’m investing in ear plugs.

-She seems to enjoy cars. She likes playing with a toy garbage truck and a tow truck a lot.

-She seems to have decided that the idea of solids was more enjoyable than the real thing; I gave her banana again today and she looked kind of repulsed. She’s never liked the taste of the vitamin D drops nor the Tempra, so maybe she’s not sure about all this explosion of flavor; maybe she’ll like the blandness of rice cereal better? No big deal though, there’s no rush. At this point it’s mostly for fun and to include her in the meal.

-She has started taking steps when she’s held up in a standing position. Until recently, if you held her hands, she kept her feet firmly planted side by side and just leaned in whatever direction she was interested in. Now she’s actually started “walking” towards me while I hold her hands. Obviously she’s very wobbly. People keep saying that she’s going to walk early but I have a picture of me walking Hayley around a park at seven months and she still refused to walk without assistance until 13 months, so I’m not putting any pressure on her.

-STILL NO TEETH DAMMIT. I wouldn’t care because I seriously love gummy baby smiles, but some days the teething really bugs her and I wish for her sake that they would either just break through and get it over with or else lay off and leave her alone.

-She has decided that she loathes getting dressed in anything that requires her to put her arms through sleeves, whether it’s long sleeved or short sleeved. This makes dressing her a great joy, and feels kind of like wrestling an angry octopus. I’ve gotten to the point where I just apologize and do it as fast as I can.

-She is mostly wearing clothes that are 9 months and up, and one set of pajamas is actually for 18 months and they’re only a little bit big on her. Yeesh.

-I can keep her entertained for an enternity if I sit and blow bubbles with my gum for her.

-She is growing up entirely too quickly.