6 happy months :)

Yesterday was aria's 6 month birthday and we celebrated by lots of play time and a couple long naps :) just had me reflecting on the past 6 months that aria's been in our life and how our lives had changed....rather...if there were ways it hadn't changed lol.

aria arrived july 26th of this past year and right away, josh and i experienced a whole new kind of love - i mean, you love that baby to death before they're born, for sure, but when you get to look into their little , unfocused eyes and hold that tiny little bundle of not-too-happy-it's-so-cold-out-here, it's a whole other world. i found myself laughing and crying at the same time; it's really just indescribable.

and then we got home...and i became the mos paranoid person i know. seriously, i was a mess. aria would NOT sleep on her back - if we even so much as lay her down on her back she would scream, which doesn't make for good sleeping habits; thus, with aria sleeping in the not-at-all-recommended belly position, i had to monitor her every time she slept. and by "monitor" i mean, sit next to her cradle and watch her. at all times. i was nuts.

since then, i've relaxed a little on the whole "monitoring" thing lol, but with aria's very active lifestyle, she still requires quite a big of supervision, but not on the "hovering" level. she's managed to find herself in some of the oddest predicaments due to her uncoordinated movements all over the place...she has discovered a love for sticking her head in the corner of her crib and trying to put it through the bars. fortunately, we all know this will never happen, but the fact that she tries is...well, disturbing.

watching aria grow and learn new things and discover new noises coming out of her mouth has been a blast...she is definitely the most entertaining thing that could possibly have happened to our little family and i can't wait to see what the next 6 months will hold. probably a couple new words, teeth and steps :)