A few things I don't want to forget.....

It's hard to believe that Grace will be 6 months old next week! There are so many things that I don't want to forget as she gets older.

• Grace has been sucking her thumb and/or fingers since the day she was born. Our first night in the hospital, she somehow managed to get her thumb in her mouth and started sucking away. She's had a few different preferences: For a while it was the thumb on her right hand, and her middle and ring fingers on her left hand. Currently she likes to rest her index finger on her cheek and suck the other three fingers. The thumb still makes it in there every once in a while. 
• The way she sleeps. She has always liked to have her hands and arms free while sleeping, and often sleeps with her arms above her head. We stopped swaddling her when she was about two weeks old because she wouldn't sleep until she had wiggled her arms out. 

• Speaking of sleep, when she's tired she will rub her face against whoever is holding her and nuzzle into their neck or shoulder. When she does this, we know it's nap time!
• Gracie always wakes up happy. I love it! In the morning she will talk happily to her mobile for a little while, and she always has a huge smile for me or B when we go get her. She is the same way when she wakes up from naps. 
• Sometimes when she's drinking her bottle (usually when she's tired) she'll throw her hand up over her forehead and sigh.    

• Her cheeks. Love 'em. 
• How excited she gets in the Jolly Jumper. She loves it! Sometimes she concentrates so hard, but as soon as she looks up at you, she gives a huge smile. I love the little grunts she does while she's jumping. 
• Her beautiful, gummy smile. She smiles with her whole face, you can see it in her eyes. 

     

• If I dry her hair after a bath and don't brush it, it will stick straight up for the entire next day. So cute. 
• Sometimes after a bottle, Gracie will smack her lips as if to say "oh yeah, that was good."
• We started solids a couple weeks ago. Grace sucks her fingers after every spoonful, then takes them out and opens her mouth again when she's ready for more. 

I'm sure there are other things that I'm not thinking of at the moment, so I may add to this. I can't believe how fast she is growing!