Things I Want To Remember...

A preview for Halloween 2010

Here are a few things I want to remember about Stella at six months old:
1.  She's got an engineer's attention to detail.  She loves tags, jewelry, zippers, you name it.
2.  Since she's started teething she's been doing this adorable "head-shaking thing"...she shakes her head side to side and tries to chew on my chin if I let her...kind of gross, but totally adorable.
3.  Whenever we take a walk outside she becomes a chatterbox - "blah, blah, blah, da, da, da (insert scream that sounds like a baby dinosaur), blah, blah, da...".
4.  She had her first cold/fever one week ago and it scared me to see her sick.  I can only imagine what it will be like when she's really sick for the first time; this recent illness was really mild.
5.  We're entering the "stranger-danger" phase where she's starting to get weirded out by new people.  It simultaneously makes me sad for them and happy for me (because she always wants me).
6.  My baby LOVES to try new foods:  avacado, rice cereal, bananas, apples, yams, carrots, cottage cheese, yogurt, applesauce, summer squash, chicken, pears, ice cream, and her favorite...condiments.

Apple Harvest Day in Dover, NH