Now that Sophie has passed the 6 month mark you can really tell a difference in her. She is babbling all the time, and not quietly. Sometimes we think she's crying and we'll go check on her and she's practically yelling at whatever toy she's trying to chew on at the moment. I had to help out in the nursery at church yesterday and ended up in her room, which I thought was funny. I was kind of curious to see how she did when left with others, so I didn't mind. She sat in her teacher's lap playing with her necklace before getting down on the floor. We thought she was going to be the only baby and then a little boy showed up. She got really excited and starting flapping her arms and scrunching her face making her sniffing noise. We set him down on the floor and she immediately started to go for him. Then a little while later another baby came and she got even more excited and started flapping and sniffing again. It was really cute. She's definitely going to be our social child. She could have cared less if I was there, but I didn't mind. I find comfort in knowing my child isn't screaming their head off when we leave them. (That's what Christopher was for. But yesterday he was dragging me into church b/c he couldn't wait to go, success!!)

Now, when we are at home she does not like to be put down on the floor, she wants to be up where everyone else is. (I think she gets bored with me b/c she's much happier when we leave the house to go somewhere.) Which is kind of a problem since she won't sit still and you aren't supposed to put babies on tables or counters. So, instead she is carried around most of the day on my hip. It only took 2 weeks for me to realize that was probably why my hips were hurting so bad at night and keeping me from sleeping. The last time they did that was when I was about 4 months pregnant and I know I'm not pregnant so that wasn't the answer. So I guess carrying over 20 pounds on your hip for several hours a day is a problem. Needless to say I can't wait for her to start crawling, which is another thing that she is trying to figure out right now. She spins around on her belly like a top and somehow gets to places without crawling so I'm sure that it's just a matter of time. This weekend she would briefly push herself up onto her toes and hands or try to pull her chubby little knees under her. I think it's just around the corner, let's hope!

She has been teething for a while, but they are finally starting to appear. A few days ago I felt the first tooth and when I checked today I saw the second one starting to peek out as well. Yeah!!!!! Maybe they will break through in the next few days and we'll finally start sleeping through the night again. Between my hips aching so much and getting up every 2-3 hours to put a pacifier back in her mouth, which she usually doesn't even care about, I wake up a little tired every morning. Nothing a nice cold Coke can't fix though. But surprisingly I'm really not that tired during the day. I think it's b/c the kids play together so well and she is changing all the time, life it pretty fun right now!