HI EVERYONE! It's been a whole week since I blogged, so here are some pictures of what we've been doing.  

Aaah, nothing beats a nice lounge after a long hard day of being a baby. 

Mmmm, don't you just love a good giraffe for breakfast every now and then??!? (PS - check out my bedhead! My hair's getting long enough to get messed up!) 

I've always loved playing in my play gym, but I really enjoy it now. The other day I spent almost two hours in here entertaining myself. I eventually squirmed my way off the pillow and got perpendicular, but I was as happy as could be! 

I'm working on sitting up by myself. This picture makes it look like I can, but really mom was holding me and let go just to take the picture. I promptly face planted. 

Today was my mom's picnic with the people who work in her department.

I got to see lots of friends, old and new.

Everyone played with me,

and made me laugh.

And my friend Max and I had a big long talk too. It was a great day! 

My daddy and I have so much fun playing together. He's definitely someone I can look up to, in more ways than one. 

In the ongoing "real food adventure", I tried sweet potatoes for the first time last week.

They are definitely a prettier color than that oatmeal mush!

But I'm not convinced by the taste...

Eeew, I don't think I really like these.

I mean come on guys, who eats this stuff? 

Nana, my Grandma Nancy, couldn't see my teeth in the other picture and she said I was making the whole thing up. This picture is just for her! 

My daddy and Granddaddy Ward are away this weekend. So mom and Grandma Ward and Aunt Liz and I had a girls' day out shopping! Here I am at the shoe store. What are shoes?

I liked seeing my Aunt Liz - I hadn't seen her in two months.

She has fun hair.

But I had to keep her from talking so much! 

I tried oatmeal for the first time yesterday. It's definitely different...

They should call it messymeal instead of oatmeal!

Got mush? 

I love my toys. The chicken and duck make me laugh. 

My big news is that I have two teeth! I don't like anyone taking pictures of them, but you can sort of see them here. They're coming through a little more each day.  

I turned six months old this week, too!

Can you believe it?

I got very excited about it.

I just love these signs that mom and dad make.

What fun!

More pictures?!?

I'm just a happy drooly six-month-old! 

I went to playgroup this week for the first time in a while, since Mom's been working. I got to play with my friend Elle. I think I like her dress better than mine... (My friend Kira's mom, Kristin, took this picture.) 

My aunt Melissa gave me this adorable turtle outfit. The hat is a turtle too, see? It's pretty cute, isn't it? And perfect for the hot sunny Florida summer!