6 months old

Kate turned 6 months old yesterday! It has gone by so fast. It is just amazing to see how much she has changed and grown. I am going to post pictures and thoughts from Thanksgiving later, but today I want to celebrate Kate. I am posting one picture of Kate from yesterday. I have been reading on how to make homemade baby food. I decided to try making some zucchini for her first food other than cereals. She loved it!
Here are some things that I love about Kate:

• Her great big smile lights up a room and brings such joy to your day.
• How she reaches out to toys and people. She loves to touch faces. It is very sweet.
• Watching her sleep. When you see a baby sleep it gives you such a perspective on life. I think that this is what it is all about. Zack and I love to pray over her when she sleeps.
• Praying with her. Obviously, since she can't talk Zack and I will pray as if it is her thoughts. I love to think about what she might be praying to God about if she could.
  
• Seeing her play in her ExerSaucer. She wants to put all of the toys in her mouth, and tries so hard to get them in there.
• Her little noises. She has been talking a lot more lately.
  
• Watching her reach out to Dixie. She loves to pet her and Dixie just lets her. I think that they are going to be friends some day.
• Her kicking legs. She kicks her legs all of the time. She will be laying on a blanket with toys just happily kicking her legs.
• She has the cutest cheeks. You just want to grab at them all day!
• I love her long, skinny legs.
  
• I love watching her learn and observe new things.
  
• It is so sweet to get her in the morning. She wakes up happy. When you walk into her room and say her name she smiles a great big smile.
• I love to watch her interact with cousins and other babies. She seems to enjoy being around other kids.
• Her sweet nature. I hope that she keeps that. She seems to have a sensitive spirit.

I could go on and on, but those are some of the things that we love most.