Our baby girl is 6 months old today. She is sitting up, but needs a "spotter" just in case she tips over. She laughs A LOT (I have never met a person who is so happy unless it was a person's wedding day); she has the best toothless smile ever! Our baby girl likes raising her arms up and down, just for fun. She also started to move around on her tummy last night and moved backwards several inches and turned 180 degrees. She really, really tried to crawl forwards to get a toy, but does not yet have the strength and coordination. I wounder if she will start to crawl this month?****************************************

She is 5 months old today! She seems much older because I am getting used to having her around. We are finally falling into a daily routine. She wakes up around 7 or 8 am, eats and then we go downstairs and I fix some breakfast for me while she sits in her high chair and plays with toys, or she is on her play gym kicking things. On a good day, I can take a shower with her in her little chair in the bathroom. On other days, she just wants to be held. She takes a second feeding around 9 or 10am and naps for 30min to 2 hours. We go to church sometimes at noon if she is awake. Then maybe do some shopping. Once we are home again, we have some tummy time. She is starting to sit up if she props herself up on at least one arm! She loves playing with cups. She is such a smily baby:) She sometimes takes a nap around 2ish. Then I get dinner ready, but if she wants to be held and played with, I watch a movie instead and play with her until Papa comes home. Then Papa plays with her while I get dinner ready. Not too eventful, but it is great to have a routine finally:)

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She will be four months old this week. I think I fall in love with her everyday. She has the most adorable little smile, and has a cute little laugh when she plays--she especially likes raspberries on her belly and kisses on her face--that can really get her laughing. She loves when we sing her songs, especially really cheery ones. When she is hungry, she makes a cute "m" sound while she cries, as if she is trying to request "milk!"

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My baby girl is almost 10 weeks old now! It's hard to believe that she's only been "on the outside" (of me) for that short of time. It's hard to imagine having a life without out her around. I love being a mom! It's so much better than working full-time. They say that being a mom is harder, but I think it's not as stressful; how could it be when there's such a happy baby who likes to coo, smile, and giggle?!

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Well, my baby girl finally came on April 7th by C-section, 17 hours after my water broke. It's wonderful to have her here!!

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As of last Thursday, I was 4cm dialated, 100% effaced, the baby was at a 0 station, and now I have lost my mucus plug about 3 weeks ago. What's keeping her in there all this time? My doctor really thought she would come Thursday or Friday, but now it's Sunday. I hope she comes soon!

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On 3/31, I'll be at my due date. No baby yet:( I am dialated 3cm, lost my mucus plug 10 days ago, and am 100% effaced. All I need are contractions to start. I try going on walks, but nothing more than Braxton Hicks occur:( I guess it's not time yet. Sigh. I am happy that I am on maternity leave and have much less stress. Any day now!

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I'm at 37 weeks. For the past few days, my lower abdominal area has been quite sore. I guess it's Braxton Hicks. It's often hard to stand up and walk around, but other times I feel normal. I hope that they change into "true" contractions soon. Can't wait to meet the baby girl! I wonder what she'll look like.