“She’s Going to be a Handful” – Tessa 6 months

That is a direct quote from the doctor this morning when we took Tessa in for her 6 month check-up. She came over to the examining table to give her a look and Tessa rolled right over surprising her. She said, “Wow, so I guess she is rolling over these days.” I started to say, “Oh she is even up on all fours ready to crawl,” when Tessa sprung to up to all fours as living proof. That got another, “Wow!” She continued examining her and she did her pelvic thrusts, gripped her hands and stood very well. She even sat up for a time.

So the doctor made sure she took some time to assure us that we needed to double check all the areas in the house she could get into. She mentioned it was pretty early for her to be that physically adept and the children she sees doing these things at this age are usually the climbers and ones getting into everything. She suggested we get our running shoes on and get ready. Oh BOY! And I thought Isaac was hard to keep up with!

And her size. Wow! That is all I have to say. She measured at 90% for head at 17.25 inches and 90% for weight at 18 lbs 6 ounces. Holy Moly! And her height? She was OFF. THE. CHART. What? For fun I asked what the highest mark was on the chart, it was 27.5 inches which would have been 97%. Tessa is 1 inch above that! 1 INCH! Did I say Holy Moly? Okay, how about Holy COW!

She is moving into her 12 month clothes this week so no surprises there. She is so much fun still. She is still laughing and as joyful as ever. I mentioned to the doctor that she loves to be scared and she was also surprised by that. I suppose most babies don’t like to be scared, not our little girl. I think the doc is right, we will have our hands full!

At any rate. We are loving every minute of our little laughing love. She is truly a joy to us. Here are some more pictures from the last month.