Growing up TOO fast!!

Well, believe it or not, Isabelle is 6 months old today! WOW, I cannot believe I've had this precious little terror for half a year...its amazing how fast the time flies! She has brought me more smiles and tears in her short 6 months than I've had my whole life. I love everything about her and still can't believe that she's mine!
I remember, the day I went into labor, telling Eric I wasn't ready to be a mommy yet! When the nurse came in and said "Well, the doctor wants to keep you! You're having a baby today!" it started to set in that my life was going to seriously change and I wasn't quite sure I'd prepared enough for that. Then I held that tiny smashed face angel in my arms and all my worries melted away....for about 48 hours until they released me from the hospital! It is an overwhelming sense of fear and responsibility you feel as you walk through the front door with this miniature human package. I still don't know how I (or anyone who's ever had a child) survived those first 6 weeks. It is such an adjustment figuring out how to go from a couple to a family, then you add taking care of aforementioned small person and it kind of blows your mind how stressful life gets. And yet somehow, through all of it, you experience a tremendous amount of happy.
I will never be able to express the love I feel for my little Belle. I've always heard mothers talk about that special love that you feel for your child. The love that makes you want to kill anyone who looks at them wrong and makes you cry every time they bump their head. After about 4 months I finally felt that I had discovered that love and now I feel it grow every time she does! The bigger the baby the bigger the love!
Isabelle is a sweetheart at least 80% of the time! She grows and changes faster than I can keep track! To help me remember, here's my profile of Tiny at 6 months old!

Isabelle Julianna Armstrong
6 months old
Isabelle is 27 and 1/4 inches long (89th Percentile)
Bellie weighs 16 lbs 14 oz (69th Percentile)
Isabelle can sit up all by herself!Izzy can take steps holding onto Mommy's hands! (This is my favorite!)
Isabelle is eating all sorts of food and can even feed herself crackers.Bellie loves show tunes and screams if there's not music playing in the car.
Isabelle can roll over from her back to her tummy, but she immediately regrets it.Izzy can say "dada", "nee", "ahhh", "grah" and "booth"
Bellie still loves to "sing" herself to sleep.
Isabelle can stand up by herself when holding onto furniture.
Bellie loves to laugh!Izzy is already a bit of a flirt and almost always prefers men!
Isabelle sleeps in her own bed, un-swaddled all night long and takes great naps.
Izzy still loves her "jump-jump"Isabelle's favorite TV show is Bubble Guppies (Yeah, that's a real thing!)
Bellie's favorite toys are: Her blanket frog "Wubba", her pink plush blocks, her link toys, and her "lamby pie"Izzy is crazy about grabbing her toes!!!Isabelle is only 6 months old and has been to movies and stage plays. She has gone to Wheeler Farm, the South Jordan pool, the mall, the park, and the hair salon! She's even been to Idaho! She's held hands with a younger man and been kissed more time than I can count! She's quite the lucky young lady.

Oh, how I love this little girl. There is so much life has in store for her. So much I want to show her and teach her and FEED her! She is truly the light of my life! I'm so blessed to be home with her so that we can make memories every day! I treasure all of the moments with her, the happy and the sad and cannot wait for all of the tomorrows I'll have with her.And so, to my sweet Tiny, a very very happy half birthday! Let's celebrate with lots of hugs and kisses....and Mexican food with Aunt Sunny!