I can't believe it! My little girl is now six months old!

She has so much personality and just fills the room with joy. She has been sitting up for about a month now and has become very independant. She won't tolerate laying down, back or tummy, as she just can't see enough. She has to reach and get the toy, we can't pass it too her. We bought her an activity table that she can sit, bounce  and turn around in. She loves it and has the biggest grin on her face when we put her in it. She has this cheeky little grin and when we see it we know she has some mischief planned. She chats to everyone for ages and is no longer afraid of her Nanna and Pa.

She is now 7.89kg and 68 cm long. She is wearing 00 clothes but some of the all-in-one suits and getting a little snug in length however they are too big everywhere else.

I can't wait to see her grow and develop and for her personality to emerge even more.

I've just dropped off Lorelei for her first day at daycare. She was fine but I'm a mess. It was so hard leaving her there even though the people are wonderful and very caring.  It took me an hour and a half to finally leave even though she was fine and having a good time playing. She normal gets upset when she goes to other people but she was fine today. I am worried about her feeding though. Despite our best efforts she is yet to take any breastmilk or formula from a bottle or cup. We started her on solids last week so she will at least have something to eat.

I'm so glad we decided to start her a few days early otherwise I'd be a blubbering mess first day back! I have three days to kill before I start back at work. What do I do without my little girl here? There have been days when I wished she was at daycare but now I just don't know what to do with myself. I'm going out to lunch today with a friend but then what? I'm sure I'll end up spending too much money in the next three days just trying to entertain myself.

We had our baby girl baptised yesterday. She was absolutely wonderful during the whole thing despite being very tired. We ended up being the only  family which was really nice as we had thought we were sharing it with two other families.

Afterwards everyone came back to our house for lunch. I had cut everything up the night before to avoid any repeats of Christmas (my sister had asked if I needed help and then critisised my equipment three times in 5 minutes before I told her that if she didn't like it she could leave) and to make sure i had more time to spend with our guests. I think everyone had a great time and Lorelei got heaps of lovely presents which will require us putting up a new shelf to display.

The only disappointing part of the day was that either my niece or nephew destroyed one of Lorelei's pop-up books that I had bought her for Christmas. I get really annoyed that my brother and sister don't supervise their own kids when they come to visit.  My nephew was even carrying two glasses past my brother on concrete and it was only when we all yelled out to him that he took them off him. He would have had to have taken them off the table that he was sitting at in the first place!  My niece went into Lorelei's room and took one of the toys that I had specifically put away out of the cupboard and bought it out to play with. I mean is it too much to ask for parents to supervise their own kids?  Perhaps if they weren't always out the back having a cigarette they might know what their kids are doing inside.

However, I am not going to let my family ruin what was a very special day for my daughter. She was fabulous and we had a nice day surrounded by family and friends.

Our baby girl started gigling three days ago! Not the 'starting to make noises giggle' but a full on giggle. A child's laugh is my absolute favourite noise in the world so to hear her fills me with so much joy. Her smile is so cute that it is going to get her out of trouble and I'm sure that if she then giggles she'll be able to get away with anything.