Our little "Chirish" girl's smiling eyes light up our lives! At 6 months, she weighs 17 lb., 2 oz. (70th%ile), and is 26.5 in. tall (75th %ile). She gives big smiles to everyone, even if they aren't familiar to her, but especially adores her big brother.
Our annual family photo on St. Patty's Day. Last year, it was just three of us, but we had just announced that our family would soon be 4...
Kian and Mama
During mid-winter break, we made the big switch from Kian's toddler bed in the nursery - which will become a crib again for Sage - to the full-size Big Kids' bed in the guest room. Here, Kian lands a jump on his new bed with transportation-themed bedding and a nifty bed rail, complete with pouches for books,a cup holder, and built-in nightlight that he can control.
With money from his red envelope for Chinese New Year from Gung Gung, we bought a new bookcase for Kian to display his current favorite bedtime stories.
Kian acts silly with laughter on his new town rug.
Dada and Sage think Kian's room is pretty cool, too!
Sage has rolled over a couple of times from tummy to back, but still is most comfortable playing on her back over just rolling from side to side.
Our little girl is getting more and more chubby, and we love every bit of her! She enjoys spending time with Grandma a couple days each week and with Dad every other Friday, while mama is at work. She still visits me once or twice a day for nursing! 
Kian has matured and developed so much in the past 6 months, especially in the verbal department. He talks about SO many things and isn't shy about expressing his opinion about everything! Kian uses his imagination, often telling his bear the same things we've told him before. For example, if Bear "falls down" (ie., gets thrown down on the floor by Kian for the sake of role playing), he will lovingly ask in a sympathetic tone, "Oh Bear, are you okaaaay? Did you bump your head? Ohhhhhh..." and then kiss and hug his bear. His teachers say that he is very compassionate with other children, too. There are a set of twins in his class, and when the girl pinched her brother's ear hard enough to make him cry, Kian told the girl, "That really really hurts Jesse. Please don't do that." At home, if he hears Sage cry and I'm in the other room, he will tell her reassuringly, "Sage, your mama is coming."
I just had to get a photo of these beautiful, bright green mums that Kian gave me. When he and Ryan were grocery shopping at Costco, Kian saw these flowers and said that he wanted to get them for me. Ryan attempted to steer Kian towards and nice bunch of yellow Gerber daisies, thinking I might like them better, but Kian was insistent. "No, mama will like these flowers!" I was overjoyed by Kian's thoughtfulness and am hopeful that these are the first of many flowers he'll think to give me during my lifetime!
