Today you are 6 months old

For Audrey's 6 month birthday we celebrated by taking her to the Atlanta Rollergirls Championship Bout
We even went shopping beforehand to get her a skull sweatshirt so that she would fit in. She looked damn cute.
The bout was incredible. Those girls are serious about kickin' some butt and we found ourselves engrossed with anticipation of illegal elbows and hardknocks. Audrey got her picture taken with the Penalty Princess at her request!

Here she is in action. They really make these rollergirls pay for unfair play. We saw two girls actually beat the crap out of each other. They were penalized by being put in time out and ultimately had to arm wrestle to return to the game. Talk about closure. What a great idea.

Atlanta currently has 3 teams and there is so much interest that next season they have created at least one more full team to compete. I would LOVE to do this....I was even recruited tonight, but resisted the urge to agree to try out. God, can you imagine how much fun it would be? Not to mention an excellent workout!

Tim, Audrey and I are planning to go to all of the bouts in the spring. Roller Derby Rocks.

On with the update:

RIGHT NOW...
My favorite thing about you is: The baby talk you have created. All of the new sounds you are making are amazing. We swore we had you saying 'Da Da' tonight. It is apparent on your face that you are making connections. When you drop a toy you look for it on the ground. When we turn on the music you do your 'singing' thing. I love it that you are so vocal.
The most frustrating thing about parenting is: I can honestly say that at this point nothing frustrates me. I'm racking my brain trying to think of something that irritates me. I can't. If I had to pick something it would be that you don't sleep for 10 straight hours, because Mommy would sure like to. But that's no biggie.
What I'm most looking forward to is: Watching you crawl and eat more finger foods. You have already mastered sitting up unassisted. I thought you'd already be scooting around everywhere on all fours. I guess I should give you more tummy time.
One of the most endearing things you've done this month: I was rocking you to sleep the other night and the shortest layer of my hair was swaying with the rhythm in front of my eyes. You reached up and gently tugged at it. Tugged isn't the right word. It was as if you gingerly ran your fingers through it. You did it for almost 3 whole minutes before your arm got too heavy to continue. I love that you played with my hair. If YOU had hair I would play with yours too.
I hope you had a fun birthday even if you did have your first cold. A runny nose won't keep our baby from roller derby.