In honour of Kuwait’s 50/20/5 celebration, Gracen begged me to get my Kuwait butterfly wings out so she could try them on. :)

‘This eating business is funny.’

Ridiculously happy.

Because of the 4 day weekend, Gracen was able to bring her Papa to Kindermusik class with her today.

Tonight Bradley was craving a burger something fierce, so we did something we’ve only done one other time during our four years in Kuwait – visited Johnny Rocket’s, a classic diner-style American restaurant.

Ready. Bumbo with play tray, beautiful bib from Uncle Gary and Auntie Rozi, soft-tipped spoon, and homemade brown rice cereal.

Perhaps she’s ready for her first American Apparel modelling gig?

Today we kicked off a 4 day weekend in honour of Kuwait’s 50 – 20 – 5 celebration (50 years of independence, 20 years of liberation, and 5 years since the Amir took power). Gracen seems pretty happy about it, doesn’t she?

Today our little girl is officially 6 months old. Hard to believe, I know… In some ways, it feels like she just arrived into our lives a few short weeks ago, and in others, it’s hard to remember what life was like without our little lady – it feels like she’s been a part of us forever. Here’s what our doodlebug is up to at 6 months old:

Gracen reading her cute (and somewhat cheesy) shirt and nodding with agreement.

Unfortunately, we think Baby G ended up getting her Mama’s sensitive skin… She has little patches of eczema, quickly breaks out in little red bumps if Papa goes overboard with his scratchy kisses, and has had a terrible case of diaper rash since we landed in Kuwait. As a result, Grae spends some time each day lounging around while airing out her bottom. :)

(Poor girl – One day she will be old enough to look through the memories we’ve kept on this little blog and she’ll be horrified to find photos of her pooping, bare-bottomed, naked baby self. Oops.)

Today Miss Grae and I went to the Kuwait Aquarium, and although we didn’t get any photos, Gracen loved watching the creatures and hanging out with her baby friends.

This is nothing new, but it’s the first time we’ve videoed our little munchkin rolling over. We can no longer put her down somewhere and expect her to stay in one spot. She’s even begun using rolling over to get places – she just rolls as many times as necessary to reach the final destination. :)

As I’ve said before, Gracen is absolutely fascinated with water. Well, at her 6 month check-up, her pediatrician said we could start giving her a little bit of water now and then, so we tried it tonight. She was super excited about getting a sippy cup of water, and quickly lifted it to her mouth.

Oh dear… Today we experienced Grae’s first accidental owie. She was practicing sitting up as I held one of her hands for balance, but the quick little wriggly worm snatched her hand away and began to fall backwards. I grabbed the front of her dress to ease the fall, but her head still landed on the carpet with a little boink. Needless to say, Mama felt awful.