Elise's Half-birthday today!

Elise is 6 months old today - and getting goofier by the day!

She woke up today on her half-birthday clapping her hands. This was the first time she's clapped with both hands open and she is very pleased with the clapping noise she's able to make now. We sang "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands" and she very excitedly joined in and clapped along.

Some of her other "firsts" this month include...

sweet potatoes, which she liked

She also liked sharing sweet potato kisses with her bear...

Swinging in the park....

She's sitting up on her own now...

She's also recently started this goofy, squinty-eyed smile...

Last weekend we went to a barbecue at our friends' - the Niehaus' - where Elise had her first experience with a baby bungee jumper...

She wasn't too sure what to do in it at first, but eventually started getting the hang of it and seemed to really enjoy it...

Although she seemed to scare Kurt (Jeff and Jayne's son, who is exactly one month older than Elise) when we first got there...
The rest of the night went pretty smoothly with Kurt finally deciding Elise was okay after all...

And, it was a fun night, hanging out with good friends...

(Thanks to Danielle (above) for the pictures from the barbecue!)