6 months old!

Zeke you are 6 months old. What?!?! How in the world did that happen?!? Time flies when you're having fun... and learning to take care of a baby... and learning to be a mother... and still being a wife. Here's what's been going on with you in the past month:

6 month picture

- You are now wearing size 2 diapers and mostly your 3-6 month clothes. Not that the 3 month ones don't really fit, but I figured we might as well get out and wear your summer clothes.

- You are sleeping better and better at night!! Most nights you've been doing a 7-8 hr. stretch now!! You typically take two great naps, around 9:30 am and 1:00 pm and then sometimes an optional third nap.

- You roll around a lot. It was so funny, this past Saturday you were taking a nap and I came in to check on you. You had moved all the way to the top of your crib and had found your Nemo stuffed animal and were holding it and talking to it.

- We bought you your first sippy cup a couple of weeks ago. You haven't quite mastered it yet, but you think it's fun to hold on to!

I like my sippy cup because I'm a big boy! 

- You have been growing so much! I'll post your stats after your 6 mo. appointment, but here at home you're about 14 lbs. and almost 26 in. long -- you've grown a lot this past month! **Updated, at your doctor's appt. on 7/31/12 you weighed 13 lbs. 14.5 oz. and are 25.5 inches long!**

Nemo keeps shrinking! 

- You love eating! You've now had: bananas, apples, apples w/ strawberries, pears, green beans, sweet potatoes, apples w/ sweet potatoes, squash w/ corn, oatmeal, pear juice, baby mum-mums, carrots, peas, avocado (worst one so far!) and just this week you tried mango and butternut squash (that I cooked and made for you) for the first time.

Butternut Squash

- We got out your exersaucer and you have so much fun jumping around in it. There are lots of toys to play with, it lights up when you bounce, plays music, and gives you more independence.

Exersaucer fun!

- We went to the pool again and now that the water is warmer you didn't mind getting in as much. I put you on your tummy and you like to splash your arms in the water. We went this week and you got your face all wet (and Mommy's!) because of the splashing.

- You love the walks we take in your stroller. I try to go most evenings because that is the time you are awake the longest and it gives us something to do. On Wednesday night you went for your first jog. You didn't fuss so I think you liked it ok.

- You love bath time -- splashing and playing with your toys. You splash more and I can tell you want your toys, but sometimes you just stare at them hoping they'll come to you instead of moving toward them.

- You laugh and smile even more now. We really like to make you giggle. We've started playing peekaboo and you think it's funny. The other day I picked you up from the nursery after church and one of the girls was tickling you and I heard you laughing as I came up to the door!

- I am teaching you some sign language so you can begin communicating with me before you can even start talking. We're working on: more, eat, Mommy, Daddy, cat, grandma, and grandpa.

- You roll much more from your back to your sides than from your tummy.

- Your hair is coming in so light now! When it's drying after your bath it is very blonde at the roots. I look back at pictures of your hair when you were born and can hardly believe how different it is! And I just don't even know what to do with it. The top is so long (and a little curly, so it has some volume), but I'm not ready to cut it. And it's growing in nicely underneath. It's just funny because it looks like you have a mohawk (or extra hair) all the way down the middle.

- You are starting to notice Dora more often when she's near you. Your hands are still a little out of control, so we have to be careful you don't pull her whiskers and make her mad.

- You like coming outside with me to water the flowers and plants. You like to play with the vines and leaves that hang down.

You are such a sweet, lovable boy! Life has changed so much since you entered our lives and we can hardly remember what we did before you! You bring smiles to our faces and joy to our hearts. Sometimes you'll bury your head/face into my chest when someone talks to you, but for the most part you'll go to just about anyone. The Lord has truly blessed us by giving us a wonderful son like you!

To life... full of learning about life!