6 months old

Where does the time go?

"You're gonna miss this.

You're gonna want this back.

You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast.

These are some good times.

So take a good look around.

You may not know it now,

but you're gonna miss this."

~~Trace Adkins~~

So far, he has tried the following foods for one week at a time:

pears, squash, bananas, sweet potatoes, peaches, peas, applesauce

Bananas are by far his favorite. He absolutely mows through the bananas - I can’t shovel it in fast enough. He wasn’t too fond of sweet potatoes. He ate them, but it was a battle with the spoon. Everything else, he has done very well with. He’s still on the rice cereal.....we have done the flavored stuff, first banana flavored, then the mixed fruit flavored, now he’s on to just plain oatmeal cereal. He gets the cereal and a bottle right before bed.

He’s doing great at daycare. I am very comfortable with the people he’s going to. I had some issues at first, but we seem to have gotten over those. (I guess it’s only me with the issues, of course)

We had a long battle with a very runny/stuffy nose, which later turned into a double ear infection. That was miserable for everyone in the house. He was up to a 102.4 fever, at which point, I called the doctor. We got him on some meds, and he’s all better. Back to his playful self.

He can roll over.....belly to back, back to belly. We caught that on video.

He responds to his name.....MOST of the time. He loves the TV. Doesn’t matter what is on. We have tried some of the Baby Einstein DVDs (I got a 25 DVD set on e-bay for $62 - sweet!!) and he seems to like those.

He loves his floor toys. The one for his feet....he cracks me up, he lifts the darn thing OFF the floor. He’s a strong little fella! He reaches out for toys and swings them around wildly - sometimes hitting himself in the head or stomach. He doesn’t seem to mind.

He’s becoming so much fun. He’s more and more interactive as time goes on and I love it. He’s so fun to play with now because he’s constantly laughing and squealing with delight. We roll around on the floor and play. We are still working on the sitting up unassisted. He does ok, but still falls to the side or backwards.

We are going to get into swimming lessons in probably a month or so. How exciting!

Happy 6 months of life baby!!

Here is my friend, Jenny, giving Carter a mohawk for his birthday. Too cute!!