Six Months Old

In six short months our baby went from this...

 to this...

Time flies when you are exhausted I guess :) Look at that cute face. I'm so lucky to be able to see that sweet smile everyday. At his six month appointment he weighed 16 pounds 10 ounces which is the 30th percentile. He was 27 inches long which was the 75th percentile. The doctor said we could start solid food so that should be fun!

Rice Cereal

So we tried rice cereal once a few weeks back. We decided after starting it that it didn't really help his sleeping so we would wait until the doctor recommended it at 6 months (he said we could start early if he stopped sleeping well). We're hoping this next round will help him start sleeping again. (His nights have been messed up over the last week or so hopefully just due to a growth spurt--we should find out at the doctor tomorrow.) But here are some pictures from the first attempt at rice cereal.

I'm ready for my cereal, Mommy.

Wait, I'm not sure if I like this.

No... wait... it's ok. Also, I really like this spoon.

6 Month appointment is tomorrow. I'll be sure to post those pictures and stats (hopefully sometime before his first birthday)!

Four and Five Months Old

I should probably give up on monthly growth updates considering it takes forever to post them. Oh well! At his 4 month appointment he weighted 16 pounds 2 ounces which is right around the 75th percentile. His height was 25.88 inches which is just above the 75th percentile. (Dr. Leeper said that genetics is kicking in and we are probably not going to have a giant after all). He is perfectly healthy aside from a cold every now and then. He is sleeping well with the exception of what has hopefully been just a short growth sprurt. Here are some cute pictures that a friend of Courtney's took at our community group Thanksgiving dinner (yes, it's February and I'm posting pictures from Thanksgiving). Plus a picture from Jack's first snow :)

He loves to sit up and play with his toys. He also loves to listen to himself talk, grabbing Newman's hair (not Newman's favorite), bath time and a good game of peek-a-boo! Tomorrow he will be 6 months old. That's just hard to believe!