half birthday!

hiya, buddy!

today you are 6 months old. i cannot believe you have been here this long! it seems like you got here just yesterday...or that you've always been here.

you've had a big month...it's been a whirlwind. you are growing well and doing pretty well with your milestones. you now roll in both directions, though you roll from your tummy to your back more purposefully and consistently than you do from your back to your tummy. you seem to reserve the back-to-tummy motion for diaper changes, wardrobe updates, and getting your favorite toy or something you're not supposed to have (like the camera, nail clippers, or scissors). you are scooting some...you often end up several feet from where i put you. i mostly don't know how you are getting around...i have seen you pull yourself a foot or so to get stuff, but have no idea how you are getting further than that (it always happens when i put you down so i can do some chore). you are doing okay with sitting up, though progress is slow on this front. part of the problem is that once you are up, you spot something you want, and you dive for it. then you're back on your tummy and we're no longer practicing sitting up :-)

you have been having some really major sleep issues this month...going on 6 weeks. you are up many, many times each night and you are often up for hours. i have no idea what's going on, but am eager to talk to your doc about it tomorrow.

you are beginning to really like solids. your favorite is anything we put in your mesh teether. of course, bananas are your ABSOLUTE favorite, which caused us some concern b/c of your tummy issues. it seems that they don't do to you what they do to most folks, but we do limit how much you can have. you are far more interested in grabbing food off our plates than you are in having it off of a spoon. i have a feeling that you will just be so-so on foods until you are closer to being able to safely handle table foods in a few months. we'll see. you eat better for daddy and sissy than you do for me, which makes me scratch my head in wonder.

you had your first trip to sea world a couple days ago. you did pretty well, though you staunchly refused to sleep, resulting in a 36-hour-long sleep strike (you barely slept the night before we went down to SA and had napped very poorly the day before). i think we'll wait a year or so to do that again :-)

you are now copper-bad-dog's biggest fan. i am sure you don't know to miss ippy, but in her absence, you have become enamored with copper. you give him GIGANTIC grins anytime you see him, and you seem to really like when we prop you up on his back. you like to grab handfuls of fur or ears and yank...fortunately, copper's been a very good sport about this.

well, buddy...i'm going to go play with you and daddy on the floor now. i'll write more later (and won't take so long to do it!).

i love you, buddy!
-mommy