Thinking

I really should be reading the book I have from the library since it's due back soon. . .or sleeping. . .or cleaning. . . or something else, but I just had a few thoughts I wanted to jot down.

First of all tomorrow Bean will be 7 months old. Whoa. Just. Whoa.

He's sitting, he's a rolling master, he babbles, he will stand if you prop him up, he belly laughs, he makes my day 100 million billion times better with his gummy smiles.

I've been telling people at work now I know why people have multiple children because this age is so. freaking. adorable!!!! Uh! I just can't get enough.

Sometimes I get sad when I think about how fast this is all going. I worry that I haven't blogged enough, or taken enough pictures. There are so many small things I want to cherish and remember. . . But then I think a little more and I get excited; for all the things that are still to come: crawling, walking, talking. . . .having conversations, playing games as a family. . . just. . .everything.

Here's to everything! I can't wait to experience it all with my beautiful family of three.

Catch Up

Well I'm still behind but I just wanted to tell everybody I updated 3 weeks of my 365 Project. . .FINALLY! :-D

Check it out!

Neglected

Yeah. . . .my blog and 365 project have been greatly neglected lately. I think I'm a month behind in posting 365 photos. I want to say I've kept up with a photo a day, but honestly I may have missed one or two in there. I have to check and see.

The reason for blog neglect is life stuff. We've been so insanely busy. The past 3 weekends have been filled with visits from family from out of town, or going to visit family out of town. I also picked up a few extra days of work, which has brought my schedule to almost full time again. So yeah, working almost full time + baby + house work + visitors = no blog time.

Honestly the weekends have been so fun. . . .but I'm longing for a weekend to just relax and spend with only Hubs and Bean.

I'm not kidding when I say we have something scheduled every day until August!

Phew I'm sleepy just thinking about it.

6 Months

It seems like Bean has grown more in the past month then he has in his first five. Is that possible?

Stats:

15lbs 11oz

27inches long

Here is what he's up to:

-Sleeping - In terms of length of sleep time Bean is hit or miss, but he always wakes up at least once. We put him to bed at 7 and he will always way up around 5:45 at the latest. Usually he will go back to sleep till 6:45ish, but it's still rough waking up. He is also starting to nap a little better. He's been coming close to the 2 hour mark again. On average though I'd say his naps are an hour to and half and a half long.

-Eating - We started solid foods 2 weeks ago! So far he's had sweet potatoes (which he loved) and green beans (which he hated). Both times I've made the baby food myself. It's pretty easy, and SOOOO much cheaper then store bought stuff. . .at least the organic kind, which is what I'd buy if I did buy store bought. Oh man, I'm turning into a hippie. We really have no idea how to feed him solids. Right now he gets oatmeal for breakfast, bottles all day, and then some more oatmeal with a little veggies for dinner. Seems to be working well enough. I want him to eat veggies first, then maybe next month we will try some fruit.

-Motor/Strength - Little guy is turning into a rolling machine. He can roll tummy to back, and back to tummy now. He's also pretty content playing on his stomach. He reaches for toys (on his tummy), and rolls to reach them. We are currently working on sitting independently.

-Play - Oh my goodness how he loves to chuck toys and shake them. He flings toys left and right off his high chair until he gets to the one he wants. He also shakes things. He whips his rattle up and down with such force; I'm just waiting for him to clock himself in the face.

Let's see what else. . .

- He loves to pull my hair and touch my face. When he sees me he reaches both hands out to grab my cheeks (he does this to Hubs too). He always pulls my glasses off my face. . .that's a little annoying. I might have to start wearing contacts again. :-)

- He is becoming more independent. He will lay and play with toys, chuck stuff of his high chair, or sit in his jumperoo and jump for 10-15 minutes before he cries for attention.

- He did really well at his 6 month check up, and only cried a little bit for his shots. The rough part came in the middle of the night after his check up. He spiked a 101.7 fever and was miserable. I figured it was the vaccines since he didn't have any symptoms but the fever, but we still called the pediatrician the next day to make sure we were doing the right things to take care of him. The fever stayed through the following day (Saturday, the check up was Friday) but by Sunday it was gone and he started going back to his usual jovial self.

He is just so insanely fun right now. I wish I was one of those mommy bloggers that can write those eloquent posts about the love for their child. He is the center of my world. I just love thinking of all the fun experiences that we will have in the future. When my mind wanders, it always wanders to him and my family and how lucky I am. It's truly amazing how such a little person can have such a big impact on your life.