Thursday, June 28, 2012

Dear Little Stinker,

You are 6 months OLD!!  (and a couple weeks)  

Some facts about YOU:
- You wear size 3 diapers, size 12 mo clothes that are too small, but I can't bring myself to buy bigger clothes
- You smile all the time and are soooo sweet except when we take you out of the bath and try to put a diaper and PJs on you (how dare we, don't we know you like to be naked???)
- You have two bottom teeth and just cut your two top ones.  They hurt like crazy and you've been fussy about it for a while.
- You love the water and fall asleep when I bring you close to the waves or put you in your pool floaty.
- You sit up all by yourself
- You can ALMOST crawl.  You take a couple "steps" and then belly flop toward whatever you are trying to get to
- You just pulled yourself up on the ottoman yesterday for the first time
- You have started solids but are actually not a big fan of eating.  You have tried avocado, green beans, peas, and pears.  Pears were your favorite (obviously).
- You have been sick a lot since you've started school (as have we all).  Your runny nose is still cute.
- You are really really strong and I have to keep a good hold on you whenever you get rambunctious
- You love your sister
- Your hair is blonde...I think...you don't have very much
- You still sleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed most of the night.  We will work on getting you to sleep in your crib longer when you are not teething/sick/etc which means you will probably be sleeping with us until you go off to college
- Your favorite toy is an Old McDonald music making thing that was a hand-me-down from your cousins.  You also love anything you can chew on.
- You still sing yourself to sleep.  It is the sweetest sound in the world.  However, it is quite distracting when you decide to take a nap during church :-)

We love you so much Bud and you teach me every day to just forget everything else and smile.

beach time with daddy
 showing off new board shorts (and runny nose)
 nap time
 sitting up like a champ
 nerdy hat...and nerdy mom
first bible class
giving sister kisses
beach
ready to take off
high chair initiation
avocado smile
you prefer the spoon
can't get better than this
you were asleep right before we took this pic
sweet boy
ick.  you certainly can make a mess.