Happy Half Birthday!

Sweet Baby.  How has half of a year flown by?  As your daddy reminded me... we are 1/36th of the way until you go to college.  Eek.  He shouldn't have mentioned that.  I already feel like you are growing up wayyyyyy too quickly.

Another month, another bunch of firsts and great little memories.
During your 6th month:

• You are weighing in at 19lbs, 15oz and are 27.5 inches long. 
• I went away for 2 nights.  Dad took really good care of you, but you were super happy to see me when I got back.
• You had your first bottle of formula.  You were NOT impressed.  Lucky for you, that isn't something that you need to have again!
• You celebrated the turn of the new year... by sleeping.
• A new tooth has popped through!  It is a sharp little guy, and you are chewing on everything and everyone to make your mouth feel better.
• You have some definite favorite toys:  Your rocking horse (you love to look at his face and try and eat him), your stuffed monkey (you like to sleep with him... and eat him), and your Sophie (one for home and one for the car... you love eating her!)
• Your sleep patterns are not improving, thanks to the arrival of new teeth.  You wake up 2-4 times each night, but thankfully sleep from 6:30pm-8:00am with 2 naps a day.  I can totally deal with that.
• For some reason, you seem to think 10pm is a good time to wake up and play.  We disagree.  You get pretty mad when we make you go back to sleep.
• When you wake up in your crib, you roll onto your back, try to grab your toes (even though they are always in footie pajamas), and babble to yourself until we come to get you.
• You are a super roly-poly baby!  You can roll from room to room and have even learned how to pivot to change directions so you can get to whatever you want.  We've had to vacuum extra to keep the floors clean for your busy hands. 
• You are a big fan of riding in the stroller, but you still love to be all snuggled up in a wrap, too.
• You started eating solid foods - you love carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, apples, pears, and bananas.  There isn't a single food that you have refused or even made a yucky face at.  Such a good eater!
• You try and steal any food that is within your reach - even our spicy curries! We can't wait until you are old enough to eat some.
• Your babbling is getting louder and more frequent.  You love to be heard!
• You bang on your high chair and yell if we don't feed you quickly enough.  
• You practice blowing raspberries and "pffftttt"-ing all day long.  Drool everywhere.  But seriously cute.

As I sit here writing this, I am hearing you wake up (it is 10:45pm - you must be hungry)... now I get to go and give you some extra snuggles before you go back to bed.  I'm pretty sure I have the best job in the world - even if I do work 24 hours a day/7 days a week.  I wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING.