I am 6 months old!

Hi everyone, As you can tell from the subject line, I am 6 months old now! My goodness, a lot sure happens in 6 months! My world is constantly growing because I'm learning to do more and more things everyday! I am eating food now, well baby food, not grown-up food, as my mommy and daddy call it. I have tried all of the cereals (rice, barley, and oatmeal) and today I tried fruit for the first time. I like the applesauce Mommy fed me, but it sure tasted different from cereal! I still eat lots of milk everyday, which is helping me to grow big and strong. Speaking of growing, I weigh about 18 lbs. 13 oz. and am about 27 3/4" long. I have to go for my 6 month needles on Tuesday night, so we'll see what the professionals get when they weigh and measure me. Ouch! I always hate going for my needles!!

Guess what? I am now able to sit up by myself! I have been a for a couple of weeks now, but Mommy and Daddy keep a couple of pillows behind me, just in case I fall over. Personally, I think they worry too much, but maybe they're right... I've fallen back a few times! I like to sit up more now than lying on my back. So much more to do, see, and play with sitting up than lying down! Whenever I am on my back, I usually roll over onto my tummy. I still like my tummy time too, but roll over onto my back when I get tired of being on my tummy. I can get onto my knees and want to go, but don't know what to do with my arms yet! Daddy's been trying to 'teach' me how to crawl, so hopefully I'll get it someday soon! Apparently I am bilingual already, because my Auntie Kristy says that I speak Russian!! Wow! Maybe it's because I say "ya ya ya" and "ba ba ba" a lot when I talk! Mommy and I go to "Tic Toc Time" on Thursday mornings. It's pretty fun to learn some new songs and hear stories. But it's even more fun to play with the other babies that are there! We also still see the mommies and babies from our New Mom's Group about every couple of weeks. It's fun to see the other babies and play with them too! Some of them can crawl really well, so I'm trying to learn some tips from them too. I'm usually a pretty happy baby and like to smile, giggle and laugh quite a bit lately! I think I'm definitely improving in the napping area. I've been working hard on it! :) I usually nap really well during the day, but lately, I've been having some troubles sleeping at night. I keep waking up about 3:30 or 4:00 am and want to play! But for some reason, Mommy and Daddy don't want to!! They try to put me back to sleep, I don't want to, then get mad, and get overtired, and then cry a lot. Hmmm, not sure how to get over this. Maybe I'm starting to get teeth or maybe it's just a 'phase' that I keep hearing about!!

We are having lots of fun these days... we hang out with my Auntie Kristy and Landon quite a bit. It seems that I'm in my stroller a lot when Mommy and Auntie go for walks or runs. I've also been to the park that is near our house. I've been in the swing and I really like going on the slide (with some help!) We have gone camping one weekend and that was a lot of fun! I like my bunkbed in the back of our trailer. I slept really well that weekend! Must have been all the fresh air! We have a busy June coming up with another camping weekend planned next weekend and Auntie Jen and Uncle Dave's wedding the weekend after that. I'm sure it's going to be fun! Daddy is working on developing the basement in our house, most likely so that I can have more room to play!! It seems like all we have in our living room is my toys! I think it's great, but I can see how maybe it's not so great for Mommy and Daddy! Hopefully that will be done soon. That's about it for now. Hope you liked my update of life as a 6 month old! I've attached some pictures of me for you to see how I've grown! I better go... I hear Mommy coming!!! I hope she didn't hear me typing.......

Lots of love,
Colby
xoxo