Eat, Sleep and Play

I had my first taste of oatmeal cereal on Easter Sunday. It was delicious!

I enjoy naptime. This is the face I always make when I wake up.

After I've stretched I get super excited because I know it's time to eat and play!

Meet my toes. I just met them myself not too long ago!

6 Month Stats

16 lbs 14.5 oz (50%)

27 in (75%)

I can’t believe how fast the past 6 months have gone by, or how much a baby can grow in such a short period of time – 6.5 inches in 6 months… OUCH! Talk about growing pains.

Austin continues to be a happy and content baby. He has instantly become more curious and active. His personality and interests seemed to change over night once he hit 6 months. He realizes that he can lean and reach for whatever he wants – no matter how far away or high up in the air he may be. He sits up well, but still topples over here and there. Recently he has lost interest in stuffed animals and only likes things that are relatively hard (probably because they feel better on his teething gums).

I say this at each age and stage, but we are having a lot of fun with Austin at this age! He is so interactive and smiles all the time. Jeff always tickles Austin who has quickly learned how to grab hair, ears, skin, and eyebrows to fight back. We are in a constant rotation of playing on the floor, reading books, swinging, and jumping in his Jumperoo. As long as he is awake he loves to be entertained, but gets bored of one thing quickly. We can’t wait to see how he does in the water when we start going to the pool once it warms up!

Snow Days!

Like many of you, we have had a lot of snow this year. Not snow that lingered the entire winter, but snowstorms that would dump several inches in a few hours. Jeff had 3 snow days this season, two in October, a few days after Austin was born, and one in March. The latest big snowstorm came on Austin’s 5-month birthday. He had not been out in the snow (other than from apartment to car) up to this point so we put him in his cute, puffy, blue snowsuit to let him enjoy the wondrous white stuff that covered the ground. He didn’t seem to mind it, even with cold little flecks hitting his face. He was a bit sleepy and obviously wasn't going to be playing much in the snow, so we just took a few pictures, made a baby snow angel and headed back inside.

Updates Coming Soon!

I am so behind on everything these days - dishes, laundry, projects and definitely blog posts! Austin is getting a lot more active lately and needs more attention and interaction. I love taking the time to play with him and help him learn new things, but it requires all the other things to wait. Oh well, it's worth it! I have a whole list of posts I'm working on... time permitting, I hope to have a number of updates soon!

Five Months

We're still working on getting "professional" pictures taken of Austin, but until then, here is a recent one of our growing five-month-old boy. Already invaded Arkansas and now coming for you, California!

Four Months of Fun

I can't believe Austin is already four months old. He had his four month check up last week and weighed in at 14 lbs 14 oz and measured 26 inches long. He is in the 90th percentile for height and 50th for weight. This past month as been full of little milestones - it is so fun to watch him grow. He coos and jabbers all the time and gets the hiccups everytime he laughs. His head still bobbles a little, but he's gotten very good at supporting his own noggin. While we were at his check up the doctor was telling us that he needed to be rolling over by his next appointment at 6 months. She put him on his tummy to see how high he could hold up his head and all of the sudden... he rolled over like he's been doing it forever! What a show off!! He hasn't rolled over since...

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