our sweet summer & a hodge podge

happy fourth of july! 

 (i love the coordinating colors i got these two in...;)

6 months old!

we have hit six months old!  in the past couple of weeks we have introduced food.  we started with sweet potatoes and then added another food every 2-3 days including: pears, peas, carrots, avocado, and apples!  i have added "making baby food" to the list of things i never knew i would do.  we had some puffy eyes and redness after oatmeal, so we are holding off on eating that again.  

Stats:

• Weighing around 18 lbs, 24" long and 50th percentiles for height/weight
• 90th percentile for head circumference- holding steady with this
• cut two teeth just a couple of weeks before your 6 month birthday
• started sitting on your own for about 10-15 seconds a little before 6 months, and recently able to hold it for a long time, especially if concentrating on a toy
• still love your feet and holding on to them both, and you are great at rolling
• you love to wiggle yourself sideways and reach for the light on the wall and for the wall itself while on the changing table.  it is ridiculous how much you reach and stretch, and i crack up every time
• you love books and kick your legs and talk to us while we read
• you cough for attention, we love it
• you grab at everything now, so i have started clearing a space around you while at a table, i learned my lesson the fourth of july when you dumped an entire drink all over us both
• still love bath time!
• lots of vowel sounds and grunting/growling sounds, we say you sound like your grandad
• you are pleasant and very happy until you are tired, and you pretty much flip like a switch
• we are becoming better nappers and sleeping on our tummy for naps is helping

this little bad boy is awesome:

 sweet potatoes were a hit!

we've visited family!

 brooks and his great-grandmother Ma

 brooks and his great uncle, doing what all guys do..checking out the bear rug!

 aunt deb!

 my sweet, sweet, sweet Hadleigh

 Brooks, Granny, Papa, Wyatt and Had!

 LOVE this picture & especially wyatt's arms up!

 grandad and june bug

talking 

 we tried for a family picture 

mamaw! 

enjoying this great summer weather in the yard!  really brooks and i were enjoying it and we talked daddy into a few minutes with us!  brooks and i are way more the "laying on a blanket in the grass" type than daddy.  we are working on him!