Baby H {6 Months}

Photo by the talented Tiffany Rebecca

I honestly can't believe my little man is 6 months old. It's so crazy how fast time goes by and how much they grow and change every single day. In some ways it feels like he's been a part of our lives forever and in other ways it feels like yesterday I was pregnant. Crazy. Ok, I'll stop being that mom now... onto the stats.

19 lbs 7 oz, 75%-95% weight
26 inches long, 75% height

He does this head swinging thing that is so funny and cute. Its like he's dancing with his upper body as he swings back and forth. If you do it back to him, he will do it again. It's a game we like to play!

His new favorite toy is a plastic tupperware container. It has entertained him for hours.... so funny.

He does have other favorite toys that have emerged -- goldfish (a rattle from his GGMA for Christmas) and Moose. It's so cute to see him get so excited to play with his favorite toys.

He figured out how to click clack with his tongue and also has started sounding out consonants. Ryan swears he said "dada" tonight but I haven't heard it yet so I'm not convinced! :)

His weight gain has slowed down -- I'm surprised he is still wearing 6-12 month clothes; the rate he was at before, I thought he would be out of them already.

He can sit up on his own!!! Unsupported he can sit there on his own and play with his toys. Of course we hover and stay close by but he is getting so strong.

He loves his Johnny Jump up more than ever. He has figured out how to run and jump and then swing back and forth. He gets quick the work out! Ryan is convinced he will walk before he crawls... we'll see about that!

H had his first bites of solid food!! We started with rice cereal and it was so bittersweet. I couldn't believe how emotional I was about it. He was totally ready for it and knew how to slurp the cereal and swallow. Next we tried applesauce and with that we got some funny confused faces!

Sleeping, oh sleeping. Its been a very long month in that regard. After Christmas break his sleep digressed and we had a lot of bad nights and a few miserable nights. We have decided to re-sleep train him and believe we are on the upswing finally; with a week or so of solid 12-13 hours of sleep.

A tooth!! His first tooth broke through on Monday Feb 11--- no wonder sleeping has been such an issue. Poor baby has been in pain!

Swimming! We took a trip to Wisconsin overnight and took Hunter swimming, he totally loved it. I can't wait to take him again.

There's a reason they call this yoga move, happy baby.

love that face.

White Christmas in Utah

Trying to play catch up here. 
 
We arrived in Utah on Christmas Eve and were welcomed to Utah with lots of snow!! We flew into what Chicago would call a blizzard and even got stuck trying to drive into Ryan's parents cul-de-sac. It was an adventure to get the baby and all our luggage and groceries up the street and into the house. It was beautiful to watch the snow fall and be enveloped into a winter wonderland.

 Ryan has a lot of our pictures from Christmas, but here are a few I got on my phone (we packed so tight to get everything into 2 carry-on's... our camera didn't fit!).

Lights at Temple Square - H did not love this outing so we saw everything super fast and then went to City Creek for a delicious dinner from Red Iguana Cafe. I love his face in this photo.

This trip included lots of snoozing in the car for H! He loves Sophie.

Ryan carrying H through 2+ feet of snow to get to his parents cabin by Sundance. It was gorgeous after the snow storms we got that week.

H loves his Uncle Camsy!

Skiing at Sundance!

H had just starting rubbing his eyes when he is tired -- cutest things ever.

Another milestone from this vacation -- H planking & holding his bottle on his own! Such a big boy.

H and Uncle Matthew!! We got see Matthew after he flew in from DC on NYE.

 We had such a great time! Can't wait for our next Utah trip!

Baby H {5 Months}

Where did January go?! We were busy over here and I'm so behind on my blogging...!

Seriously, does it get any cuter than this?!

January 1, 2013
Stats: 19 lbs (according to Ryan)

Loves his rings and sophie.

Playing with tissue paper and Christmas gifts

Blowing bubbles with his lips

Working on sitting up on his own!

Can hold his bottle on his own!! Hunter loves to grab and hold and just the other day I looked over and he was feeding himself. Where did my little helpless baby go?! Good thing he can't do that with breastfeeding because I love our times together.

Loves to be walked around (insert any person and walk him on their hip) vs. sitting down and holding him.

Gets so excited to see his mama -- he will kick his legs like crazy and crack into a wide grin when I am in view (of course I love this) and sometimes makes hyperventilating noises.

Drooling like crazy- which results in chapped chin/lips.

Will put anything and everything in his mouth- blankets, toys, tissue paper, christmas ribbon...

Has now been on 7 flights! We are learning what our friends have been telling us ... that as babies get older, it gets harder and harder to travel with them. Hunter's last flight was a challenge. We were totally 'that' couple on the plane with the crazy baby.

Rubs his eyes when he is tired -- it is SO cute!!

Likes to run and swing in his Johnny Jump Up-- he hasn't figured out the jumping part yet! :)

He found his toes and loves to grab them and chew them, we call it "TOE TIME!"

I love this face!!

Toe Time!