Happy Half Birthday Noah!

My sweet little baby is already 6 months old (as of yesterday)! I’m so sad!

Where have the last six months gone? Well here is what Noah has been up to lately:

• He weighs 19 lb 13 oz!
• Is in size 3 diapers
• Eats #2 baby foods…1 jar for breakfast, 2 jars for lunch and 2 jars for dinner…and a few 7 oz bottles throughout the day (yes, that’s why he weighs in the 90th percentile!)

• SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT! Can I get an amen? He normally goes to bed around 6:30pm and wakes up between 6:00-6:30am.

• LOVES blowing raspberries, especially with a mouth full of food, but we are working on that!
• Loves to jump in his jumper or with you holding his arms
• Gives kisses! Sometimes even without you asking him for one!

• Has TWO teeth that are VERY sharp! He almost bit my finger through the skin the other day! Ouch!
• Still has eczema, but it has gotten a little better now that we are using the 2% hydro-cortizone cream

• Rolls all over the place! If he sees a toy across the room that he wants, he rolls and scoots until he gets it!

• He may look like his Daddy, but he definitely has his Mommy’s attitude! If he wants something, he wants it NOW!
• Finally found interest in a paci, but not to suck on, just to play with!

• Tries to give Bella kisses all the time. Mommy says no and hurts both of their feelings.

• He can stand up by himself while holding onto the couch for a few seconds.
• He can sit up for several minutes all by himself!

• He is a baby of few words, but many facial expressions.
• Loves chewing on his toes!
• Still in the little bathtub and loving it
• Wears 6-9 month clothing

• Cradle cap is 95% gone! One Friday night, at the advice of my mother-in-law, I put baby oil in his hair, scrubbed it and let it stay in over night. The next morning, I washed his hair and Ta-Da!
• LOVES music (where does he get that?) and always falls asleep during my praise team practices or when we play our choir song “Jerusalem” in the car.

• Loves playing the ‘burrito’ game…

I love that child more than I ever thought possible. Even when he’s letting his attitude show, he will look at you and give you the biggest two toothie grin and melt your heart! Our lives would be so boring without him and we thank God every day for entrusting Noah to us!

He started school today….I thought I would be ok. On the drive to school this morning, I had to give myself a little pep talk and after that I was better. I walked in and three of his friends were sitting on a mat in a circle. One of his teachers sat him down in the circle and he just looked so big. :( I miss him! But at least I can return to normalcy at work.

Here are a few pictures we took this morning before we left for school:

I contemplated going down there and checking on him at lunch but everybody told me not to. So I called instead and he was doing fine. I’ve promised myself (and his teacher!) that I wouldn’t call anymore today. Now I’m just staring at the clock waiting for 5pm so I can go get him! And I thought I would get some work done! Ha!