6 Months Old!

Baylen turned 6 months old on Sat. the 13th. I was a couple days late getting pics, but here are a couple. We had to try really hard to distract him from eating the paper with the date on it. As you can see, by the last pic in the series, he dove for the paper and began to eat it.

Just yesterday, this little dude tried crawling! He was up on his hands and knees. He even started "leap frogging" it, by pushing off the floor with his tippy toes and lunging forward. I just cannot believe he's doing this stuff already! He also spins all over on his belly (on the floor) and rolls all across the room in a matter of minutes to get something. He loves to play with all sorts of toys. Some of his favorite are a new musical light up book my parents bought for him, teethers, his jumperoo, his saucer, blocks to chew on, the Baby Einstein turtle, and Leap Frog caterpillar that plays music. He also loves paper...computer paper, wrapping paper, and tissue paper. He still enjoys stroller rides, car rides, and chewing on washcloths.

Mister is very strong and always moving. He has to be in on the action, no matter what it is. He knows when I leave the room and cries. He has been sitting up for about 2-3 weeks on his own and can go from sitting to his belly very easily. He squeals and laughs and babbles. He has said mama, dada-(once), and papa (once), although I don't think he knows he's saying them all in the right context. He loves giving kisses and loves to be held/played with. He would rather grab books than read them. He's starting to be more of a cuddler when he's sleepy enough.

He can eat the following baby foods: oatmeal, rice cereal, bananas, pears, applesauce, sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots and peas. He LOVES peas and pears.

He is still mostly on b-milk, but we are starting to transition him to drinking more formula during the day (at least 1 bottle or a couple ounces after having a 4 oz bm bottle)

Sleeping wise, he catnaps during the day. The past 3 nights he has slept ALL night. (9-7, 9-5, 9-6:40) which has been amazing and long-awaited. Right now he's sleeping in his pack-n-play next to Brynn's crib. We are hoping to get a crib maybe next weekend and get it put up, since he's started to get up on his knees and we think it's a matter of time before he tries to grab the side of the PnP and try and pull himself up/over and he'll fall out. We're going to lower the PnP until we can get the crib, so we're still going to be okay. But, I think b/c he rolls all over in bed, he'll like the extra space in the crib.

He is still my chunky monkey...Dj weighed him on our scale and he is around 19.5 pounds! Everyone comments on how huge he is! ha! His arms and legs are just so muscular, one would be shocked how strong my Mister is. :) He is completely OUT of size 6 months and moved into 6-9, 9, and 12 mo. clothes. He even wears a size 18 mo. in that Seahawks jersey he is wearing in these pics!

No teeth yet, but I think ANY day now, one is coming. He is still bald, but his hair is growing fast and is pretty fuzzy. Maybe i another 6 months he will actually look like he has some or a little we can comb or form into a mohawk! ha!