I seriously think that I have the cutest baby of all time. I mean, just look at him! He is soo cute! He has his tongue out all of the time...and he loves to stare at things with this blank expression if he has never seen it before...well...he also has a tendency to stare at males...he stares at Ron like he is an enigma...and Brian...Bonnie's Brian.

He is starting to walk a little bit. He can pull himself up on things to stand up, and then he kind of scoots along. He is starting to kind of babble and such too. He yells "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma" which makes me happy...and kind of makes Ron sad...though I don't know that the phrase means much to him at this point. He also does kind of a "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba" and a "ga-ga-ga-ga-ga." He mixes them up from time to time. His favorite game is to cough and try to get you to copy him. He likes the back and forth rhetoric.

His favorite food is paper. He also likes plastic...and oatmeal mixed with peaches. I make him drink V-8 because we have a hard time getting him to eat his vegetables, though he LOVES fruit juices. He has also learned the joy of comfort food cookies. If he cries, sometimes that is the easiest way to make him happy. I know it isn't the best way...but especially in the car...it is the easiest. He wants very much to eat what we eat. I was trying to feed him today while I ate a sandwich. He would not eat his food...but grabbed desperately at the sandwich as if I were starving him. I finally gave up and shared my sandwich with him.

He is getting huge. We had to lower the mattress on his crib so that he wouldn't be able to jump out. I find him in there standing almost ever morning now. On 22 November, we brought him in for his 6 month appointment. He was in the 90% for height, 50% for weight, and 25% for head circumfrance. He is tall and skinny with a little head! He is over 17.5 lbs. He wears 6-9 month clothing. He has pretty much weaned himself. He only gets to nurse or drink formula in the morning just after getting up and at night just before bed. Sometimes we nurse in the afternoon before his nap if he is having a problem getting to sleep.

Anyway, this is him taking a nap this afternoon. He is sleeping in the pooh-bear chair my mum gave him for Christmas last year. He's so peaceful and cute...and the santa hat...I couldn't resist. The out fit is from Richard and Natasha. He's so cute!