Six Months

Derek is now six months as of Sunday. So we're a little late.

We can't believe 6 months have gone by. It's going by too quick, for he is growing too fast.

A few things about him at this age:

-He has started teething and it hasn't been a pleasant time. It interferes with his sleeping routines. We'll be glad when those cute teeth are finally in. His smile we'll be ten times better!

As you can see in this picture he's starting to refuse his food, since his gums are aching.

-He likes apples and carrots so far.

-He chews on everything.

-He wears size 6-9 month clothes.

-Derek does not like to be on his tummy. Whenever we do put him on his tummy, he rolls over. He will also roll over from his back to his tummy but will go back on his back right away.

-Derek loves to greet daddy when he gets home from work.

-He loves drinking water from his sippy cup.

-His eyes can look from brown to green to gray to blue. But they are mostly brown.

-He loves to go out side and watch the dogs play with each other. He especially likes when they lick his hands, which I don't like- I hurry to wash his hands right after.

-He screams so much all the time, sometimes Cameron and I can't hear each other over his screaming. But he loves to play with voice and we love to hear it. He screams the loudest before bath time, he just gets too excited.

-Derek loves to ride in his stroller, even if it's just to run an errand, but he doesn't like the car seat. He loves to go on walks.

-He's almost able to sit on his own. Here he sat on his own for about 15 seconds.

-He doesn't really like his swing anymore.

-Derek weighs 14 lbs 14 ounces.

-He still loves his binkies. We love binky smiles :)

-I like how when anyone else holds him while I'm around, when he hears me talk he just has to look around for his mommy. I love that he knows my voice and daddy's too.

-He's beginning to make a cute shy move. He will smile at anyone but face away right after, like he doesn't want them to look at him, it's so cute.

-He pulls off his socks all the time now.

-He's ticklish on his knees just like daddy is.

-We finally don't use burp rags as much anymore. Can't wait till we don't have to at all anymore, sit up has probably been the hardest to deal with.

-He's learning to just deal with car rides by falling asleep. Which is way better than crying.

This is all we can think about at this moment. Derek's been such a blessing to us!