Six Months

Strother turned six months on the eighth of this month. He's marked this stage with some great turning points in his development. He LOVES to eat food. I've not tried anything yet that he absolutely refuses, though he'll eat avocados more slowly than vanilla yogurt. He's been rolling around for about two weeks now. Strother loves to roll back and forth on our bed in the mornings. It's like baby rollerarobics! I'm sure he's not far from pulling himself up, but I'm in no rush to see that. He put on some weight at his last doctor's visit. He weighs 16.5 pounds (45% of his age group) and is almost 27 inches (70%). Just like papa, long and lean! Sleeping has improved incredibly the past few weeks. He goes down for his naps all by himself (i.e. no rocking from mom) at 9:30 and 1:30 (just like the books want him to!) and has been sleeping from 9:00 pm until 7:30 am. HALLELUJAH!! Mom is a new woman with all this sleep! Did I mention he was fun too? I mean really, this kid smiles ALL DAY LONG. He laughs and giggles and is just the most fun adventure Darin and I have ever encountered.


Marty joined us in music class last week. Strother was especially pleased to show off his Marme.






He had fun playing at AuntT and Uncle Joe's house last weekend. He was the center of attention as he tried his first tres leches cake and then gnawed on an orange the rest of the evening. He prefers health food I'm sure...






We're just having a ball with our little one. If we ever have another child, I apologize to him or her now, he/she will never have as many photos taken or be blogged about nearly as often as sweet Strother!

Oh, and no teeth yet! Whew, this nursing mom is glad about that!