I can hardly believe 6 months has gone by - where has the time gone??? Last year at this time we were enjoying our last vacation as a two-some in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. I even bought a little bucket hat for our baby (at that time we didn't know if we had a boy or a girl) that says St. Thomas and looked what we named our boy!
TJ went to the doctor this morning for his 6 month well baby check up. He's far ahead of all the typical 6 month milestones. He's grabbing and holding toys with both hands, passing things from one hand to the other, and has even started using his thumb and pointer finger in a pincer grab. Hello cheerios! Well maybe sometime soon...
He's climbing all over me and trying so hard to stand and walk on his own. He's interested in absolutely everything around him so we really have to watch what is within a few feet of him or it'll soon be in his hands and mouth! Today at the doctor he even started tearing up the paper on the bench. He's oddly fascinated with the TV remotes and will dive for them when given the chance. We really need to start the baby proofing. His favorite things to play with are those that make noise. He loves his piano and his basketball hoop most of all. Jim set up a train to run around the Christmas tree and TJ is fascinated! He loves watching the train go round and round.
TJ's still in his 6-9 month clothes but I'm sure we'll start washing the 12 month clothes soon. He's quite the babbler and has even started squealing. I wouldn't call anything an official word yet but he does say "Mamamama" when he's upset and wants me. I love it!
TJ's latest accomplishment is playing peek-a-boo. In just the last few days he's learned to not only pull the cloth off his face, but then cover himself up again to play again. He'll also raise his arms when I say "up" to pick him up.
Yesterday we started solid foods and TJ had his first taste of oatmeal. He loved it! He was a little weary of that first bite but soon caught on. More on that and pictures (of course) later! For now here are TJ's 6 month stats:
20 pounds 4 ounces - 90th percentile
27 inches long - 75th percentile
Head measures 44 centimeters - 60th percentile
Our monthly picture
Trying to grab everything!
Working hard and trying to pull up and stand
He looks like such a little man!
So the yellow was a bad choice for pictures in his yellow chair. I'll remember that for next month. But it happened to be our first snow and TJ wanted to wear his snowboarder shirt. :-)
