My baby is 6 MONTHS OLD AND I AM IN DENIAL! I can't even begin to remember where all of our time has gone. I just can't grasp the concept of Reilly already reaching the 6 month mark, it's all so surreal!
There have been SO MANY amazing and exciting things that have happened in the past month...2 of the biggest being my little man rolling over and getting a tooth! Such exciting stuff when you're on your way to being 6 months old!
To My Dear Sweet Bubbers,
You're growing up little man. You are still the apple of my eye and I love you more than you will ever know. It's so hard for me to remember life without you...it just seems like you've been here forever! You're little life has changed in so many ways over the past 30 days. Some of the changes you're making are hard for me to deal with. For example, you handled moving to your crib a lot easier than I did. I cried for the first 3 nights and you slept peacefully throughout it all! :)
Here are some of the exciting things that we've gotten to discover together and witness you do
- You moved to your crib on April 1st and slept there the whole night. I made Daddy get up to check on you 2 times, and I got up at least 3 times. I think you like it in there. You still sleep most of the night, just waking up to let us know that your "plug" has fallen out and you wish for it back.
- We went to the Dr., where we found out you weighed 16 lbs and 10 oz and measured at 27 and 3/4 in long. You are in great health, although you still spit up often.
- We started solid foods with carrots, which you LOVED. We gave you these for about a week before starting you on green beans...which you have now become a GREEN BEAN MACHINE! I love that you're a hot mess when you eat either of these...but you're amazingly sweet face smiling at me makes the mess all worth it.
- Your first tooth popped through and Auntie Keely was the explorer who found it. Just when we thought you couldn't get any cuter, here's one lonely little tooth on the bottom right side . You continue to chew on everything, (including whoever is silly enough to put their finger in there) and the drool could put a St. Bernard to a test.
- There's finally hope that you're not going to look like Grandpa Dick all your life...you have some peach fuzz that is getting thicker and dark...it looks like you're going to take after Mommy and Daddy.
- It's surprising that you're bottom lip is not chapped with the amount of sucking you do on it. It's always pulled into your mouth, slobbery wet and being sucked on.
- You've met so many new relatives this month. We went to Ryan and Michelle's wedding where you got to meet a bunch of new cousins on mommy's side and then we went to West Virginia for Aunt Jackie's funeral where you met a bunch of people on daddy's side.
- You love, love, LOVE spending time in your "jumper" seat. You have started playing with all the toys that are along the outside and smile and laugh like crazy when you are sitting in there.
- We went to the zoo for the first (and second times!) and you liked to look around. I can't wait for you to really realize just what you are looking at! :)
- We also went to Baugo Park to play Frisbee Golf with Daddy, and you got to play on a playground for the firs time. You LOVED to swing in the baby swing and would have been content there to play all day.
- You still like to fall asleep every night in my arms. While I know this probably isn't the best practice, it's my favorite time of day, where it's just you and I snuggled up together.
Mommy
