02-11-2009 - 6 1/2 months later

My mood while writing this blog: wow

Hello everyone. WOW!!! I can't believe that it's been 6 1/2 months sense I had Evan. He is sch a great baby....I just love him to peices. Earlier tonight I was going thru pictures from day 1 until now and in some ways I'm sad because I don't remember some of them, especially the ones from when we first came home. I don't know maybe it was the drugs (they were my friends...lol) or maybe I can't remember because it was such a life changing thing, bringing home a baby. I am glad that many many pictures have been taken so when I do look back at them I can smile at how much he's grown and changed. He's my little handsome boy.

He had his 6 month doctors appointment 2 weeks ago. He's a big boy, 20lbs 8ozs and 25 3/4 inches. Everytime I look at him when he's either in the tub or just with his diaper on I laugh to myself becuase he's all body, he's got short stubby legs like his dad and a long body. He's also got a decent size head, it's measuring at 18inches. I love it though because he's got this little face and chubby checks. His nickname so far has been either Chunky Butt or Bubbs.I have been waiting for his first tooth to come in, but nothing so far. He's definately been a drool butt for the last 3 months.lol Oh and I can't forget....he LOVES his food. If you can't already tell by how much he weighs.lol My little 6 month old doesn't fit into any 6 month clothes, everything he wears is 12 months. Like I said his name is Chunky Butt.

He's been crawling for a few weeks now, but now he has definately figured out how to get from point A to point B without having to drop to his belly and rest. Yep, the boys on the move. He's my little escape artist. He's there on minute and gone the next. He loves being able to sit on his own. Tonight he had another first, he figured out how to pull himself up on the first step to go upstairs----in other words the gate will be put up real soon. Monday was a good day for me. I had my mom watch him for a half hour while I went to get us dinner. Well needless to say he wasn't a happy little camper when he saw that I was gone. She said all he did was lay on the floor saying Momma over and over. The part that made it a good day for me was that finally someone else heard him say it. He has been saying it for about 3 weeks now but noone believes me...so finally HA!!! someone else heard it. He did it again friday when I ran up to the store, my sister heard it. It's not baby jibberish it's plain as day. So that makes me happy.

All in all we are doing great. Yes he does have his days where he is a tiny bit cranky, but what baby isn't. He has his set times everyday when he knows it time to eat or take a bottle and then he also lets you know when its time for a nap and when it's time for bed. I just love watching every little thing that he finds new. One of the greatest things ever is the fact that he wants so bad to be my dogs best friend and she won't have any part of it. She loves it when he goes to his dad's because then she has her mom back all to herself. As you may know she's a little jealous of Baby Boy. It's funny beacuse "my kids don't get along".

So last but not least I'd like to share a little insight to those of you with newborns to 3 month olds.......try to remember it all. Take as much of it in as you can, whether that be by memory,pictures or video. Because honestly I can't remember the first few weeks or not to much of the first few months. time does fly bye before you know it. I still can't believe that I have a 6 1/2 months old........Just amazing to me.