August 14th 6 Months since Valentine's day

I can't believe it has been 6 months already. I am 46lbs lighter but still not quite where I want to be, another 11 lbs and I will pleased, another 16 lbs and I will be ecstatic.

So I wanted to just do some pictures to show how big Matthew has gotten in 6 months...here are some from the first week and month:

These 3 pictures are from the first month, by the end of the first month, Matthew is smiling and beginning to show some signs of personality. 

 Here is 4 months and Matthew is getting bigger and more expressive...can't believe this was just 2 months ago.

By this time, 5 months Matthew is getting the hang of sitting up on his own and starting to figure out how to crawl.

Here is Matthew at 6 months, he an sit, crawl, and is working on standing. Still only rolls to the left, likes to play in his Johnny Jump-jump and on the floor with lots of toys...but I think his favorite toy is his Mom and Dad, he wants to crawl all over us. He likes to grab our hair, ear-rings, jewelry, basically whatever he can get his hands around. He likes to pat and touch our faces, especially our mouths. It is really fun to watch him explore. His favorite color appears to be red, if you wear or bring him an item that is red, he likes to look and feel on that object...which also means he wants to try and eat it.

We just tried our first baby-food item last night, banana's...yep he didn't dig it but it did make the rice cereal which we have introduced a few weeks back to be more enjoyable...Our 6 month Well-baby visit is in 2 weeks and we will meet our new Dr. for Richmond VA. I am sure Matthew could care less but since we are no longer in Greenville, we had to say goodbye to Dr. Goff at ECU Peds.

So 6 months, wish I could report that we have a great sleeper but we don't, but game-plan is to work on it after August 22nd when Daddy has his board exams...last night we were fussy at 1am which was code for Matthew no longer wants to sleep alone in crib, wants to snuggle with Mommy. At 3am it was hungry time and diaper change and 5-630am Matthew could not keep still which meant Mommy was up but he was somewhat asleep...by 630 he is usually awake and ready for attention and play-time.

Church this morning wasn't too bad...he stayed awake the whole time. The first 20 minutes we were able to keep him in the car-seat but the next 20-30 minutes (basically the rest of the service) he wanted to be held and had to be taken to the foyer area where either Mom or Dad (b/c we took turns) could walk him around the room.

This update is getting long so that is what is up for us...6 months in many ways has flown by, although at 2, 3 or 4am it doesn't feel like we have a 6 month old...really wish he would sleep a bit longer...I realize that it is really my fault for enabling some bad sleep habits...but rest assure, we will work on that soon.