6 Months!

Asleep on the floor!
After a long walk...stretching out his long legs
So peaceful!

Wow! Six months has gone by in a blink of an eye. At his doctor's apt. he weighed 18 lbs. 10 oz. and was 29 inches long. He is eating a lot of veggies and fruits, he still loves his oatmeal too! Fruit and Veggie Puffs were a new treat this month and he loves them. He still hasn't quite figured out how to get them into his own mouth yet, but he tries! He loves "swimming" on the floor and he is practicing all the right movements to crawl in the next month or so! Watch out because I have a feeling we will be in for it then. Still no teeth, but who needs those anyway? He started saying mama! Still no dada, but we have been working on that one! Ben is getting excited for warm weather (mom too!) He loves not wearing socks or shoes because he loves his feet and one of the weeks in March it was nice enough to play outside and go for tons of walks and he really enjoyed that. One of the days all of those activities really wiped him out...I'll post the pictures! Can't wait for another enjoyable 6 months! At least the next six will be during spring and summer.

Tennessee Trip

Michael (2 1/2), Andrew (3 m.), Ben (6 m.)
Andrew and Ben going for a stroller ride
Ben and another cousin Lauren (8 1/2 m.)

Once again we made the 9 hour trip to TN to visit Jeff, Jess, Michael, and Andrew. We had a great time, the weather was warm but a little overcast every day. It was nice to see everyone and to see how much Andrew has grown in 3 months. He really is a little butterball! Michael is so funny with all of his little quotes..."maybe later" became the newest one just as we were leaving. Ben did great in the car and had a great time watching Michael run around. We really wish we all lived closer but it is nice to see them when we can. We also had a chance to see Greg's other cousin Mark and his family. It was a nice long weekend and unfortunately we had to come back to 30 degrees weather! Yuck!