William is six months old!

Half way to one-yikes!  Took the little guy to the doctor this morning and here are his stats:

20.91 lbs (94%tile)

27.5 inches (84%tile)

18.21 in. head circumference (97%tile)

At six months William is learning new things every day!  He can sit up on his own (he started doing this at five months old), he loves to play with toys and manipulate them in his hands, he is rolling over both ways, loves to stand up and jump, and loves to eat! 

I am feeding him three meals a day and he gets four bottles.  There isn’t anything he won’t eat!  He is mostly sleeping through the night with the occasional wake up.  He is a great baby-we are very lucky!!

Hello Spring!

It is officially spring time around here.  So excited for warmer weather.  It seems like we have had some yuck weather lately, so sunshine and high 70’s are perfect for us!  I have pretty much packed away all the fall/winter clothes for both kids.  William and Maddie are now sporting some adorable dresses, polos, and shorts.  Big Boy William is wearing mostly 12 month clothes and he is not quite six months old yet! Our tall girl is wearing 4-5 this season. 

The neighborhood pool is being prepped for its opening next month.  I will be putting Maddie in swimming lessons in June at the YMCA.  When I take both kids to the pool by myself I need her to be a little more independent.  We bought a water table for the back deck and Maddie is loving it.  She has already been naked twice in the backyard.  I asked Gabe what was too old to be running around naked outside?  I am thinking we are almost at that age where it is.  Oh well…

William’s first tooth just popped through this morning (4/9/13).  I think Maddie had her first tooth come in at eight months!  He started sitting up a couple weeks ago on his own and he is still trying to master it.  He was sleeping through the night, but then he learned a new skill of rolling from his back to his tummy and he thinks it is fun to practice at night!   It seems like the second time around all the milestones are getting hit much quicker.  William has also been eating solids since he was just over four months old.  I just added a second solid feeding at breakfast time last week.  For breakfast he eats oatmeal and a fruit (bananas, apples, peaches, pears) and for dinner he eats rice and a vegetable (sweet potatoes, squash, green beans).  He is doing great and loves to eat.

First cereal feeding 2/22/13

First sweet potatoes 3/5/13

These two will be best of buds one day…I love watching their relationship develop everyday.  William loves laughing at Maddie.  She can make him laugh like nobody else! 

Time is flying and the kids are growing up.  It is before 8:00 and they are both in bed and asleep, so now it is ME TIME!