6 Months!

Happy Half Birthday, Thomas!  I didn't have half a birthday hat or anything to put on him so instead I took a picture of him with a diaper hat on.  Thanks daddy for inventing such a great hat :)

Holy cow.  I can't believe the baby I just had is six months old.  Really, people tell you all the time that time flies.  I've heard that my whole life, but I didn't realize how true that was until now.  It's so crazy to think that I've been a mom for half a year now.  Anyway, enough ranting about how Thomas is growing up too fast.

Having a six month old is so fun!  Thomas has turned into quite the funny, happy boy and I love it!  He's an awesome eater now and has loved every kind of food we've given him... oatmeal cereal, sweet potatoes, pears, peaches, carrots, peas, mixed veggies, bananas, mango, and on and on.  I thought for sure that there would be something that he wouldn't like, but he's liked everything.  Kinda fun.

Around four months Thomas was a pretty great sleeper and was sleeping from 7:30 at night until about 5:00 AM when he'd wake up to eat and then sleep again until 8:00 AM, but since December was pretty filled with vacations and odd schedules, he had regressed a little bit and was waking up at least once a night.  So... we decided to let him cry it out a little bit a couple weeks ago.  Luckily it worked great and now he usually sleeps from 7:30 PM - 8:00 AM which is awesome.  Waking up once at night wasn't a big deal to me, but not getting out of bed at all?  Glorious!  I'm so grateful that is becoming a great sleeper at night and during the day.  I'm one proud momma!

Thomas is really close to being able to sit up by himself now and loves splashing in the big bathtub.  He's FINALLY starting to like tummy time a little more too.  With the start of the new year, I've been going to a bi-stake exercise class in the mornings and Thomas works out (tummy time) while I work out.  We definitely both feel the burn, but he usually gives up before I do.  He's gotten a lot better though. Now on a really good day he can do a fifteen minute stretch without freaking out!  I know that's probably not that great of an accomplishment, but for us it is.  I HATED watching him scream everyday when I put him down for tummy time.  At least now he enjoys it for the first few minutes.  Baby steps right?

He's almost able to sit up now, loves baths in the big bathtub, and

And his favorite things right now are playing with his tongue ALL THE TIME and...

his toes! One of my friends called them tater tot toes.. how cute!  And no wonder babies think they're so delicious!

 See?  They're always in his mouth.  It makes changing him and giving baths a little on the difficult side sometimes

Well, things are so great.  We are incredibly happy and can't get enough of this little boy.  One of my very favorite things in the whole world is watching Matt and Thomas play together.  They both end up laughing really hard and it's pretty adorable.  I am so grateful that I'm so blessed to have such a sweet little family.