6 months old today!

I can't believe my baby is six months old! Time has gone by so fast, a lot faster than I expected. We went for his well check today. I always love taking him because I'm anxious to see how big he is getting. I also really like our pedi and she always loves seeing Cannon. Of course he was all smiles for everyone, but he was sure to keep me in his sight at all times. Starting last month he gets sad if someone else holds him. He looks at the person, looks at me, and then cries. It doesn't happen every time. In fact, most of the time he will happily go to anyone. But he just does it when he is extra sensitive like if he's hungry or if he just woke up. At church Ryan and I both teach, so he is used to going to random people. All the ladies at church line up to take a turn holding him! I never know who will have him, but I always feel like he is safe and well taken care of. Anyway, here are his stats for today:
Length: 27.5" (90th percentile)
Weight: 19lbs 11oz (90th percentile) *This is more than triple his birth weight!
Head: 43.3 cm (25-50th percentile)

I always make his dr appointments in the morning because he is the happiest and he is generally up around the same time everyday. His naps vary and I never want to disrupt them. He usually gets up around 7:30 each morning. Of course today I had to wake him up because he was sleeping past 8 and our appointment was at 8:40. I don't blame him though, all the rain makes it a perfect day to be sleepy.

I really feel like he is growing up! He is doing all these new things. I call it an intellectual growth spurt.




He likes to eat these rice crackers. Of course, the first time I gave it to him he bit off a huge chunk. Instead of immediately fishing it out of his mouth I watched him and he started to chew it. It dissolved really quickly in his mouth so he never choked. I didn't know that he knew how to chew! So then I decide to try a cheerio.


And he ate it!


He can also drink water from a sippy cup, which he loves! Sometimes I have to take it away because I don't want him to fill up on water. I'm glad he likes it because it will make it that much easier to wean him by the time he turns one.


He also likes to eat fruit with this net thing. He can eat bananas and raw pears. I gave him raw peaches the other day, but then I realized that he shouldn't have raw peaches yet. Luckily he didn't get a stomach ache later.

On Monday, we went to Ryan's parents' house for a triple birthday party. Starting October 1, we have non-stop birthdays until January. But then there will be two more babies coming (both girls) one in February and the other in March. And then Cannon's birthday is in April, so I guess it never ends! Anyway, we celebrated Rick and Kristina's birthdays and their baby, Cole's first birthday too.






I love this silly face he makes!


Cole got this from grandma and grandpa and Cannon was mesmerized by all the lights and sounds.