Christian 6 months

6 months old and he is sitting up like a pro. He still has some balance issues but does a pretty good job. Christian is growing right on course. We had a 6 month check up and he weighs 16 lbs. 13 oz. so almost 17 pounds (wow, big boy!) and he is 26 in. long. They always measure his head and of course he is in the 85% with his huge noggin. So he is doing great and did really well with his shots he barely even cried this time, which makes me happy. He is on a pretty good routine, having a morning nap and a few afternoon naps and usually goes to bed around 7-8pm. He does well sleeping but doesn't sleep through the night yet. But sleeps in good stretches 5-6 hours at a time. He loves to be rocked to sleep and I love to hold him and have him sleep in my arms.

Christian loves to play in his "chair". He can't quite reach the bottom so he stands on a box! He can get that thing rockin and rollin. He loves to rock it back and forth and stomp his feet. He is obsessed with the balls that go down a little chute.

He has recently found his feet and can keep himself entertained with trying to grab them. While trying to grab his feet he loves to squack and babble. He is talking a lot more and he is starting to say the ba-ba sound. He loves to put his hands in his mouth and mine too!

Christian is a pro at rolling over but only to one side. Once he gets on his tummy he doesn't like to stay there to long and gets mad. I keep telling him if he would just roll back over he would be happy. He is certainly getting better at sitting up. At about 5 1/2 months he was doing the slouch and as soon as he hit the 6 month mark he can sit straight up. While sitting he loves to try and look around and play with his toys. 

This is Christian's favorite thing to do! He loves to sit on your knee and just move, move, move. RIDE'M COWBOY! Maybe he has a future in the rodeo? One Sunday in Relief Society he sat on my knee the whole meeting and just rode my knee. It must have worn him out because he came home and slept for 3 hours.

Its going to be a fun summer with him. I can't wait to see him explore the world. We will be attempting to start eating baby food and he should be getting some teeth pretty soon. He loves to be outside and is so happy when I take him around in the sling. We go to see the ducks often and he just kicks and babbles when he sees them. He gets so excited when he does or see's something new.

LIKES:

Eating

Playing with toys

Sitting Up in the Bath

Playing in his 'chair'

Being outside

Riding on your knee

Being rocked to sleep

DISLIKES:

Going to sleep on his own

Loud noises

Being left alone