6 Months

Half a year flown by! Where have the days gone? And where has my little baby gone? Eli is now wearing 12 month clothes easily, along with a few of the bigger 9 month clothes. We went to the doctor today and he weighs 21 pounds 14.5 ounces (96.7 percentile), 28.75 inches tall (97.5 percentile). The doctor was impressed with his strength despite his size (some bigger babies have motor delays because it's harder to move all that mass!) and said he looks like a very healthy boy!

Stats:
- sitting up without assistance (at least for short periods)
- can roll from front to back (not yet from back to front consistently without a little help)
- eats lots of different things and has yet to refuse or spit anything out on purpose
- just found his feet the last few weeks and loves to play with them
- reaches for and grasps toys
- can occasionally wave when prompted (and if he wants to!)
- still LOVES his jonny jump up and will bounce on his legs if someone is holding him where he is standing on his legs
- no teeth yet, but he loves to chew on things and tries to put everything in his mouth
- he loves when people talk to him, even people he doesn't know, and will usually give them big smiles!

Helping Mom and Dad pack for an overnight trip!

6 Month Pictures!

 My happy boy!

What are you doing? I didn't want my
picture taken today.

Just kidding!

No, really, why didn't I know about this before?
I would have done something different with my hair.

Oh, wait! I don't have enough hair for anything else!

But I can eat the camera.

'cuse me! Are we done yet?

Not until we get a good picture?

How's this? Do you like my spit bubble?

Easter Pictures

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted pictures! We were busy with visitors for Easter, and what fun they were! Both of our (Josh and I) immediate families came out for Easter (except for Jake, missed him!), Josh's family all were able to come on Saturday and stayed till Sunday afternoon, and my family came in time for church Sunday and stayed for the afternoon. Josh made a comment about how he had invited everyone out weeks ago, but didn't think everyone was going to accept. I think we figured out everyone likes us much better with a baby. Or at least, likes the baby better then us! That's okay, we really don't mind; we like him a lot too!

My big boy!

 Eli is getting soooo big! I just weighed him today, and I was surprised how much he gained! I figured he had gained some since I weighed him a few weeks ago, but it was much more than I would have guessed. Are you sitting down? 21.2 pounds! Granted, today was cold, so he has long sleeves and pants on (I don't remember what he was wearing last time) and both times was right after a nap before he ate, but this is a little over a pound a week! Crazy kid likes to eat. :)

My happy boy!

He doesn't like to lay down very much
of the time, he much prefers to stand
 and jump!

 Easter family visitors! 

Cousins!

Aunt Sara gave Scout and Eli lion hats (Scout loves lions). Eli wasn't too sure what to think at first...

 Laughing with Gramps...

Giggles!

*sigh* "I need a break!"

He loves this banana teether Gram
 bought him! It is his favorite!

Chillin'