6 months old...

Wow... 6 months goes by fast, combine that with my superb "promptness" these days and you get the 6 month post 6 days after G turned 7 months!!! I have real hope that one day I'll get back to my old self, this new self is rather embarrassing at times...

Anyway, it seems like yesterday we were bringing G home from the hospital and now he's a 7 month old little boy. I'm trying to refer to him as "little" for as long as possible because I just don't see it being associated with him for much longer.At his 6 month appt. on July 9, G weighed in at 19lbs 1oz, 28 inches long. We weighed him on Thursday, he weighed 20.6lbs and measures 29.5 inches long.

He still belly laughs till he sighs, cracks me up. He sits up on his own (that little back is ram-rod straight), can play with his toys while sitting and can, for the most part, correct his balance when he starts listing to one side, though sometimes his head gets the best of him and down he goes.
He's getting sooo close to crawling, in fact I thought he'd start while I was out of town last week for work, thankfully he didn't! He motors around the floor by rolling himself EVERYWHERE.

Jarrod and I are convinced that when he finally does start crawling, it will be to get closer to Raja, he does his best to roll to where ever she is when she's on the floor with him.

Here are some pictures from 6 months. We decided to mark the 1/2 year pictures in black and white photos... since I'm clueless with this stuff, my college roommate converted my fave to black and white for me... Thanks Meagan!

His laughing place....

A boy and his dog

He loves his doggie....

Yes, that's a sock on Raja's paw. She tore her pad on Wednesday and has to have it bandaged for the next several days and is restricted to just "potty breaks" for the next two weeks. Can you say stir crazy...

Happy 4th... just a little late

Jarrod's dad is the youngest of 5 siblings who get togther every year for the 4th of July at "Uncle Rick's" house overlooking the marina. Naturally, the big attraction this year wasn't the fireworks, but our little one. His aunts and uncles were mighty impressed with his singing voice (think the seagull from the Little Mermaid and you've about got it) and his passion for "singing" to the trees.

Momma and her baby boy
















Daddy and his boy

Here at last

By popular demand (really just Aunt Cathy and Meagan), we are finally entering the blogging world. I make no promises in my ability to keep this thing up-to-date... it's a good day when I can keep up with life as a "new" mom. Well, newish... our bouncing baby boy is now 6 months old, weighing in at 19 lbs 1 oz, 28 inches long. I don't think he inherited his Little Grandma's petitie genes.

I thought about, then completely abondoned the idea of trying to re-capture the last 6 months of milestones and experiences, though I still may post some of his earlier pictures, he's just too cute not to.

Right now, this is life for our little boy :

• He has the best laugh, I'm talking belly laughs until he's so tired of laughing he sighs.


• He loves his daddy and his mommy.


• He love his Big Grandpa (grandpa watches him 2-3 times a week, I love watching their relationship grow)


• He is fascinated with Raja, our rott-you-name-it mix.


• He is in awe of the outdoors, especially leaves.


• He talks/sings himself to sleep... it's so sweet, it makes me smile.


• He rolls over (and over), sits (mostly by himself) and stands with balance support.


• He brings unparalleled joy and happiness to our lives

Here is a picture from our first Father's day. I'll get more on here soon.