6 Months

Happy half birthday little Becks!  Here are some things we noticed about him this month:

• On top of talking all the time, he discovered his tongue and loves to blow raspberries and spit.  Anytime we lie him down to play or while we are changing his diaper, he finds ways to entertain us.
• He loves his toys.  He can grab them, hold them and put them in his mouth.  
• Beckett is always exploring.  We see him trying to feel different textures, examine toys as if he is wondering how they are made or reaching for objects.  I think he's going to be our little engineer and take after his Great Bob.  
• He cannot fully sit up yet, but he is trying.  We can put him in a tripod stance but he will usually fall to the side or back.  
• The biggest milestone this month is that he can almost crawl!  Beckett will get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth.  Sometimes he propels himself forward or begins moving backwards.  No matter what direction he's going we have to keep an eye on him when we set him down since he's never in the same place long.
• He figured out his paci.  He knows how to hold on to it really well and put it in and out of his mouth.  Sometimes he gets it stuck on his thumb and we have to pry it off.
• Beckett started sleeping better at night.  We give him a bottle at 8:30pm and he will sleep until 5:30-6:30am.  He still wakes up around 4-4:30am some nights, but it doesn't take much to get him back to sleep.  
• He's eating 7-8oz bottles about 5 times a day.
• We have tried oatmeal a couple of times and he isn't a big fan.  This week we plan to start some veggies to see if he likes those better.
• He is still wearing size 2 diapers but might move to size 3 this month.
• He is wearing mostly 6 month clothes but some 9 month since he is so long.  Most of the 9 month clothes we have are for the warmer months but they are alittle lose on him.  
• Weight: 16lbs, 6 oz (35th percentile)
• Height: 28 inches (90th percentile)

Beckett went to the doctor for his 6 month check-up on Thursday.  He is really healthy and going to be one tall and skinny boy!  The ear infection has cleared up which I think has helped him sleep better.  He got another round of shots and handled it so well.  

At the doctor with mommy

What?  Is this not how it works?

We have mentioned Beckett's laugh before and I finally captured it on video.  Shane was bouncing a ball on his head while we played on the patio and Beckett could not stop laughing (between coughs). 

Tonight I gave Beckett some small gerber puffs for him to try.  I would randomly feed him one but then we caught him trying to feed himself. 

Despite some storms the last few nights, the weather has been really nice this weekend.  Saturday was a full day of running errands and going to an event for my work. We learned some of the repercussions of not keeping Gray on his schedule.  He was alittle difficult most of the day. Luckily we got him right back on today.  

Gray will be transitioning to the next room at school tomorrow.  It seems really quick since he's only been in this room 4-5 months but they think he's getting bored in his current room and the teachers in the next room are asking for him (did we ever mention how much everyone loves our boys at this school?)  :)  Moving up means potty training!  He was supposed to start in this past room but progress has been slow.  I guess the teachers in this next room are really going to work with him.  We may be down to just one in diapers soon! 

 At Carrollton's Spring Blooms event

Beckett was over taking photos.

 See, he does cry

 My little man

I got to spend lots of time with him 

this weekend.

 Daddy and little Becks

 I climb

 We ran some errands on Saturday.

Turns out Gray is a shopper!

The new Kroger by our house has these little carts.

Gray loved pushing it around the store.

Definitely made shopping much easier for me!

We are raising a guitar playing Viking dinosaur

Waffle Wednesday (and bacon and nana)
at home with momma

It's going to be a busy week at work for me but I am looking forward to the weekend.  All day Friday, Friday night and Saturday is "mommy time".  It's my (early) Mother's Day gift from Shane.  He got me a room at my brother's new hotel so I am meeting up with my friend Courtney to have some girl time, sans kids.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my kids, but I am definitely tired and looking forward to a break.  It may be hard since I can count on one hand the number of nights I have been away from either one of my boys.  I have only spent 4 nights away from Gray and 0 from Beckett.  Call me crazy or obsessive, I don't care.  There has never been a reason for me to be away from them, but I will take a night if it's given to me.  It will be nice to have some adult talk, a meal where I don't have to keep up with two kids on either side of me, uninterrupted sleep and a chance to catch up with my best friend.  I know Courtney is looking forward to a break as well.  She's got two little girls (Emma, 4 and Maggie, 2) and is pregnant with her third (due in July).  When Shane asked if I wanted someone to join me, I could not have thought of a better person to have spent my time with, and possibly needed it just as much as I did.  As of now we don't have any big plans.  Maybe a pedi, a nice dinner and SLEEP!  The sad part is, I get so excited when I have the opportunity to sleep, that it just keeps me awake.  Here's hoping this hectic week wears me out enough that it won't be an issue.